I got a copy of the Northwestern article that Lloyd mentioned; lots of information but the painting details on the Y/G reefers doesn’t go into any detail for modeling. It just states the cars were pai

Photo: PRR Boxcar 90925 Photo from the Omaha, NE, Durham Museum Photo Archive: https://durhammuseum.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15426coll7/id/973/rec/54 Use the arrows and then scroll to en

Has anyone built one of F&C PRR TM8 tank car kits? I picked up the 6991 black decal kit and assembled it but I don't know what color it should be. It looks white from the photo I have found but it cou

Photo: Rock Island Hide Loading Boxcar 141137 (1956) A photo from the Gateway To Oklahoma History website: https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1587593/m1/1/?q=Rock%20Island Description: “Ph

Guys; Be aware that many X31A (and X31, X31B, etc.) had interior racks or Evans car loaders that resulted in exterior reinforcement plates or angles. Can we see the pic? Elden Gatwood

Definitely grey with the black lettering. They were grey by mid-forties, but some remained in red in 1956. See attached. Elden Gatwood

I have a Spectrum 4-6-0 (non-DCC) and while I can get it to run, I don't know how to switch on the headlight. What do I need to do to turn on/off the headlight?

T’is a painful time, downsizing. Moving along a lifetime’s collecting. In the early 2000s, Westlake Publishing did 3 sets of annuals. They are superb soft cover books, containing tons of inspiration a

Photo: Boxcars Near Downtown Oklahoma City (Undated) A photo from the Gateway To Oklahoma History website: https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1589584/m1/1/?q=railroad Photo editing softwar

Three Old SP Boxcars (Undated) Courtesy of Claus Schlund: https://oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:qv33rx08r Description: “Loading two-foot bolts for railroad boiler at Comstock.” Related loggi

Photo: Team Tracks With A Real Team (1927) A photo from the Gateway To Oklahoma History website: https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1300296/m1/1/?q=frisco Description: "In 1927 trucks, Mod

I just happened to acquire a mint Trix UP DD Boxcar but of course misslettered as a UP A-50-19. Unfortunately the ex Speedwitch now National Scale Car D102 - Union Pacific A-50-16 Auto Car HO set is n

I’m wrapping up building the Westerfield X23 and want to paint it in as the last major shopping was in the 1940’s. I’ve found this excellent resource on PRR colors http://jbritton.pennsyrr.com/index.p

Photo: N&W Livestock Car 33000 (Undated) Photo from the Virginia Tech University Libraries https://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/image_viewer.php?q=NS2780 Click on photo to enlarge. Class SK Bob Chaparro Moder

Photo: Great Northern Tank Car 60234/Alhambra Water This is a typical “rabbit hole” story. Yesterday I saw a photo of an HO scale layout with an interesting trackside building with a sign that read “A

The current issue of Classic Trains, Summer 2022, on page 52 has an October 11, 1952 picture of a Western Maryland train with a PRR X31A in the lower center of the picture. There is a rectangular plat

Photo: Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Boxcar (Circa 1900) A photo from the Gateway To Oklahoma History website: https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1473900/m1/1/?q=elevator Zoom in on the photo.

Jim said: ..."Since my layout represents the PNW in the post War years ... cars common in Florida are much less likely to show up than cars common in the PNW. This works - for me. Jim, We haven't talk

This has probably been covered here at one time or another, but . . . I was wondering whether metal running boards (a/k/a roofwalks) on freight cars (mainly boxcars) should be painted or left in plain

Photo: Rock Island Yard (Circa 1908?) A photo from the Gateway To Oklahoma History website: https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1587636/m1/1/?q=Rock%20Island Description: “Photograph of the