Hello I have a July 1972 RMC here with a piece about the LS&BC. The boxcars were ex Penn Central, and Northern Pacific cars. Most were 40' single door cars. There were also round roof cars ,and double

Hey Micheal I recall seeing one come through San Luis Obispo CA in the 70's. I had an Athearn 50' HO version at the time, and the prototype car was remarkably similar. I had heard that Irv Athearn wou

Hello all Read your post on diatomaceous earth. I'm modelling the ESPEE coastline between Santa Barbara, and Guadalupe, including the Lompoc branch circa 1964. I chatted with someone who worked the br

Hi Charlie The lower height framework car is a model of the two ESPEE calcium carbide cars.It looks identical to, and is numbered for one of them. The other three paint jobs were fantasy schemes, It w

Hello All I'm currently detailing one of the Atlas cars for my N scale '64 coastline layout. The body is 53'6"long. The deck has a good representation of the posts that hold the containers. I compared

Hello Jeff,All I made some R-40-25s in N by kitbashing a diagonal panel roof. The ends on the 25's have an extra small rib at the top, and the dropsteps are a different style, without the sidesill tab

Hello Tim ,All There was some discussion of winecars on this list a while back, and one post {gatx417?}had a Bob Morris photo of Fresno with many wine cars in view. So for the central valley in the 50

Hi Ted I'd be interested in some Chartrand decals for my 1964 ESPEE Coastline layout. I don't suppose you could make a few N scale decals? Charlie Burns members and Microscale. for Cocoa Tichy 3. engi

Clover House makes dry transfer lettering for a Chateau Martin car.I have one of the n scales sets for a future project , after seeing a picture of one at the head of a 1960's era ESPEE Coastline trai