Two of the USRA cars were painted yellow in 1954. The numbers were 4576 and 4795. Both were used in captive service on the TH&B, not in interchange service. This info is found on the Westerfield data

Erie coal gon made from Mantua on my model railroad.Sent from my Verizon ASUS Tablet

LV hopper made from Hobbyline on my model railroad.Sent from my Verizon ASUS Tablet

Like most people, I have far more rolling stock than will fit onto my model railroad. To determine how many freight cars to place on the tracks I calculated the capacity of all sidings - yard, passing

Would like to buy one or two West Shore Line kits for the NYC gondola. Hugh T Guillaume

The posts about the crated automobile prompted me to make this post. The subject area of this post is actually the title of a thirty page booklet published in the twenties by the Evans Auto Loading Co

85 HO resin freight car kits for sale, list sent via e-mail, Hugh T Guillaume mguill1224 at aol.com

There was a that crossed Broadway off No.2 Track on the NYC Main Line between Harlem Road and Union Road in Cheektowaga NY. It serviced a poultry company that received poultry cars. It was known as th

Is it acceptable to offer for sale steam era HO scale passenger car kits? If not here, please advise as to where. Hugh T Guillaume

Last summer I bought a book at White Sands N.M. about the Manhattan Project. The story of transporting Jumbo is well-documented in that book. Book is at home, I am in FL, so I can't provide title. I a

Erie RR used those gons to move coal. There are pix of them on the Central Avenue pier on Lake Erie in Dunkirk NY where the Erie delivered coal from the Toby Mines near Brockway PA to lake boats.

The books in that series by Tom Taber and by Ben Kline have been reprinted at least once but remain difficult to find. The books by Walt Casler have not been reprinted and probably never will be repri

For what it is worth, I have built about sixty resin freight car kits, all HO, for my model railroad. Right now I have no unbuilt kits. I build them when I buy them. HTG

The Brass Collectors And Operators The Brass Backshop The Brass Depot Brass Locomotive Collectors Brass Model Train Buy Swap And Sell Check these out for help with brass models.

There are some groups on Facebook where help with repairs can be found. Try these: Brass Collectors and Brass Backshop for starters. There are a couple more which I will look up and cite later but the

About sixty years ago I assembled a Varney metal kit for an EJ&E flat car. It was factory painted green. Wish I still had it. Hugh T Guillaume

Consulting the NYCSHS is the best way to answer questions about the oval herald. The NYCSHS publishes a quarterly, the Central Headlight. Back issues are available on discs. Articles on the evolution

These are the last of the Westerfield kits that I have for sale. I will have more eventually but not until these are gone. $20 each plus postage. 1290 HB1a load, 2104 P&LE 70 ton hopper, 2600 undec UR

I have twenty-nine Westerfield kits left to sell. Send an e-mail for the list. mguill1224@aol.com Hugh T Guillaume

I have no stock car kits. HTG