The tank car at the iron City Brewery -probably- has a 3-digit number... perhaps 302 or 312; There is an AC&F builders' photo of IRCo 309... (date unreadable), an apparently identical car for the Indi

Here is the Starrett Catalog page... with all their pin vise sizes and model numbers. One document online shows the 166A design dates from at least 1938... No wonder we find them in our fathers' / gra

Is that a shop-built tool for taking the 'bulge' from freight damage out of the stamped steel ends? I didn't even think that was possible! -------------------- Richard Brennan - San Leandro CA -------

Agree 100%: The most useful, albeit probably not the most important 'find' in my Mother's estate: was the 19in by 19in Martin-Yale Premiere paper cutter with the green cross-hatched 3/4in wood base an

Doug MacLeod is now up in Roseville CA; Many of his products are on Jerry Kitts' FMW site: http://www.foothillmodelworks.com/MLWestern.html I think an eMail he uses on some Groups.io lists is: <dmacle

Tim has captured the issue: - You can make a decal set that is exactly correct for ONE car... - You can make a set that is relatively correct for a number of cars... - You can put together a herald an

There is -nothing- in this photo that is NOT eminently modelable! http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-04-07-20/X5292.jpg - the no end-platform contractor business car (converted tracti

Charlie I've only had a list of 90 for the last few years: -------------------- Richard Brennan - San Leandro CA -------------------- 1 Locomotives 1922 2 Switching & Freight Locomotives 1930 3 Box St

Protocraft has them in 1:48... <https://www.protocraft.com/category.cfm?ItemID=965&Categoryid=20>https://www.protocraft.com/category.cfm?ItemID=965&Categoryid=20 ...but they seem to be doing some sets

...but it was done in brass in TT-scale!!! A 'Joma' import from Japan. Drawings from the '31 CBCyc were reprinted in Train Shed Cyclopedia 46... and an article by Jim Cassidy on upgrading the Mantua H

Super-clean photo of a classic Lackawanna center-cupola wood caboose... DL&W 842... NPS Steamtown collection, circa-1931 The grabiron mounting details would be a trick to model... and note the substan

Ref: http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-08-25-19/X7535.jpg From the Erie Lakawanna list, PM 91493 - double-door steel box car on the left... What type of end is this? Thin-thin-Fat...

Agree completely... Opinions are interesting, but some normative documentation is needed. -------------------- Richard Brennan - San Leandro CA --------------------

Ok I'll bite: Was the band with "The Hoosier Line" -ALWAYS- light grey..? ...or did some re-paints get done in white? ...and just how light was the 'light' grey? i.e. one drop of grey in a bottle of w

Oh NO!!! You mean I have to throw away the dark pink cover stock I've been testing on??? Seriously... this is excellent advice. ...and I swear that the decals print better if I've 'exercised' the Ghos

Another 'find' in the NPS Steamtown photo archives... A barge full of Hercules Portland Cement covered hoppers... circa-1930; featuring a number of early 4-bay cement hoppers in the HCCX-10xx series.

...and that contrast flare can make '8' and '6' nearly indistinguishable, as well as 'O' and 'D' or even 'B' and 'E'. I have yet to identify a complete rounded serif freight car lettering set from the

Absent a full set of railroad stencil drawings; Basing the lettering on car photographs is the ONLY way to generate accurate artwork... at least for the exact car and date in the photo used. More cave

As Tony points out; Railroads in the steam era primarily stencil sets: Terminology (from my presentation) Typeface: A set of letters, numbers and symbols that share common design features Railroad Ste

The Ghostwhite cartridge physically replaces the 'K' (blacK) toner cartridge in compatible CMYK color laser printers, including many HP and some others. Set-up decal artwork for 'true black' (CMYK = 0