They're older than you might think. https://packagingrevolution.net/history-of-the-fork-truck/ -- Ken Adams Covid Variants may come and go but I choose to still live mostly in splendid Shelter In Plac

Found this picture with a Soo double door box car on e bay

On Friday, August 26, 2022 at 02:08:12 PM EDT, WILLIAM PARDIE <pardiew001@...> wrote: While researching potential improvements on some Frisco cars I came across a reference to a Wass - Morton brake st

I am looking for a source for .016 inch Brass (not Bronze) Rod/Wire. K&S apparently no longer makes it and Detail Associates supplies for #2504 or #@2505 Brass Wire seem to be no longer available. Tic

Hi Gents, I should have some time to start model-building this week, and I want to start with a Red Caboose CGW box car model. These are the X29 lookalikes—I think they are called 1923 ARA box cars. I

Good afternoon group; Please pardon the possible duplicate post, I received an error message the first time I tried to send this. I have a stack of books for sale, as well as some HO scale equipment.

While researching potential improvements on some Frisco cars I came across a reference to a Wass - Morton brake step. I wasable to obtain theattached photo.I can’t quite determine if the stepis perfor

Photo: Boston & Maine Boxcar 72721 (Undated) Photo from the Boston Public Library: https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:5h73t646b Click and scroll to enlarge photo. Not a great phot

Photo: DT&I Boxcar Detail Photo from the Boston Public Library: https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:5h73t6320 Click and scroll to enlarge photo. Not a great photo but what I found

Hello- I have several new Intermountain HO freight cars. All are new in never been opened boxes. WFE 65908 Have one $25 WFEX 73229 Have one $25 Armour PCX 4408 Have one $25 PFE 42672 Have one $34 AS p

Hello- I have several new Intermountain HO freight cars. All are new in never been opened boxes. Offered at $25 each and postage of $16 for one-to-four items. Milwaukee wood reefer U.R.T.X 18695 Ontar

Photo: Pulpwood Cars At The Great Northern Paper Company (Undated) Photos courtesy of James Perz on the Facebook Great Northern Paper Company Employees group. This company was a Maine-based pulp and p

I need a new DCC controller so I need to sell a couple kits to help pay for a replacement. Sunshine 91.9 SAL XM-1 box car Sunshine 64.6 NKP 10’6” rebuilt box car Speedwitch K108.2 Soo Line Sawtooth bo

Hello, I recently saw a cable reel load (in archive footage) that looked like it was just thrown into the gon with zero regard to safety or stabilization. They were laying in all variations. Guess the

As a lot of you may have heard my good friend and business associate, Hubert Mask of Mask Island Decals passed away suddenly on August 8th. Hubert and I worked together for the last 18+ years. Over th

Why did GTW use the NYDX reporting mark? As far as I can tell, only GTW reefers carried the mark. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Finally…The SFRD Rr-56 Mechanical Reefer From my friend, Matt Martin, at Rapido Trains: Here's a first look at our production HO scale ATSF RR-56/60/61 class mechanical reefers! These models will be l

Hello all, Id like to ask how Atomic Waste was shipped on the nation's RR's in the 1950s? I know the Atomic Energy Commission had their own cars and these were manifested into regular freights. Does a

I have just posted the second description of completing a Proto2000 kit for a 50-foot UP automobile car, with various changes and upgrades, along with roof paint failure. To see this, if you’re intere

Good evening all, I am insearch of a Sunshine kit 77.1 - 77.4 It is a GN 31000-31499 series single sheathed box car. If anyone who has one that is willing to part with it... I am interested. Please co