Wayne Cohen wrote: "In the distant past, I tried Kadee’s 2-56 Delrin screws to mount couplers. Many of the heads snapped off in normal use and I quit using them. Slot or Phillips head - same results."

Ray Hutchison asked: "Looking at a number of early photographs, what would determine whether the door would open to the right (which we think of as being correct) or opened to the left as shown here)?

Tim O'Connor wrote: "On Facebook a couple weeks ago someone posted pictures of BRASS models with slightly yellowed decals they wanted to correct. As an experiment the person placed the model in direct

Jack Wyatt asked: "I wonder what the body color was for the original Atlantic Coast Dispatch vent's?" Yellow, with red herald. Ben Hom

Bruce Smith wrote: "IIRC, the X30 was PRR's first end door car." Class X25A had end doors. http://prr.railfan.net/freight/PRRdiagrams.html?diag=LinesWestDiagrams_230.gif&fr=cl Ben Hom

Claus Schlund wrote: "A fire truck delivered in Oregon on a PRR end-door box car in 1959 https://umpquavalleymuseums.pastperfectonline.com/photo/6CF55703-0E42-4B74-84BC-157750359719 Not just any PRR e

Bill Smith asked: "Is there even a ‘History of the American Model Railroad Industry’ web site?" White River Productions'' HO Collector Magazine website here: http://hotraincollector.com/ Ben Hom

Armand Premo wrote: "Being the Neophyte that I am,what are the basic differences between the H-21 and the H-25?" First, there are as many dashes in PRR Car Classes as letter "h"s in Alburg, VT between

Eric Hansmann wrote: "Here are some L&N ventilated boxcar quantities to fill in a few years in between Ray’s info. 1943 – 2,096 cars 1951 – 992 cars 1953 – 37 cars I suspect the pending K brake ban of

George Irwin asked: "Could that be a Lehigh Valley "wrong-way" boxcar first in the line of cars on the track near the center of the photo?" https://kchistory.org/islandora/object/kchistory%3A117361?so

Clark Propst asked: "Saw a Tichy gon for sale. It amounts to their 40’ flat with wood sides. Is their a prototype for this?" Fenton Wells replied: "B&O,PRR and SR had these but not sure the cars are i

Vince Altiere asked: "Did you use 1/2 inch tape on your car?? I would think 1/4 inch would be better. Please let me know." As Tim posted, you trim it as necessary. Ben Hom

Tim O'Connor wrote: "Method #5 - plastic self adhesive tape from an electronic label maker - easier to apply than the bare metal foil and can be stretched a little if necessary. Easily cut into shapes

Jeff Aley wrote: "Hmm. I think a similarly-worded response would be “yes, it does.” But I’ll refrain from the all caps." I'll concede this one, but I'll guarantee people will continue to misconstrue t

Bob Chaparro wrote: https://digitalcollections.missouristate.edu/digital/collection/FriscoLab/id/2/rec/268 Stencil says car repaired in November 1952." NO, IT DOES NOT. It indicated that the car was R

Mel Perry wrote: "i don't know how old this page is, but read it carefully, google is our friend" Link to the webpage instead of a gif would be helpful. Ben Hom

Mel Perry wrote: "whats interesting is the facility, and all the people on the "viewing.deck" anyone recognize the facility and/or its purpose?" Look again with the enlargement tool - those aren't peo

Mel Perry asked: "can anyone identify the mopac boxcar in the photo, it appears to be a 1937 car?" https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/hnoc-clf%3A4590 R+3/4 improved Dreadnaught end,

Clark Propst wrote: "I've attached a Bill Armstrong photo take on a lowly branchline in central Iowa. Shows they crawled out on some of the skinniest limbs ; ))" Note the Seley hopper behind the Class

[Edited to add link] James Dick asked: "The statement of 'From the mid-thirties production years, there were around 7300 in service, more than many roads’ entire fleets;' is applied how, by a mid 1950