I have finished this year’s RPM Chicagoland Mini-kit, an ILlinois Central single sheathed boxcar I numbered 16172. It is an Accurail boxcar to which the Mini-Kit resin cast kit replacement parts inclu

Regarding MINX 1040, I forgot the ORER, January 1953, 25 cars in service in the series 1001 to 1040 and 1040 not listed among vacant numbers so still in service. Lester Breuer

Garth regarding MINX 1040 wood boxcar with hatches, straight steel center sills, here is what I have. Based on reporting marks requesting empty return to Corona, California, car 1040 was used to deliv

Bill a good tip. Another solution to having a good supply of dirt collectors would be for Tichy to take the dirt collector in Set 3013 and make them available in a multiple group of that part only. I

I would appreciate those of you who have Ted Culotta’s Steam Era Freight Cars Reference Manual to turn to page 74. In the top photo of IC boxcar 16704 I see an air reservoir on the underbody under the

Jim Gates wrote, “3M had several.........” Richard Hendrickson provided additional photos when I built this Train Miniature boxcar. We exchanged data we had on the cars. The primary purpose of the car

I have finished an upgrade of a Minneapolis & Northland Railroad Company boxcar. An Accurail boxcar built for the Central Of Minnesota to complete our exchange of freight cars. Photos of other exchang

Thank You Eric for your time and effort to take and create the 120 photo gallery. Well done. Lester Breuer

Bill I am looking at Scalecoat, Vallejo and Model Master color charts only and photos on the Internet. I have not painted an MEC car ; however, based on charts a very dark green so I would start with

I have finished upgrade of Northern Pacific hopper 70168. A Train-Miniature hopper with offset side side gussets corrected to seven from nine and Archer rivets applied to get correct rivet patterns. O

Small piano or phosphor bronze wire as I used on this load is one way. Lester Breuer

I was gifted this HO Train-Miniature NP Hopper lettered correctly for the Np and being 35ft inside inside ( Rather than 34ft 9 inches as the prototype) it could be reworked into a NP Hopper in the 700

Guy Wilber wrote,” .....reporting marks and car numbers are stenciled onto thin metal plates attached over the wood sheathing.” And, I thought I had studied DMIR photos well. Learning makes for a grea

I have finished Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range single-sheathed Box Car 3332. It is an Accurail kit, number 4406. I have included a photo of the car prior to final paint and weathering with molded ladder

I have finished Rock Island 160250 automobile single-sheathed box car with end door. A Rocket Express resin kit, number R1-1. If you are interested, photos and writeup of the build are now on my blog

I have finished Pennsylvania Railroad Container Flat Car 473267 with a load of DD1 “merchandise” containers. A Funaro & Camerlengo resin kit, number 8120. If you are interested, photos and writeup of

Chuck fine Models. Thank You for sharing and Jim Thank You for your FCC help. Appreciated. Lester Breuer

Chuck I Model late spring 1955 allowing for apple trees to blossom in MN. And, FCC = Freight Car Color . If not please educate me as to meaning. Lester Breuer

I am about to move a resin Funaro & Camerlengo container Flat Car kit 8120 to the paint shop. The instructions for the car body state Scalecoat PRR Freight Red, a red moving toward maroon, to my eyes

I have added a new post on model brake levers on my blog that shows how I make my own brake levers from Evergreen strip styrene. In addition, it provides prototype information and information on the c