Photos: SCCX Tank Cars 167 & 169 Photo by Stephen R. Santangelo on the Facebook The Freight Car Enthusiast group. He comments (2021): “Caught these nearly 40 years ago at the refineries near the Los A

Update: Rapido Santa Fe Rr-56 Mechanical Reefer These are photos I took last week at the Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society convention in Overland Park, KS. This HO scale model is in produ

Group, I have the following Sunshine kits for sale: 20.1 MDT 8000 series reefer 21.26 C&O 220 series ARA 1932 express boxcar 24.28 SLRX fishbelly beer reefer 26.15 PRR X28a boxcar with youngstown door

Jared Harper Athens, GA

When Rapido announced they were going to make the USRA SS boxcars RTR two Westerfield kits showed up on eBay for $20 each. I built one as a Milwaukee Road and the other for the Ann Arbor. Just complet

Hi List Members, Trussrod flat car KCS 021625 with bouy load as published in the TEXACO STAR Feb 1918 issue - see attached Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Photo: Railroad Yards - Minneapolis, Minnesota (1939) Photo from the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017718495/resource/ Good assortment of period freight cars. Bob Chaparro He

Photo: Oil Loading Rack A photo from the Gateway To Oklahoma History website: https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1593835/m1/1/?q=Loading Photo editing software should improve the lighting

Thanks for the comments Jack. I should have looked these up in the ORER before writing. . . . Years ago, i knew so little about some of these railroads. For example, i used to think M&StL stood for Mo

Anyone have pictures of wood grain doors in storage? Thanks. Jared Harper

Hi, Here is what I remember - growing up in a small town in Washington State. Gas and Diesel came to town in both tank cars (more) and trucks and was delivered to an oil dealer. From the oil dealers i

Photo: Tank Cars At Refinery (1949) A photo from the Gateway To Oklahoma History website: https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1551992/m1/1/?q=Loading Description: “Photograph of the railroa

Folks, Here is a model of SWJX 7, a Supplee Milk tank car. The model is based on the 40' Roundhouse (Now Athearn) milk car. The hand brake was replaced with the proper hand brake and additional detail

Hi there - Guy Wilber pointed out a group of photos at the Library of Congress i hadn’t spent time with previously, and among them was this. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017809692/ A very high d

Fox Valley Models To Sell Their Tooling To Scale Trains Information courtesy of Stephen Mattana on the Facebook Model Railroading group. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA ++++

How To Ice Refrigerator Cars (1928) A “how to” article courtesy of Gerry Meyle, Sr. Gerry notes: “Icing of Refrigerator Cars and How to Do It. Reading railroad Magazine, June 1928.” Bob Chaparro Moder

I'm decaling a tank car and will be airbrushing it with a clear flat coating to kill the gloss. I've used Model Master clear flat acrylic, but it results in a slight milky look, especially over dark c

Hi Folks, On June 3, 2022, I paid the $220.00 annual renewal to Groups.io for RealSTMFC. Our group is a “Premium” group (as defined by Groups.io), which means that we have plenty of storage, so our em

Baggage Car As An Airplane Parts Carrier This is a photo of a baggage car converted into an airplane parts carrier and rolling promotional billboard. It was employed in 1911 by Armour & Company to sup

Photo: C&NW Boxcar With Banner (1920) Photo from University of Utah Marriott Library: https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=539155 Photo can be enlarged. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA