Ken i picked up a couple of those DA detail kits for very little at a swap meet a few years ago, probably because they were for out of production kits. A cheap way to get their excellent AB brake set,

Those lumber stacks look like they could be plywood veneer. They look like sheets or panels rather than individual boards and there appear to be spacers to allow drying. One would expect those to ship

I just found my copy of a September 2004 RMJ article that Richard Hendrickson wrote about the 6000 gallon pressure tank cars used for chlorine and in there he states that the orange and black scheme a

Here’s a post from Ed Hawkins on this list that I kept, regarding painting of ACF built Hooker tanks. Unfortunately I lost the date reference: From AC&F bill of materials data, I provide the following

That’s interesting Tony, I’ve been looking for a good timeline on the changes with Hooker paint history. My information is mostly from photos. Curious, does the photo you reference have the block lett

Hooker and PennSalt changed their schemes over the years. The orange and black billboard scheme for Hooker started in late ‘50s and went to mid ‘60s, original as-built in the 30s and 40s was black. In

Mark Thank you, I had not seen this PDF announcement, only the web site preorder page itself.

Bruce, Thank you, very helpful link to that PRR paint page! And, yes, reweigh date of course.

Sorry - re-weigh date, not rebuild

I too have a similar question as raised by Jim, except for 1965. I “think” it’s some variation of Shadow Keystone, but I was unable to read the rebuild dates on Rapido’s illustrations for the cars.

Here’s an amazing early steam era flat car load of “British Columbia Toothpicks”! From the days when old growth timber was plentiful. Courtesy Vancouver BC archives site, circa 1893. https://searcharc