Hi there, I'm working on a Red Caboose R-30-12-9, and its time for paint. If any of you have landed on a Vallejo mix for a faded PFE orange, I'd appreciate hearing what colours you used. Rob

Calling this finished; the Midland Valley RR served a number of coal mines in eastern Oklahoma. For op sessions I’ll have this spotted at a coal shed ready to be pulled and a load going in it’s place.

Anymore have any "guesses" as to these freight cars? My modeling guesses would be the Roundhouse hopper could be used to model the three bay hopper and the last car might be a AAR 1937 design, but can

The tank car looks like it could be a German/General American pre-Type 17 car, but there's not enough detail to say anything more than that. David Thompson

The fishbelly UF with the widely spaced crossbearers is the spotting feature. Dennis Storzek

Photo: URTX Meat Reefer 66212 - Oscar Mayer Photo from the William Strassner collection. Built by General American 1954. URTX series 66001-67999. 37 feet, 3 inches in length. The January 1955 Equipmen

In recent months I have received emails requesting me to write a blog in which I show and describe the various pliers I use for bending wire grab irons, ladder rungs, uncoupling levers and adding deta

An interesting view of the differences in "Yellow/Orange" -Andy Carlson Ojai CA

I am looking at a photo that includes part of the end of a boxcar. The boxcar has a nine-rib PS proprietary end, like the so-called PS-0. I can see no reporting marks and only the last three digits of

Photo: New England Alcohol Company Tank Car NEACX 32 Photo from the Missouri Historical Society: https://mohistory.org/collections/item/P0403-S03043-01-8n?fullscreen=1 Car built in 1912. Photo suppose

Eric, Thanks for pointing out that this is an X25. The terminology "wrong way" door is outmoded and inaccurate. There is nothing "wrong" about a left opening door and in fact, it was quite common with

I saw this Kar-Line model of a Wabash 50 foot 2 door boxcar on eBay (https://www.ebay.com/itm/334320448798?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160727114228%26m

-- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

Attached is a picture from eBay of the car in question

Photo: Coal Yard Scene (Undated) Photo from the Missouri Historical Society. Nice assortment of truss rod boxcars. Description: Chouteau Avenue and Missouri Pacific Railroad. Vandeventer Coal Company

Photo: Damaged Ford Parts In Boxcar (1926) Photo from University of Utah Marriott Library: https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=541310 Photo can be enlarged. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: B&O Boxcar (1944) Photo from the Missouri Historical Society: https://mohistory.org/collections/item/P0403-12572-02-4a?fullscreen=1 Taken in 1944 in St. Louis. I’m guessing the car number is 27

Canadian Pacific Boxcar 230000 With Drop Doors Photos from the Old Time Trains website: http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/photos/cpr_rolling/230000.jpg http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/photos

It is my understanding from a couple of members of this list that Bill’s models are in good hands and are being inventoried. I do not know if they will make it onto a platform, such as eBay or Stouts’

As a footnote to the discussion on buying and selling built up models here are two examples of models that I purchased from other modelers. I was extremely happy and pleased to obtain these. Bill Pard