For those that did not see my post on the MFCL, I too finally got my photos uploaded and captioned. Pretty much complements what Steve has posted. Had a great time this year seeing many folks for the

For those interested in hand brakes, I have posted to my SmugMug site several UP drawings from my collection. There are drawings from both the 1940s and 1960s. They are in the "Specialties Listings &

Tim, Adding Info to a decal sheet for reweighs and journal repack or relube is always a dilemma when creating a decal sheet. I try to include extra data and lettering for such info for the period that

Tim, The removal of running boards is noted in the UP Equipment Record pages with the month and year. I have no idea how complete and thorough the info is, but it is there for some cars. That record a

No one has said what era the decals need to be, but Microscale does have a set that covers this group. It is #87-494. Admittedly, it has some serious errors (circle "O" 20-inch lettering) and needs to

Bill, Sorry I cannot answer your question of where to find a real boxcar, but the diagrams for those cars say they were built from class A-50-6 cars in two batches - one in the mid-1930s and one in 19

Not sure what you mean by "modernized", Tim, but the history of those cars (and other UP cars) is available at: https://donstrack.smugmug.com/UtahRails/Union-Pacific-Equipment-Record/Automobile-and-Bo

Bill, The diagram for the B-50-27 class is available at: https://harley-trains.smugmug.com/UPFreightDiagrams/Box-Car/ It states an "all welded" underframe, as well as having info about the trucks, han

Not quite that simple, Tony. The June 1946 double medallion scheme with color UP medallion, Black hardware and units on the dimensional and CAPY data had the SP medallion next to the door. The January

FWIW, The California State RR Museum Library has the General Design drawing for that class. https://csrm.andornot.com/en/permalink/techdrawing32274 Tim is right about the trucks. Cheers, Dick Harley L

Eric asked: "Why has the West Coast mainly held one day RPM events?" Could it be that folks don't want to pay West Coast hotel rates? Maybe we West Coasters just have shorter attention spans. Maybe th

Bob, That stencil at the far left of car #99025 reads: DRY ICE LOADING RETURN TO DIOXICE NEW MEXICO I have no idea where that was, and neither does Google Maps. Other Dry Ice cars had a return to "MOS

Tim & All, According to the PFE diagram R-21, dated 11-7-42, class R-30/40-9 cars numbered #95737-98718 had integral ice hatches. https://harley-trains.smugmug.com/PFEModels/PFE-Wood-Ice-Reefer-Models

I'd say if Jack has a digital photo collection that he intends to go to the CSRM Library, why not donate it NOW? Then the rest of the world can have access and use it. Or maybe see something that gets

I just apply Future to the general area where the decal will be. Whatever you use to top-coat the decal (gloss, semi-gloss, flat) will be much thicker than the Future and will give a uniform finish. T

I have never airbrushed Future, and I see no reason to take the time to do that. I apply it where I intend to decal with a Q-tip, and then throw it away, i.e. no clean-up time or trouble. That stuff i

Hello Don, I am not a frequent reader of Groups.io. I just have many other things that I think need my attention. So I rely on other folks to alert me to this kind of question. I did a lot of research

Thanks to Mel Perry for pointing Irv toward me. I am not a frequent reader of any Groups.io. I do not yet have a copy of RP CYC #35, so I don't have the photo Irv referenced. So I will do some educate

Those Repack stencil rectangles are also discussed in the SPH&TS book on painting & lettering SP and PFE freight cars (page 127). The drawing for the stencil was issued in March 1938. I have never not

In December 1959, PFE compiled two listings of their Wood ice reefers - one for cars still in service, and one for cars out of service. Copies of those listings were obtained from the California State