Great looking car, Jim. The weathering is superb and very realistic looking. I look forward to your article in Issue 52 of the B&O Modeler. Fran Giacoma

Don, The Erie interchanged with the New Haven Railroad at the large NH yard in Maybrook, NY. The New Haven interchanged with the B&M at Worcester, Fitchburg, and Lowell, MA. Both the NH and the B&M re

On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 11:47 AM, Brian Carlson wrote: "I was responding to the OP’s comment that he “only room for 2 additional gondolas in the fleet due to a limited amount and length of the staging

Thank you John for the info and attachment. This will help me narrow down my choices as I have only room for 2 additional gondolas in the fleet due to a limited amount and length of the staging tracks

Thanks for all the replies. As info, I am doing this same project with the flat cars on my layout so I will use the results here with them also. Clyde - great idea looking at photos of trains. They, l

I am in the process of right sizing my freight car fleet due to a slight operational change on my HO B&O Shenandoah SD layout. It is set in late September 1956 and I use an October 1956 ORER (plus oth

Well done, Paul. I like the layout setting it is in especially the way you blended the foreground into the backdrop. Nice B&O wagon top too! Fran G.

Paul and Matthew - thanks for the kind comments. My layout was featured in Issue 45 of the B&O Modeler; here is the link to it: https://borhs.org/ModelerMag/Modeler-45-201711.pdf I live in southern De

I pretty much went with what Andy described when I built my CV NP stock car. However, being a "good enough" model for my HO late 1956 era B&O Shenandoah Sub-division layout, I just narrowed the ends a

Great looking car, Paul. Nice job. How did you do your route card and the chalk marks? Thanks. Fran Giacoma

I installed the 22” hoses (a mix of with and without brackets) on 120 cars on my September 1956 era layout. Once installed, I paint them Tamiya German Grey XF-63, the closest color of a faded rubber h

Tim, According to George Losse’s presentation at the March 23-25, 2012 Prototype Modelers Meet titled “Modeling Reading Company Open Hopper Cars 1948-1956”, the 86000-86699 class HTv hopper cars were

With the help of this group and a recently acquired ORER, I am adjusting the car fleet on my HO scale September 1956 B&O Shenandoah Sub-division layout. For sale are a few cars that don't fit in: Accu

Not much of a shot, but it might help (272590): http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2151425 Fran Giacoma

Here is one: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4212331 Fran Giacoma

Scott, I have had very good success with a Crayola Watercolor White pencil to apply chalk marks on my freight cars. It came out of my wife’s watercolor pencil set. Fran Giacoma

I have two scales on my September 1956 HO B&O Shenandoah SD layout which I use during operations. I have a scale test car to move to them and I would like to add a scale tool car to move with it. Rail

Thanks Eric and Doug for the leads. Found the plan in the group files and have started the search for RPC 20 and TSC 36. Fran Giacoma

Farming and road construction equipment are a necessity in the area I model on my HO layout depicting the B&O Shenandoah SD set in late September 1956. I have numerous industries that have sidetracks

Bill, you might contact this group: http://www.narcoa.org/ One or more of their members may operate SP speeders and have the info you need. Fran Giacoma