Here is another photo of the trucks, this from the prototype (along with others) used by Rapido. Dean ONeill Redmond WA

STMFC, The NPRHA has developed a decal set in HO scale for the NP 10000 series boxcars, recently manufactured by Rapido. The sheet includes unique stencils, common placards/forms, reweigh/lube stencil

All, Thanks for all the great input. I had no clue about Railroad Chalk. $16 for a whole box on Ebay! I guess I should have mentioned the reason for my question. I am developing decals for the Rapido

I have a question(s) on chalk marks. As I look at old photos, it appears there are two "thickness" of chalk marks. Chalk marks made with a THIN piece of chalk, much like a school room piece of chalk.

Tony Thompson and all, That is interesting. I have State Farm homeowners insurance, and I called about my large collection of freight cars (twice). They said it was not covered as it was a special hob

Steve, I have kind of given up on Detail Associates 229-6215, they are so hard to find, and now overpriced (last few years). Switched to Tangent’s offering, although those are not cheap either (5 pair

In the Photos section, in a folder named Dean ONeill, I posted an example of the "rubber cement" paint peeling method, that I have been very happy with. This is on a Kadee car. Dean ONeill Redmond WA

Re: New sprue cutters from PBL... All, They seem to be already sold out at PBL, not listed. Bummer, my old PBL/Utica nipper could use replacing. Dean O’Neill Redmond WA

I have really enjoyed this discussion of RR typography. It makes me wonder if there are enough of us that are into this RR typography and decal development - maybe we could start our own Yahoo group d

Re: Rapido announced a NP 10000 series boxcar All, Regarding Reweigh and Repack dates for the new Rapido NP boxcar – one thing we (the NPRHA modeling committee) are thinking of doing developing a set