On the subject of "skins". The MP served a plant in the St Louis area called the Fouke Fur Co. According to the 1951 Sanbourn map, this plant was a fur dressing and a seal skin plant. The map shows th

No I ordered them on the website. I am away from my computer now, but I can send you a link tomorrow when I get time to look it up. Brian Flynn

Not sure what parts you’re looking for, but I just ordered some doors and roofs last week and got them in a few days. If you’re looking for other parts ie ladders or grabs, I might have some, not sure

Hello, Back when Richard Hendrickson wrote his article in the May 2013 MRH on freight car trucks, there was a google document link to reference currently available HO scale trucks. When I try to use t

Hello, If anyone has an extra set or two of Jerry Glow or Sunshine decals for the Frisco Howe Truss boxcar that they would be willing to sell me, please contact me off list at bflynn562@.... Thank

I have to agree with John on this. I have attended the Collinsville RPM since it started. I have been to Naperville twice, and that was when Martin was running it. I have not been back since, not beca

Here is link to another photo showing a wood sided swift reefer roof with a little closer view. The photo was taken by Jim Ozment in 1955 in St Louis MO. http://www.westernrailimages.com/Mopac/Mopac-M

Charlie, I had the exact same problem with a Sunshine SFRD reefer I am building. I did grit blast and wash the car. I have never had this problem with Scalecote I or II. I am not ready to give up on T

Charlie, I had the same problem masking an SRFD reefer from Sunshine. I did sandblast

I am completing the lettering for a Sunshine SFRD-44 reefer and have a question about the reporting marks and car number that was applied to the roof. I can see from the model photo included in the ki

Sorry, forgot to sign my name. Brian Flynn

Um, while I can not probably be classified as young anymore, (42) I have come to enjoy the challenge of building freight car kits. I have learned a lot from this group, and I would much rather spend t

Group, I am starting on a Speedwitch kit 113.8 UP boxcar. The instructions say that the b-50-38s came with Wine ladders, and the b-50-39s came with standard ladders. Looking at Terry Metcalfe's excell

Tony, Thanks for the reply. After looking at the decals, the easiest numbers would probably be 27870 to 27879 or, 28850 to 28859. This way I would only have to change the last number. If this is too m

Hello, I am in the process of building a Sunshine B-50-13 kit and have a question about the handbrakes for these cars. The instructions state that the cars tended to keep the original vertical handbra

Group, After all of the talk on the list of gondolas, I wanted to let you know that the Missouri Pacific Historical Society has released it's fall issue of The Eagle. Of interest to this group is a 30

Hello, I am completing a Sunshine SLSF kit# 80.8 150000 series SS tall boxcar. Can someone give me a suggestion for matching Frisco's boxcar red? I use ScalecoatII paint. I tried a mix on Boxcar red #

Al, I don't know why they they listed the C&O as North and South lines, but that is the way it is listed in the booklet. Brian Flynn line north" mean heading West or in the C&O Northern (Ohio) region?

Not sure how all the question marks ended up in my post.? There is no date for the maximum train lengths but I can give you the following information:? C&O?lines north? 160 C&O lines south? 175 N&W 17

I have a 62 page booklet dated 1955 titled "Railroad Safety-Long Trains, Before the ICC".? It?list the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fireman and Engineers, and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen as peti