Dave, Having lived in New York State for many years, and having modeled the New York Central for a while, my recollection is that the NYC freight car color was toward the brown side of the spectrum. I

And the two men 'standing underneath the car' are definitely further back than under the car. Even in pre-OSHA days, no railroad employee would be negligent enough to stand under a car suspended from

Bill, I may be able to help you, but I will have to dig some, and I probably won't get to that until Monday. Todd Sullivan

Hi Ben, I think you mean "shortened into a twin", not a quad. Todd Sullivan

Hi Ron, I don't know what size trains you are running, or how much force is applied to your freight cars' draft gears, but I have used CA to bond coupler boxes on cars, and that has worked better than

The Canadian NYC gon kit made of ABS was from National Car Cast (NCC). I still have a few parts. Todd Sullivan

Bill Welch said, "I think little bit of decals would do the trick ... However not sure how to make them removable." Well, Bill, I couldn't resist replying to that one. Canopy cement (or Hob-e-Tak whic

Steve, So, with that correction made (thanks), how close are the UTLX cars to the ACF design(s) in appearance? Todd Sullivan

Hi Tim, Yes, it is an ACF car and is represented by the Kadee model. All the Kadee ICC 105A-300W tank cars are listed as Discontinued, and there are no large images of the models on their website, so

Well, now, that's a darned sneaky solution to Doug's problem! Todd Sullivan

Doug, I rather doubt that fresh lobsters would make it live to the West Coast by rail, based on years of eating them on Cape Ann north of Boston where my grandparents had a summer house, and on averag

Rayon was made from cellulose fiber, and I know there were mills in the Pacific NW in NW Washington State served by the Northern Pacific and in W Va served by the Western Maryland, IIRC. I'd be wonder

Or a load of canned cranberry sauce, or sardines (from Maine) or B&M Baked Beans (num, num, good!)! Todd Sullivan

Bob, I suspect that the tank cars were carrying LPG or a similar flammable gas, not oil. Oil burns, gas explodes, and the piece of shrapnel on this UTLX ICC 105 pressure tank car was likely the wrappe

Hmmm, on a sudden hunch, I checked my Cory Bonsall model of a Utah Coal Route GS gondola, and it has similar looking trucks under it. I don't know enough about D&RGW freight cars to know if they had c

Hi Clark, It looks like a hybrid design between an Andrews (separate journal box castings) and a full cast steel sideframe truck. I have no idea who might have made it, but I think I have seen one or

Bruce, I was fairly sure I would get that wrong, as I was being lazy and not looking up the classes. My apologies ... and my thanks for correcting me and the information! Todd Sullivan

And most of those fire trucks came from the American LaFrance plant on the east side of Elmira, NY on the PRR's Elmira Branch. Since the plant was on the Erie RR main line, the manufacturer had to dri

I check the Southern Iron & Equipment Company website every couple of months hoping to find their kits for sale, but haven't had any luck. Does anyone know if they are being or will be produced in the

Tony Thompson said, "My comment about the Sunshine tank cars is that yes, they are not easy, but "slow and patient wins the day." It's more a case of them being complex models with lots of constructio