Back in the 2016-2018 time frame I went tank car crazy. I built a number of resin tank cars, purchased castings from Tom Madden, and built cars swapping tank and bodies and cutting them up. Then when

I was listening to a podcast this morning, and the speaker mentioned the fun he was having playing with the search function on openai.com. So, i signed up, and started typing search terms. Thought i’d

All: Sad news to report, Joe Oats (Uncle Joe) passed away this morning at Tampa General hospital. Joe was an active railman and modeler, well known throughout the Southeast. Additional information wil

Hi there, Was just familiarizing myself a bit with these two classes of 8’8” interior height cars, and wondered - apart from the grab iron count (7 v 8), the door brace details and the car ends (Murph

This week I am working on flat cars for my clinic on curating your C&O freight car fleet at the upcoming C&O Modelers Weekend in Logan WV. The focus of my presentation is 1952. At this time, the C&O d

Los Angeles Pacific Boxcar 407 Photo courtesy of Paul Ayers on the Facebook Pacific Electric Railway group. He comments: “LAP boxcar No. 407 at Buena Vista Freight House, Sunset and North Broadway, Lo

Atlas announced their release of the CP “Minibox” boxcar based on the True Line Trains tooling. Paul Krueger Seattle, WA

I bought a Spencer Chemical Sunshine kit, but the instructions are missing. Does anyone know where I could find them? Thanks, Phil Lee

I am detailing my small fleet of HO Bowser 55T hopper cars and want to replace the ladders with finer ones. Plate C Models makes replacement ladders but has been out of stock for awhile and they have

Was there anything new to report from the train show this past weekend? Steve Hile

Hey group, I have quite an eclectic group of items for sale today. Images are available here if you'd like to shop: https://www.flickr.com/photos/48288130@N02/albums/72177720303711337 Payment via PayP

Would anyone have a contact e-mail address for the Bessemer & Lake Erie Historical Society as I have a query regarding some of the B&LE hopper? The only link I can find on the website is a Facebook co

Hi All, I have been following the discussion of the USRA box cars with interest. As it turned to the roles of potential committees, MCB, AAR, USRA I thought the following would be of interest. I tried

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I am building Sunshine kit #29.12, however, this kit comes with Youngstown doors. I wish to build the car with 7 Panel Superior doors to represent a different series of the boxcar. The Youngstown door

I purchased the above Westerfield model some time ago. Whoever built it did an excellent job. I do, however, want to update the lettering to the later sachem. Most ( if not all) of these cars came equ

Aside from the N&W, were there any other owners, secondhand etc ? Regards, Ben Scanlon Tottenham, England

Greetings, Attached are a couple of photos of GN 79012, a 65’ mill gondola. The prototype was finished in January 1956 and had the new slanted lettering on mineral red paint. The model is scratch buil

I purchased this slight out 0of focus (Sorry) Westerfield Santa Fe stock car a while back. The builder did a great job on the car, however, I want to update it with the later lettering scheme. I have

Greetings, It has been a busy day. I just finished GN 79000, another 65’ mill gondola. This one was built in December 1955 and used the earlier lettering scheme. I know this one is correct since I had