The Revell / Concor gondola was also produced (first?) by Fleischmann, spelling probably not correct. I have 2 of these, and 2 Revell's and 1 Concor, they are all identical as far as the body goes, bu

I buy these 'oldies' whenever I find them at meets, bring them up into modern standards and run them. I've lost count of how many of these cars currently are running on my layout. Walthers wood and me

In my time on the Reading and Conrail, we used a 'paint stick' which is like a very waxy crayon. I still have one or two some where in my memorabilia. The advantage was, it didn't wash off (EVER!), an

I have built several of these, but their is no comparison to today's kits They stand out like a sore thumb next to the Bowser cars. They are good layout 'beaters' as my grandchildren become operators.

I have been successful in salvaging some trucks and car sides ( old !! Roundhouse & Ulrich metal kits) by lightly, (key word) removing the white powder with a soft toothbrush and painting them immedia

My guess is that these are coils of aluminum, maybe from the Alcoa works at Cressona, Pa. That would explain why there are so many in the car and why they were banded and loaded in upright. Probably i

5 man crews were still common on the Reading when I worked there in the 70's. They didn't go away until the mid 70's when union contracts were being renegotiated and the Brotherhoods started to merge.

I think the most interesting car is the reefer second from the end, a wee bit of sag in it! I wonder how they get that door to close?

I have probably tried all these methods and types of paints over the years. Remember Ulrich 410M paint? Dullcote seems to be very humidity sensitive, the higher the humidity, the more likely to get wh

I have used KK for quite some time. My railroad is in a basement garage, and over the years, some KK windows have shrunk or cracked. The good news is that you can usually wet it or cut it out with an

I used the address from their website, but it took several tries to get it through. I am on Gmail, and sometimes incoming and outgoing mails don't get through. But it did finally, Sharon graciously re

I just did a gon this past week, Canopy glue.

It looks to me like the cars are being papered for clean lading. This was a common practice on the Reading, not for grain, but for cocoa beans and bagged sugar, prior to the switch to covered hoppers

The real name is James Cocuzza. (AKA as Nite Train James when I worked for the Reading company and Conrail). I live in Mount Penn, just outside of Reading, Pa. Thanks for the info on the car. These ol

I can't give you any additional advice, but your post interested me, because I just finished, literally last night, an upgrade on what I think is an old Thomas tank car. It's a red CCLX car with silve

Two very good photos of these cars were recently on George Elwwood's Fallen Flags website. Look in the NYC section, car numbers were 69136 and 69114, by Jim Parker, Taken in Toronto, 1956. It was very

Tittle Industries. They were (are?) a manufacturer of steps and grab irons. A quick Google search turned up some of their stuff on E-Bay, but I don't know if they are still in business.

I have problems with some, but not all, of the Detail Associates steps being fragile. Never thought Delrin would break, but some of the thinner ones will. I have been using more Tichy steps, they're a

I learned about this on Tony's SP blog, one of the best things ever 'discovered" I've been using it for many applications, including attaching Delrin steps. It really works good for scenery, also. Gre