Bill Welch asked: "For some time now I have noticed that all of the Clinchfield's USRA assigned rolling stock—cabooses; 50-ton boxcars; 2-bay hoppers—carried "CC&O" reporting marks for most of their s

Rob Kirkham asked: "I was wondering if there is an existing model for this other car (shown in the photo Bob has linked below.) It looks like the Tichy 3001 end would be a good starting point, and may

Brian Carlson asked: "I’m working on an Intermountain box car and I need to plug some of the holes in the body to re-detail it. I have found I don’t have an appropriate diameter styrene rod. What I ha

Doug Harding wrote: "The CN historical society once sold correct color paint." http://www.cnrha.ca/node/966 These are available in Scalecoat and Scalecoat II. Scroll to page 5: https://www.minutemansc

Bob Chapman asked: "I'm in need of a HO scale 40' diagonal panel roof for a boxcar project. At one time, Red Caboose offered these as an aftermarket part (#8700-04), but InterMountain's website no lon

Doug Harding wrote: "I have this drawing, saved as ERDX 11000-11049. However nothing on the drawing says it is ERDX, so cannot confirm. Nor do I know the source, but suspect it came via this last as w

Tim O'Connor wrote: "Many people hate Tichy tank cars because they're not right. I love them because they are among the finest examples of styrene freight car kit design." "Hate" isn't quite right...m

Fred Jansz asked: "Received my OMI 'Wabash' steel dd boxcar today...NOT. This 'wooden' SS beauty was in the box. It reminds me of something, but not a steel Wabash DD car. Any idea what it might be?"

Dennis Storzek wrote: "How to explain the apparent white lettering on the side? It is possible that glossier black paint is reflecting sunlight. This brings to mind a question; was Swift using glass b

Fred Jansz asked: "Bought this OMI Wabash auto car and wonder if someone knows if there are decals available for this car?" Tim O'Connor replied: "Mark Vaughan decals - stocked by Des Plaines Hobbies.

Steve Salotti asked: "Not sure if this is going to the group, if so sorry, it's old news. On August 26th John Sykes mentioned a roster for the NYS&W, I've downloaded it and have a question about the r

Brad Andonian asked: "I cannot locate a file of USRA hoppers with road names etc; I am looking to get confirmation that Susquehenna had these cars.... Any images and data would be appreciated. I have

Ben de Vries asked: "Can anyone of you review the prototype fidelity of subj. cars, especially the Linde and GN car? I would like to avoid buying foobies!" Bill Welch replied: "A link would be helpful

Doug Harding wrote: "It appears only the first 20 pages of the magazine are available. While the text can be seen for the following pages, the images can not. Has Train Life put a restriction in place

Lester Breuer asked: "I was gifted this HO Train-Miniature NP Hopper lettered correctly for the NP and being 35 ft inside inside (rather than 34 ft 9 in as the prototype) it could be reworked into a N

Scott Seders wrote: "Below is a diagram for the woodchip car conversion LV did. Scott, thanks. Interpolating from the diagram, the height from rail to top chord of the pre-wood chip rebuilds is 10 ft

Tim O'Connor wrote: "We have indeed discussed the Hobbyline model in the past - it even has cutouts underneath to clear the wheels. Because it is such a mediocre model, I wonder if a stand-in is not a

Scott Seders asked: "Is the Hobbyline model the best starting point for this LV hopper? I wanted to be certain there isn’t a better model (injection molded plastic or resin) available that I am overlo

Steve Kay asked: "I picked up a nice kit at the Berea Train Show Saturday -- a old, undecorated Red Caboose box car. The label says it is a 40' ACF Box Car, 4-3-1 ends, 8' door, riveted sides and stan

Bill Pardie asked: "As with Gene Deimling’s recent post on revisiting older models I find that I am spending a fair amount of time upgrading some of my earlier models. Early on I built models followin