Transferring to a narrow gauge flat car under wire--has to be an LARy (Los Angeles Railway-3'6" gauge) destined transformer..... On Friday, January 15, 2021, 10:03:34 AM PST, Bob Chaparro via groups.i

Tim, This was not my picture--I simply copied and cropped it from the earlier post, focusing more on the narrow gauge gondola(s). On Sunday, January 3, 2021, 7:51:48 AM PST, Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@

For someone wishing to duplicate some elements of this scene in N scale, look at this one-piece narrow gauge high side gondola. My late friend made the pattern and I cast it it in resin. -Andy Carlson

The IMWX/Red Caboose '37 AAR kits came with both Superior and Youngstown doors. You do not need to look too closely to see that these YSDs do not match very well. Apparently the CNC machine's cutting

Good morning, everybody! 70-ton trucks. The EJ&E had some ASF A3 70-ton trucks with outside clast brakes on some cars. A survivor is at the Fillmore & Western RR in Ventura County, just a 100 miles or

Less than 10 years ago, the city of Fort Bragg California (Home to the "Skunk" California Western RR) replaced their last community redwood water pipes. These were rifle drilled logs with an iron wire

I have a memory which is a bit different than yours. Some importer had a batch of passenger cars made and the builder built the industry labeled"over runs" which were extra cars beyond the ordered num

My thoughts exactly! -Andy On Wednesday, December 9, 2020, 10:15:04 AM PST, jerryglow2 <jerryglow@...> wrote: Don't those laser cut interiors add to the side's thickness? This seems it would d

I have my list of the 4 best items to have blessed model freight car building as follows, in no particular order: 1) Evergreen styrene strips 2) Dial calipers 3) Resins, such as polyurethane 4) RPM me

I am guilty of not checking my emails before sending. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA

There has been some disscusion on weathering wood on single sheathed box cars and I felt that quite a few folks were not too knowing of the effect of wood to the weathering differences. This is what i

My interest in lumber has led me to examine photos of single sheathed freight cars in a critical way. Unlike double sheathed cars, single sheathed cars usually did not have tongue & Groove edges while

Natural gasoline and natural gas (Methane, Propane & Butane aka LPG) are not the same. LPG is liquid only when under high pressure. Natural gasoline, which mention started earlier in this thread, also

This car has been sold. Thanks for all who responded. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA

Out west we had a large regional gasoline retail brand called Signal Oil Co. which started out by buying and reselling Well Head Gas which was the liquid found around the well (as Tim mentions) which

Offered, one only- I have a set of castings to do a WP Pullman built 1916 40' SS box car in HO resin. Buyer will get the complete set of castings, which includes the under frame with separate cross-ti

Hello folks- 1936 to 1940 were the years that large numbers of square corner Drednaught end equipped '37 AAR box cars were built. As can be seen in the list below of these square corner end cars, ther

Hi Al- Based on your mentioning of IC 50'ers, I went to Fallen Flag and found a 1968 shot of IC 34730, a 4 + 5 panel double door SS car. This car had 5-5-7 Murphy corrugated ends, a lower side sill fi

Yes, Tim, but the Intermountain house cars ride too high on THEIR own trucks. This has been known for a long time. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA On Wednesday, November 25, 2020, 7:55:43 AM PST, Tim O'Connor <

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Hi- I am reminded often that we can search for previous STMFC,io posts on subjects of our interest. Tonight I tried to find a search engine on the STMFC.io home page. I could not find one. I admit to