It's interesting that at the main index there are no railroads whose reporting marks start with the letter A. Robert Bogie

Is it possible to download the magazines from the Trainlife site? I've not been successful in trying to do so. Robert Bogie

A builder's photo of the car in NYC is available from the NYC Historical Society. Low resolution version attached. Robert Bogie

Does anyone know if the Model Train Magazine Index web site that was on the Kalmbach site is still working ? I keep getting this message. Regards, Robert Bogie

Tim, There are two photos of the as built C&O hoppers on page 75 of the July 1983 issue of Mainline Modeller. Robert Bogie

Mike, I have a part of the set you require, in fact most of it. I bought one of these cars built up from Pierre Oliver of Elgin Car Shops/Yarmouth Model Works. When Pierre sent the model he also inclu

Chuck, It worked this time. Thanks, Robert Bogie

The problem is the attachment itself. When I look at the message on the group, I can see it's a winmail.dat file. If it was resent as a jpeg or other file type then we'd be able to open it. Robert Bog

Was there an attachment with this message Can't see one. Robert Bogie

As an Aussie who has purchased models/books by mail order from overseas from many years now and has sold on ebay to overseas buyers, I would disagree. In this case, the item concerned is very small an

Is any one able to identify this NYC gondola or its Lot number? http://www.ebay.com/itm/1950s-NYC-New-York-Central-Freight-Hopper-Cars-Vintage-Railroad-Negative-/112567520749?hash=item1a358c0ded:g:BaQ

Has anyone successfully removed the lettering from a Kadee freight car model without damaging the paint underneath. Just wondering which of the various lettering removal methods is best to use on Kade

Can people stop using these ridiculous/lazy acronyms and write what they are saying in full, so everyone can understand what is being said. Robert Bogie

The New York Central System Historical Society had an article on the NYC's Pacemaker service and the cars used in their "Central Headlight" 1st Qtr 1992 magazine. The paragraph on the trucks used read

Don, It appears to be down again, as I've just tried several times without success using both Firefox and Windows Explorer browsers. Just get this message:- Problem Loading Page The connection has tim

Bill, There is also the question of whether the photo was taken in the USA or another country. There are three clues to suggest it's another country. 1. On the side of the freight car is the lettering

Eric, You can also buy Eucalyptus trees from this Australian model producer:- http://www.auscisionmodels.com.au/Australian%20Trees.htm Robert Bogie

Ben, The 12 cars painted in the Cigar Band test scheme were painted Century Green. A picture of one of these cars was included in an article the NYC Historical Society published in their magazine on t

Ed, Were these trucks one piece or still the three piece snap together type. Robert Bogie

Hi Phillip, Thanks for your reply. I do have that issue of the Newsliner. It was one of the 66 back issues of the Newsliner that I obtained very recently, but with that quantity I haven't been able to