Hi Greg, Of course, those articles were published in 'DING! Thanks for the correction. - Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, Lovely image of early auto loading into a CIL gon - date is listed as 1920's. https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/19399/ Enjoy! - Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, My experience was different. I ordered and sent payment via check - the check was paid out by my bank a few months later, but my items did not show up. I finally got the items I order

Hi Dave, I cannot say anything about "when this became the norm", but the Virginian was using load & empty brakes in the 1920's on their coal trains. For example, their battleship gons were built with

Hi Tom and List Members, Believe me, there are just as many fools (both kinds, the asking price kind, and the paying price kind) in N scale as there is in any other scale! - Claus Schlund (N scaler, h

Hi Bob, Thanks for the links you posted. Also of interest are the following: UP double sheathed boxcar with fishbelly underframe http://cdm15020.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15020coll

Hi List Members, Here are some links to shots of C&NW equipment in the PRR collection at the Hagley... C&NW flat... http://cdm16038.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15017coll8/id/2455/rec

Hi List Members, Some more images of interest. MKT flat http://cdm15020.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15020coll1/id/2913/rec/9600 MKT caboose http://cdm15020.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/sin

Hi Tim and List Members, Nice photo indeed! The train ends with what appears to be an ex-PRR class N6b cabin car - caboose to the rest of the world. You can even see the paint patch panel where the A&

Hi Gary and List Members, Thanks for the initial link to this group of photos. Nice USRA (?) composite gon in the background - the brakewheel does not look to be original equipment since I think these

Hi List Members, C&IM Mather-design boxcar? http://donstrack.smugmug.com/UtahRails/Emil-Albrecht-Photos/1949-Aug-Pocatello/i-GHSQPk5/0/O/Roll-0296_Pocatello_26-Aug-1949_016.jpg or if that does not wor

Hi List Members, Nice VGN gon in this photo - looks to be VGN 30487. https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/13999918924/ High resolution image at the link below https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5

Hi List Members, L&N 36ft double seathed boxcars pulled by oxen. www.ebay.com/itm/321469149054 Enjoy - Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, CP fans might be interested in these... http://cdm16038.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15017coll8/id/521 http://cdm16038.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15017coll8/id/5

Hi List Members, I recall some weeks back there was discussion that the Trainlife site was non-functional. Bob's link below to the Trainlife article does not work for me - does it work for anyone else

Hi Jim and List Members, Jim, your post is indeed a very interesting read! Thanks Claus Schlund

Hi Cyril and List Members, Thanks Cyril for the awesome images. In particular, I was intrigued by the two images below, both apparently documenting the same pole load and set of cars... http://collect

Hi Chuck and list members, Isn't that what tablet computers are for? Seriously, the only case I have found anymore where paper copies are useful at the workbench is for drawings that have been reduced

Hi Brian and list members, Brian of course makes a good point that I neglected to mention. I scan all the paper resources I think I will need for a given project in a way that they will be available t

Hi Tony and List Members, I've been reading the various posts on this topic with interest. I'd like to ask, in your opinion, could this lumber load kit be reduced in width and height to produce a reas