FWIW, Facebook has rapidly evolved from its origins as a college social board and now is a top notch site for hobby enthusiasts of all stripes. The Pre-Depression Era railroads is particularly good fo

Anyone know when the term ”Block”, describing a set of cars headed to the same location, came into general use? Or whether that concept is in use outside of North America? Similar question regarding l

David, what's the spotting feature you noticed? Dave Nelson

Tangental point of interest about the facts below: In the steam ear Southern Pacific had a small yard at Port Costa, a few miles west of Martinez, that was used for the “retail” aspect of railroading,

Sounds interesting. How much whale will the kit include? Dave Nelson

Not a typical arch bar truck. On a B&O N-8 hopper, photo from the Columbus OH. Library. Dave Nelson

I find it interesting how there is a ladder on the side sill by the door. How common was that? Dave Nelson

I’m working on a problem involving the density of coal and need some help. Does anyone have a wheel report containing cars loaded with coal that have the weight recorded? What is the car and weight li

Brach houses were pretty much the standard presence of name brand meats here on the west coast and AFAIK Doug’s description below is spot on. There is one more business to note regarding meat traffic

Do you have drawings for any of the castings Camel provided for boxcar doors? These are, AFAIK, very hard to find. A collection of sill step drawings (w/ reference to which car series used them) could

What is missing from the long established rules is the situation where a list member sees something for sale from some unknown third party and believes the item may be of general interest to other mem

IF it has a copyright declaration then it is still in copyright (January 1, 1925 is the far limit right now for protection). If it doesn’t it isn’t (as is true for anything not marked up to Dec 31, 19

Doesn’t look like a Sunshine kit but interesting none the less as the steps are about the same. No superglue. https://videoplayer.telvue.com/player/FcqTL0OYMCGU6WlccUApyUL3twz4dm9V/media/456833 Dave N

The work that I did with Tim Gilbert 20 odd years ago was very specific to WWII to around 1956, mainline trunk routes, initially for boxcars and then flatcars too. We had far too little data for befor

I pulled the image into my art software and sampled that reefer. The pixels are all a lighter version of orange. When I adjust the tone by darkening it by 15% the result is ~PFE orange (see attached i

Thank you Guy, that's exactly what I was looking for. FWIW in rail sims one does need to provide the correct data so the software can calculate the amount of brake force applied to the wheel rim on a

I’m trying to find out what the air volume was for a typical KC brake reservoir. Anyone know? Dave Nelson

“3D modeling for computer games, specifically train simulators.” That usually ends the discussion. If it doesn’t I’ll add “Mostly architectural models but sometimes freight cars” and “I also design an

1655 photographs from the US Presidents railroad commission, all in 1960 (I’m assume 1960 inclusive is out cutoff date). All subjects, incl. freight cars. https://digital.library.cornell.edu/?f%5Bcoll

In other wheel reports I’ve seen the A signified auto car. Is that the case here? Dave Nelson