These photos where posted in a group on Facebook today. They are interesting cars. Looks like they have ACF ends on them? 50ft with door and a half certainly have there own look to them. Scott McDonal

Should have said " Tangent type 30 6,000 gallon 3 dome tank car. -Andy On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 10:00:59 AM PST, Andy Carlson <midcentury@...> wrote: Too bad such a cool tank couldn't have b

On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 09:12:04 AM PST, Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> wrote: Too bad such a cool tank couldn't have been found in Southern California, such as Taylor Yard. Seems to be kit

I believe the B&M Arrow 'herald' was introduced in 1913, at least on cabooses, but it did not appear on freight cars constructed that year. Initially, it had the word "Railroad" located at the bottom,

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Chris Which NW lines ? I know many NP cars were ex-Erie, ex-DL&W, ex-LV, ex-DT&I. GN had ex-PRR, ex-EL. Do you know others? Thanks On 12/19/2022 3:53 PM, leakinmywaders via groups.io wrote: -- Tim O'C

I've never heard it suggested that the arrow was anything but white, but maybe I always just ASSUMED. I see your point about it not looking the same color. Note some representations I've seen the "tai

I just picked up a Branchline Yardmaster 1937 AAR boxcar lettered for C&O #4444. My friend the late Paul Winters loved fun numbered cars & he photographed this car back in the day. The car has nice le

Ben Scanlon wrote: "...not my area of knowledge at all, but here is an FEC DS car. Don't know anything about it. " Rob Kirkham replied: "Thanks for sending that photo along Ben. It is another interest

I was recently given a few copies of RP CYC and in issue 4, there is a photo of a C&O gondola hauling freight car trucks. The photo isn't credited that I could see, I would like to find either a hi-re

Given that ARA-III cars were constructed between 1917 and 1927, with the specification being changed to ICC-103 in 1927, this breakdown is almost certainly generally true, although one supposes that t

A Railroad at Work - Milwaukee............

I’m always on the lookout for interesting freight cars appearing in my local area, and this photo came to my attention this afternoon. The car at the centre of the photo is easy enough to model - a US

When freight cars were converted to AB brakes, was the existing brake cylinder reused, with the attached valve and reservoir removed? Thanks. Alex Schneider

It would appear that the L&N had a number of cars similar to 11754. Here is the folio sheet 11754 appears to come from the last batch built in 1923 by Chickasaw Ship Building and Car Company, a subsid

Thanks for sending that photo along Ben. It is another interesting car with many similar features. To my eye, that looks like a former ventilated car end, with the louver panels blanked over. Distingu

All, Just an FYI about a way to make nice looking chalk marks on your Freight Cars. I was running low on Sunshine chalk mark Decals and wanted to find a better way of marking my cars especially Tank c

Hi Aaron, John Golden here. If you're still on this list can you give me a holler, please? The last e-mail of your that I have is npin53@.... Thanks! John Golden O'Fallon, IL 62269 RPM Blog: https://r

While studying Tangent's website today, I noticed this (!) https://www.tangentscalemodels.com/o-general-american-1928-design-6000-gallon-3-compartment-tank-car/ I am an "HO guy", but this may be hard

Holiday wishes and a couple updates are featured in the latest Resin Car Works blog post. Safe travels to all who hit the road this week. Holiday wishes blog.resincarworks.com Eric Hansmann RCW web gu