Claus, That's a great write-up on how a mine and coke ovens operated in the early to mid 20th century. I have friends who have models of such arrangements on their layouts, and there were similar faci

Ben, It is most likely an ICC 105W300 class tank car of approximately 11,000 gallons capacity. Similar models in HO are made by Kadee and Atlas. One other capacity is the 6,000 gallon model made by Br

Scott, Another way to answer your question is that the white stuff under the door opening is not typical weathering for this kind of car. You could weather a model with all the other aspects of protot

Hi Scott, From photos that I have seen of NP "green hide" cars, only one was a 50 footer, and that was an old single sheathed single door car. NP 6536 in the photo may have been hauling bagged cement,

The problem I have had with most putties is that they shrink as they dry. So it's like doing drywall (sheetrock) mud work: add some, sand some, add some, sand some ... repeat. I used to use something

Hi Esther, The CV updates look fine. I think it would be good if you could line up horizontally the topic headings ("Studies Applied for" and "Certificates") with the information you provided. Otherwi

Hi Jim, I have used Polly Scale acrylic or a craft brand of acrylic: the color I have used is nearly black - mixed as black with a bit of brown or dark red added, and I blend it outward from the switc

You can open a Word document, click on Screen Capture and capture the image that way, then save the Word document. Todd Sullivan

There used to be a wonderfully entertaining book called "Oregon Geographic Names." Not sure if it is still in print. You can add Riddle, OR to your list, Brian, and Arock and Lone Rock. I also like Sp

Schuyler, The Prantles - Theresa and Joe - are my go-to suppliers for detail parts. They bought Precision Scale's line of brass parts and continue to stock many Detail Associates parts. I find it easi

Bill, As Tony Thompson indicated, if in a passenger train and loaded, they would be iced by an ice truck with a lift body while still in the train. That was to save the time of cutting the express ree

Hi Schuyler, I think Dave's and Bruce's points were that NY State was 'home turf' for SOCONY (Std Oil Company of NY), but other 'baby Standard Oil' brand service stations and dealers were found in NYS

Schuyler, I don't want to tout the obvious, but the PFM label on the caboose (the bottom, I assume) identifies it as a PFM product, and it definitely has the appearance of a D&RGW narrow gauge caboose

Tim, That must have been on the Penn Central. <G> Todd Sullivan

I think that finding an MP coke car on the SP Toledo Branch is a little far-fetched. The SP converted several different kinds of single sheathed boxcars into 'hog fuel' (woodchip) cars, including some

Cliff, So, what's your point? I'm not being snarky here, I just don't understand. That arrangement is OK, as long as the Car Distributor and customer agree on using the car that had just been unloaded

Steve, I don't know if this was the case with MM, but where one RR served an industry with a big demand for empties, often, the RRs that were on the haul or where the loads terminated (= greater share

Hi Lloyd, I checked the Kadee website for past and current tank cars, and doggone, you are correct, they have never done a Phil Gas or Skel Gas car. We are rapidly closing in on our closing date for o

I would guess ATSF from the curved line map. The truck (auto) is filled with Ruppert beer. I can't imagine how they got into that situation. The near end of the boxcar is off the track, so there must

They look like Train Miniature double wood sheathed steel end 40ft boxcars that have no particular prototype, AFAIK. Todd Sullivan