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

Good evening, The latest issue of the Seaboard - Coast Line Modeler has been published and is available for download at https://www.aclsal.org/publications . This issue includes three freight car arti

Hello everyone, Wanted to ask what some of the most common non fruit produce shipped East from the West Coast was? You hear a lot about citrus/berries/cantaloupe/cherries and some other fruits like Gr

Started scanning my mostly-ignored 35mm color negatives and have come upon some forgotten treasures. March 1989, Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris CA, Santa Fe war emergency gondola 176695 had be

Pretty much as the title says. I read somewhere that Chicago-Cleveland or their successor stopped manufacturing these roofs in the 1940s. I am thinking of the latter type with five corrugations per pa

Group, Please pardon this request as I would like to lean on the knowledge base of this group to find more information about a rail served industry. If there is another group I should be joining to as