An often overlooked detail on our freight cars.are Trust Plates. These show up on freight cars more often than one might think. The only time that I had taken a car to a RPM meet was years ago. It was

Stuart, Catching up on emails. Did you get the information you were looking for? I have one of these kits and would be happy to photograph and send along the info. Take care, Dennis Korn

The picture was taken in 1946 near Salt Lake City on the Grand: https://donstrack.smugmug.com/UtahRails/Emil-Albrecht-Photos/1946-Salt-Lake- City/i-rLWqvxz/A An interesting train makeup with 3 of the

Tim's list included: 40' flatcar Rutland (by sheer coincidence!) The Rutland 2700-2799 ACF 1910 40' flat can easily be modeled by using the Athearn Blue Box 40' flat. The modeling process described by

Trust Plates ... I model the GN in the decade after WW-II. So I can use trust plates for my GN and other - cars. I would prefer that they be simple decals on a rectangle of styrene glued to the upper

Alex Schneider asked: "Why were multi tank cars used to transport wine? Wasn't it all going to the same bottling plant?" See Tony Thompson's blog for an information sheet by Richard Hendrickson, plus

Can I ask generally what the significance of the P&LE / PMcK&Y USRA single-sheathed rebuild was ? It seems a very popular car, but I am struggling to see it as much of a game changer. I note there's a

Friends, I am curious if anyone has developed a technique for simulating the wire “twisted” and used to secure the wood verticals for gondola pipe loads across the tops of the load in HO scale (see ph

I brought a number of surplus cars with me to Cocoa Beach. If you would like one of the kits, they are $20, while the Rapido single sheathed USRA cars are at my cost of $45. These are only available i

On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 07:06 PM, WILLIAM PARDIE wrote: Based on his reputation I recently purchased one of his completed RUTLAND boxcars on Ebay. The builder of this car did an excellent job. I wanted

Yet another early resin entrepreneur is Dennis Storzek. He contributes on this list periodically. Dennis produced some excellent mostly SOO LINE kits in the late 80's. I built one off his SOO LINE saw

Thought this review might be of interest for those who have restricted venting. (6) Testing An All New Waterfall Spray Booth - YouTube

Mt. Vernon Car Co. Ad With PFE Reefer Advertisement displayed in the December 2022 Seaboard-Coast Line Modeler. Bob Chaparro Moderator Railroad Citrus Industry Modeling Group https://groups.io/g/Railr

Bill I definitely put that about the tank car into the "hobby legend" category. I mean, the work that might have gone into the 120 ton Brownhoist could have been incredible -- And CAD tools and machin

Joe Binish wrote: "...a modular kit to make the various rebuilds in plastic would be cool. My Sunshine and Boas built kits are among my favorite cars in my fleet. They have the 'look'." Agree complete

Just noticed this morning UK time, that it is inaccessible. How is it working Stateside? http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/ -- Ben Scanlon Tottenham, England

No, the use of a 4 course tank body allowed the use of flat mold construction where the conical rivets won't be trapped coming out of the mold. Years later Intermountain was able to mold a 3 course ta

Thanks for that explanation Dennis. I've only seen one mold in my life and that was the huge Branchline box car platter of goodies mold that included multiple items and had no 'slides' as far as I kno

Any recommendation for which truck to use for this model? Also, is the roof from the Tichy kit correct for this car? Decal recommendation? Thanks, -Andy Carlson Ojai CA

The Feds love too crunch numbers in a myriad of ways, and have been doing so for well over 100 years. It's pretty easy to crack open a USDA report for any given year and start looking at state produce