Photo: Tank Destroyer On IHB Flat Car 8097 (1943) Photo from the National Archives: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/138926070 On the link scroll to enlarge the photo. Route tag indicates this car trav

Photo: Loading Tank Cars (Circa 1919) Photo from the National Archives: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/31488856 Scroll to enlarge the photo. Good details. Notice some of the cars lack running boards.

Photo: Tank Car (Circa 1917-1918) Photo from the National Archives: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/31488688 Scroll to enlarge the photo. Notice placard placement. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: Many Sinclair Tank Cars (Circa 1917-1918) Photo from the National Archives: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/31488886 Scroll to enlarge the photo. A “thank you” to Claus Schlund for alerting me

Hi All, I came across a photo of an L&N 50' Single Sheath boxcar, series 9800-9899, on page 64 of Kline's and Culotta's The Postwar Freight Car Fleet. I was wondering if anyone had any further informa

I have not seen a posting from Garth Groff for some time. He always bought a lot to the table. I pray all is well. Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

I am a Vallejo dealer, I don't have an extensive stock, maybe 30 colors. I have tried to add any colors mentioned on this list as they seem to be what folks are using. I am happy to order any colors t

Looking for photos of Armour stock cars - I have the "The Postwar Freight Car Fleet" book which has a photo of the double deck car. There were two series - a double deck series and a single deck serie

Photo: Santa Fe Gondolas 172969 & 173808 (1940) A Russell Lee photo from the Library of Congress. Use this link to access the TIFF version and enlarge it to see quite a bit of detail. https://www.loc.

I had a kidney stone blasted yesterday and since they put me under general anesthesia no driving for 24 hours. I’d painted the black areas on the Seaboard AF-4 and wanted the paint to completely dry b

I like to support the ARM’s fund raising and bought one of their FW&D IM covered hoppers. Given the previous discussions on this list that the roof and lower portion of the hopper were painted black I

Photo: Three Poultry Cars (1935) Photo from the National Archives: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/214437180 Scroll to enlarge the photo. Partial view of poultry car O’Neil. The car number is not dist

Experimental Roller Bearing Arch Bar Truck Pre-Depression Era Railroad Modelers Photo courtesy of Richard Burg on the Facebook Pre-Depression Era Railroad Modelers group. Description: “An experimental

The NYC leased 335 drop-side LCL container cars from LCL Corp from 1930-1949. In 1949, the Central purchased 59 of them outright and welded the side doors shut. This interesting group of cars seems to

Folks, For those interested in modeling the ACL, SAL, SCL and affiliated railroads, the ACL & SAL Historical Society has recently released a new issue of the acclaimed Seaboard-Coast Line Modeler. The

Hi List Members, "500 lb. demolition bombs in railroad car. Note chucking and number of tiers of bombs. 216 bombs to the car. Official photograph U.S. Army Signal Corps, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkat

Hi Folks, I have posted several Sunshine and Westerfield kits and Sunshine minikits and some decals that belonged to the late Virgil Young. They are complete. A few are partially assembled or have bee

Working on a Seaboard AF-4; donor basis was a Kadee 1948 boxcar. Added 7 panel 7’ doors, redid the door tracks, Archer rivets and 15” door sill. Someone mind looking up the 1948 car series for me? Nex

Photo: Gondolas With Structures For Hoover Dam (Circa 1930-1935) Photo from the University of Nevada/Las Vegas: https://special.library.unlv.edu/ark:/62930/d1779v Photo can be enlarged. First gondola

I recently acquired most of the 1940 issues of the Illinois Central employee magazine. In the February issue there was an article on the movement of 4 large boilers for the Chatham Park rental project