I think the timbers are there to protect the stake pockets. The tracks have the tendency to grab things. Over at the Central New England right now Eversource is replacing line poles. One of the cranes

This time it's some interesting Pratt & Whitney loads. Randy's Layout Blog: Pratt & Whitney Loads (newbritainstation.com) Randy

From what I understand, Lionel tried Mexico and it nearly bankrupted them. I don’t have any hard information to support that claim, As somebody who is trying to start our own thing, we have to elimina

I have talked to Kadee. Several times. They don’t have capacity to finish all the projects they want, much less taking on somebody else’s. They produce their freight cars utilizing excess capacity fro

Yeah, this is their reasoning: These moved on dedicated freight trains with expedited schedules, covering the 900 miles between New York and Chicago in as little as 32 hours. And the description: With

Definitely Westerfield. Much better than the Tichy ones, and Andrew has most roads that owned them. Randy

Nope, I was wrong. The Bx-3 drawings are in the 1931 CBC with a photo, and there are side and end photos of a Bx-12. But no drawings. I was correct that we have a drawing for the Bx-12, but unfortunat

Yes, I’m 99% sure it was published in a Car Builders’ Cyclopedia. I’ll try to find it tomorrow, for some reason I seem to have not scanned it. Randy

To build on that, I wrote a summary of the cars here: https://www.prototypejunction.com/p/models.html?m=1 1941-1943 for the shorter extension, 1943-4 for the taller. Yes, we still want to produce them

Either. I’ve seen pictures of five replacement doors, Creco, Youngstown, Superior, plus a Youngstown and a carbuilder (that looks similar to Creco), both with a weld line in the center because they we

I did a quick post covering prototype roster info c1950 for the cars: https://blog.newbritainstation.com/2021/06/usra-single-sheathed-box-cars.html?m=1 I’ve ordered mine! Randy

I’ve been using Styrene Tack-it II https://www.amazon.com/Tenax-Styrene-II-Single-Ounce-Bottles/dp/B07NCC2FDG/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=styrene+tack-it+ii&qid=1622995629&sprefix=styrene+tack&sr

I use Aleene’s for a lot. Gluing down my track, for example. It is a bit flexible when dried, I use it for gluing etched running boards on plastic models. Randy

Yes, I know why they have the extra rivets, just didn't know if there was an industry term. The 1943 CBC has a notation of a photo of 187085, noted as, "light weight construction." It also has another

I don’t know the answer to that, but a I do wonder where the term ACR came from. Was it an industry term or something coined by modelers/historians? I suppose I should go digging through CBCs when I g

Yes. It was Darren’s company, and I am/was “the other guy.” Randy

Would the photo we used to produce the TLT model be sufficient? Incidentally, I found a photo of the lumber door in Dave Peters' collection after we produced the tooling: Randy

For more general info, I did a post on the NH gondolas recently. https://blog.newbritainstation.com/2021/03/nh-ga-4-60508-with-buoy-load.html?m=1 Randy

Fantastic info! Any more loads to CT on the other pages? Thanks for sharing. Randy

Even nowadays they make mistakes. I went for a ride-along on the CNZR, and the crew told me that Pan Am had picked up the wrong cut of cars a couple of days ago, they were supposed to be picked up by