Here shot on the delivery end. Bloomington Il, Alton Depot. 8/7/1944 Illinois Digital Archives, Pantagraph Collection.

Don, Who are you and how do we get your product? Do you distribute through another website? I googled your company name and the part number but nothing comes up but a few random parts on hobby sites a

Tony, Yes it's true! Every generation thinks the next generation is a bunch of (insert adjective). However, with age comes memory loss of ones own childhood! :-) Point being that online generational d

Well considering spray cans were not invented until the transition era, that is the reason for lack of graffiti on steam era freight cars, not because your generation was smarter or had more respect.

Has anyone looked into square wire that bead and jewelry makers use? I see it comes in stainless and various gauges close to .015. Its appears to be available at Michaels and Hobby Lobby.

CNW 43959 Flat with hay dryer load, Roanoke, IL 1941 http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/p16614coll35/id/25221/rec/480

Doug, If you zoom in the resolution is sufficient to show that the truck is full of cobs. Corn shellers are larger and more mechanically complicated than the grinder/blower on the back of this truck.

Nice pic of car loading with ground corn cobs. I read that corn cobs used during the war effort I believe it had something to do with plastics manufacturing??? Several articles indicated local elevato

Lime unloading from gondolas. Another great images from the IDA Pantagraph Collection http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/p16614coll35/id/32654/rec/286

From the Illinois Digital Archives - Pantagraph (Bloomington IL local paper) Collection. Frisco gondola with manure being unloaded from Chicago 3/24/44. This is a C&A siding near the Funk Bros Seed co

I was at my local Home Depot in Bloomington, IL and they had all the MEK on clearance and had MEK substitute fully stocked. I bought 3 quarts at $6 a piece, should last me til retirement. MEK may not

Here are the YSD in gondola, I'm sorry I don't recall the source of the photo.

The folks that model "early" times need some love this morning. Nice little snapshot of car loadings on the IC in Maroa, IL and few other small IL towns circa 1920. https://books.google.com/books?id=w

Great shot of freight cars but many more contextual pictures of freight yards, siding, grade crossings etc. Very valuable for modeling even if the subject is not your "home" road. Thanks for sharing t

Here is where I got mine. This is the one Pierre recommends, I think he even had a few for sale at the Chicago RPM https://thesmallshop.com/collections/photo-etch-bending-tools They're also available

I bought one of the reprints of #20 recently . With the price of what people are paying on ebay for #21-24 there is definitely a market. Anyone on here have any pull to get that done? $143 for #23 $12

Elliot, I used Microscale rivet decals. Look for a line of rivets that has similar spacing to ones you need to replace or you are trying to match in the prototype photo. Once its painted and weathered

Definitely NOT a tractor/steam traction wheel. Size, thickness of rim, weight and design are not feasible for a steam traction engine of any era.

Also another link using the Speedwitch 41’ 6” gondola which were used for auto frames as well. This series ended up on the GM&O. http://prototopics.blogspot.com/2017/05/building-dt-7000-series-gon-or-

Here’s a link to modeling auto frames with a DT&I car. http://dti.railfan.net/Model_Building_Articles/Freight_Cars/DT&I_9100s_Model/G31DFrameRackInstr.html Matt Smith Bloomington, IL