Have you looked at Historic Aerials? The aerial photos might help you determine when the factory configuration changed. I’m in the process of doing the same thing for a cannery in Maine Rich Gibson

Marty, The sharply curved roof and sloping light stripe on the car truncated at the left edge of the lower photo makes me think of a CV milk car in a wet noodle scheme. I don’t know the exact year tha

1939 timetable. I don’t have a more recent one without doing some digging. The picture must be 1951 given the combination of a red-white-blue boxcar and steam. Rich Gibson

Good eyes, Bruce! According to a 1939 BAR timetable, they ran a number of mixed trains to outlying locations in the north woods. One of them was a 30 minute route from Millinocket (where Great Norther

Thanks Nelson, that helps a lot. I was wondering why I’ve never seen any in photos of my model subjects. That explains it. Rich

Hi all, I feel a bit hesitant to ask this, but as a non-granger road modeler, I hope that I will be forgiven… Over what distance range were grain doors used? Were they used primarily in ‘local’ transp

I take some shade of black (oily, weathered, pure, etc.) and add a drop or two of some tan/brown. Every small batch I mix is slightly different and enough for a few cars, so that there is no constant

4100 series works for MEC 35001-35300 after removing fish belly underframe. Rich Gibson

No, you might be thinking of BAR, which had 1932 BCR boxcars with green doors. I’ve never seen anything indicating other that one color on MEC BCR cars. Rich Gibson

I was quite surprised to see the MEC car in this photo. My understanding is that a lot of the coal got to Maine via ship and was distributed in MEC’s fleet of 200 hoppers. There must be a story that w

The original B&M cars were built with two different roof styles as well as two different door styles. Rich Gibson Golden, CO

Boston & Maine RR.

Here’s one I just took at the CO RR Museum. One bolt on each leg at bottom; six bolts across the top. Rich Gibson Golden, CO

The Northern New England Color Guide has several photos of these in solid orange paint. However, the earliest picture is 5/57 showing two cars fresh out of the Derby shops Therefore, this may have bee

Which MEC gons do you need photos of? I might be able to help you out. Rich Gibson Golden, CO

Actually, there is a contradiction between the two lists in the report. The first list shows HERX 10916. The second list shows HCRX 10916. All the other HERX cars are numbered in the 2000’s. HCRX woul

Tru Color TCP-102 MEC Pine Green Rich Gibson Golden, CO

Given the Missouri caption, my first guess would be St. Louis, Iron Mtn & Southern. Rich Gibson Golden, CO

Speaking of ladders.... Does anyone currently manufacture metal ladder material in long pieces that can be cut to desired length? I’ve been scratchbuilding cabooses and have found that I do not have t