I do know that Vietnam is involved in production for some manufacturers. I think some are looking elsewhere due to the political situation with China. J. Stephen Sandifer

Just a reminder that the color of your rail will depend on when and where you are modeling. If you are a steam operator, coal leaves different color residue than oil. If you have roller bearings your

This is the end of an ATSF express reefer. 1) what kind of brake is this? 2) does anyone make a model of it, plastic or brass?

I have photos of the other side. It appears to have been sideswiped. The door has been removed on the other side and the hold filled with wood with a window and wooden door added. There is no ladder o

The Athearn car is a representative of a UP prototype. Major issues are that the diagonal pattern roof has the diagonal the wrong way and the underbody is, well, Athearn. UP tried to keep the yellow o

Watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcXUD_44jHc especially beginning about 10:00 into it. J. Stephen Sandifer

Santa Fe also had many cars with perpendicular air reservoirs. J. Stephen Sandifer

I don’t know how correct it is, but Red Caboose produced a Mather wood meat reefer with Hygrade on it about 20 years ago. I have one HFPX 2793. I believe Hygrade was formed in 1951. I look forward to

I have been gifted with a brass HO acid tank that appears to be very similar to the Tangent model. Can anyone identify the car and its maker please. J. Stephen Sandifer

It is preserved at the Monticello RR Museum. J. Stephen Sandifer

I like Toad Suck, Arkansas, now a suburb of Conway. No rail service today. J. Stephen Sandifer

Look at all of the manual labor! J. Stephen Sandifer

I have made these out of brass bar. J. Stephen Sandifer

Is this the car: http://old.atsfrr.org/Reviews/HO/Foreign/GACXExpReef/Index.htm J. Stephen Sandifer

I enjoy switching my steam era freight cars, and I have had the opportunity to test one of the new ATSF mikados with Paragon 4 that BLI is about to release. The Paragon 4 pays special attention to Rul

Like this, preserved in Ashdown, Ark. J. Stephen Sandifer

These are contemporary photos, but most color ones are newer than this group. J. Stephen Sandifer

Going through 2 Conductor’s Records books (1300 cars each) from the ATSF, Mid Kansas 1923: 5 PRR Box cars 11 PRR gondolas 1930: 9 PRR Box cars 1 PRR Autobox 2 PRR 65’ steel drop end gondolas. So that

SPAM J. Stephen Sandifer

Clark I am returning this with ATSF notes. I added the class of the cars and based on my Santa Fe Live List made some changes in the descriptions. The Santa Fe did a lot of car rebuilding as WWII woun