Building IMWX 1937 NYC box car in series 1573XX. Have info. Ed Hawkins compiled on the 1937 box cars; however, no luck finding photo except in Car Builder Cyc. Of the modified 1937 assigned to the 159

Merry Christmas - ALL, I was reading Lester Breuer's excellent blog and came across a model of a gon with a lumber load. The load was "3 groups tall" with each group being 'about the height of the sid

A lot of good images of steam era freight cars in this vintage Santa Fe film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svZVzq-3W68 I noticed automobile bodies being shipped in gondolas. I've never seen that be

Everything published in 1927 now moves into the public domain. Dave Nelson

Does anyone know of a provider of BS decals for boxcars from the transition era in HO scale. I know Champ did but not sure if someone today makes them Thanks for listening Fenton

Can anyone share a copy of the instructions and data sheet for this model? My kit came without either. Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide. Stuart A. Forsyth trainmail@...

Screen capture from Jack Delano January 1941 shot -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

I don't think anyone has brought this up before. It was not an uncommon stencil. Anyone want to research the question and tabulate all the known uses of this stencil ? :-) But I agree with Eric -- cou

A touch of dyslexia Brian? :-) SFRC 1476 (the 6 is not legible on my screen) If it were 1746 it would be an Rr-71. Both classes (69 & 71) are interesting because one might think they were "50 foot" re

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With Bill Welch's passing, I seem to recall that the book he was working on was going to be finished and published by someone else. Does anyone know the status of Bill's long awaited book? Scott Hayco

Hello- Going through my boxes of PFE reefers to sell I came across a solitary RTR R-40-10 in "PFE Black & White Herald" which is a dual herald scheme. Commonly called "Orange Hardware scheme" 8-52 rew

This topic was previously discussed in a 2008 post entitled " Athearn C&NW 65 ft mill gon " https://realstmfc.groups.io/g/main/topic/17201656#61860 ( https://realstmfc.groups.io/g/main/topic/17201656#

Standard Railway Equipment didn’t start terming themselves “Stanray” until the early 1960s, so this is an anachronistic term for these cars. Tony Thompson tony@...

Was "SRE" actually the only manufacturer of "rectangular panel" and "diagonal panel" roofs? Or were these patented designs leased out to others? They did license the rectangular-panel roof to Chicago-

Can I justify 40' Chemical frameless Tank cars in 1953 with no domes? I'm looking for a common car not the exception, of course. I'm in S scale but if there was an HO or N scale model to look at or a

These have both been sold. Thanks, -Andy Carlson Ojai CA On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 03:44:07 PM PST, Andy Carlson <midcentury@...> wrote: I have a pair of mint-new Intermountain PFE R-40-10 all

I have a pair of mint-new Intermountain PFE R-40-10 all steel reefer KITS in the "Double Herald" scheme. Stanray steel roof and early Dreadnaught sq corner ends. Riveted steel sides, the 1st class of

2 cars, both featured in the Klein/Cullotta NMRA book p27 CNJ 14087 ss rebuilt box car Hutchens ends, steel door, 4 diagonal metal braces p189 DL&W 60826 rebuilt 42' steel gon with 14 (14!) ribs the s

I hope everyone is enjoying a nice holiday week. I just got a note from Broadway announcing their new three-bay offset hoppers. In looking at the photos I think it could stand a few minor improvements