In the accompanying link, at the far left of the photo there is a boxcar that caught my attention. https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=84144 I cannot really make out the lettering on the car

To add just a bit to the information Jim shared below, the N&W class BL/BLa boxcars that the SK class stock cars derived from were door-and-a-half versions of the USRA single sheathed boxcar. This sho

Talk to Craig Zeni. He came up with a beautiful solution for this. (He can describe it far better than I can - it was genius) Brent Dr. J. Brent Greer

The next important question is: Is there an HO scale model that would reasonably represent this group of cars? I think I remember seeing a photo of one of these flats in service on the VGN being used

Interesting to see some of the end details of the boxcar next in line. Obviously this is a repair track, so it isn't all that shocking to see that the placard boards on the end are completely gone and

Sincere thanks to everyone for their recommendations, they are most appreciated. I hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas day! Brent Dr. J. Brent Greer

That brings up a question I've had for a while for our expert modelers, what colors do you recommend for representing creosoted wood (like loads of utility poles or trestle pilings)? Thanks, Brent Dr.

Great looking finished product Clark ! On black hoppers, it is certainly difficult for my eyes to pick out the cast-on ladder detail vs. wire in most cases. The Stan R. method is certainly a good comp

looks like the whole trainlife magazine database is down. I can't access any of their listings. Brent Dr. J. Brent Greer

How would that process work when a road like Seaboard would reject an incoming car? Would the road crew at the point of interchange be expected to inspect each car that had been dropped off for pickup

My father always kept a 5 gallon can of reclaimed motor oil to run through our chainsaws. Part of what kept out house warm through the winter months in Virginia. Brent Dr. J. Brent Greer

Especially one that appears to be dressed like a Nun ! Brent Dr. J. Brent Greer

So, a completely different question from looking at this picture: whose version of radial roof would this be, based upon the visible stampings as we see them from the underside? Brent Dr. J. Brent Gre

30.12 ATSF ft-v flat car Brent Dr. J. Brent Greer

I also like the one coupled to the right of it, with the open sliding door all the way to the end of the car. I seem to recall Seaboard (?) having some cars configured this way but I cannot identify t

Wow... I have had this kit in my stash for a while, so I decided that I would be a hero and pull it out, scan the instructions and then share with everyone. Guess what... My kit did not have the PDS o

I did not find them on Kadee or Speedwitch. The ones from SouthWest Scale are the right configuration, but only a 6' width vs. the 7' that I need. I will check Yarmouth next Thanks, Brent Dr. J. Brent

I am hoping someone can help me with a project I am working on. The car is a 1945 DD boxcar, 10'6" height cars with 14' door opening (two 7' doors) that were of the interim improved youngstown design

Probably few if any will model it. Would most likely have to be a stub end part of some diorama to do it right. But I do love the American ingenuity to find workable solutions to the realities of the

I know that most of this detail would be too small to see with normal vision in HO scale (but that certainly doesn't stop Bill from doing the incredible detailing that he does), so it makes me wonder,