I've been enlighten about GN painting practices. Seems the medallion I used on my kitbash was introduced in 48, same year they decided to paint the entire box car mineral red. In the Photo Section fil

Marty, A fellow posted his photos on another list. There were photos of the B&O cars setting on a table with a bunch of others. Clark Propst Mason City Iowa

Pierre, I have lots of Armour reefers : )) Clark Propst Mason City Iowa

Can anyone identify the two black cars in the following link? http://www.iaisrailfans.org/gallery/RSMowBox?page=1 If you click on a car photo it will open more photos. Clark Propst Mason City Iowa

Thanks Ed : ))

Very nice, B&O stuff looks to be a challenge. Clark Propst

Could someone please advice as to the size of the planks used for decking on the GSC bulkheads? Thank you, Clark Propst Mason City Iowa

There's a Sidney Wheeler snapshot of one in this article. http://www.cnwhs.org/articles/1196862758 There's a color photo in Gene Green's Morning Sun book. I also have a nice 8x10 I bought from Bob's p

How often did a reefer need icing? Say a car of frozen poultry. Clark Propst Mason City Iowa

24 hours huh. Not frozen poultry sound reasonable too. Here's why I asked. I have a poultry processor on the layout. I was told the reefers were iced by the elevator where the artificial ice company t

Has anyone heard anything about the Lisle meet? If I remember correctly we'd have gotten info from Martin by now. Clark Propst Mason City Iowa

Thanks Jack. I looked that that before I asked on this group. Not much info there. Unless I'm not looking in the right place? Clark Propst

If anyone is interested, the models I will displaying that the St Louis meet next weekend are all going to be for sale. If you can not attend I can send a list and/or photos. Please contact off line a

My research has only turned up a truck from the local artifical ice company. The only photo I have (In Gene's reefer color book too) shows only ice blocks. But, a friend remembers stopping to pick up

Thanks for the clarification on sizing Tony. Clark Propst

I just picked up a BLT kit from a friend. The NYC car is numbered in the 168000 series. The box says it's a special run of some kind. I just what to get rid of the "Pacemaker" slogan above the reporti

Guys link to eBay slides as examples. These slides usually have some sort of gibberish across them. At this past weekend's St Louis RPM [Great show BTW] Nick Molo was giving a clinic on his new freigh

While at the St Louis meet I asked the Plano rep what he recommended as an adhesive for their products. He said that MicroScale had just come out with a new product and I should ask Nate Obermeyer abo

The fella that used it on the model that was displayed at the St Louis meet seid he used the thick to hold his Plano running boards on the placric hopper. He also said it's only been in place for a co

I showed my historical society support by buying a Branchline box car from the Nickel Plate HS. I looked at the list Ed Hawkins put on the Steam Freights website finding these cars (7100 series) had A