I have built Red Caboose Northern Refrigerator Line NRC 17080 built in Despatch Shops Incorporated (DSI) in 1941. Merchants Despatch owned shops. If you are interested in the build of this reefer with

PFE Reefers Haulin’ Syrup (Undated) Photo courtesy of Jeff Stein. He comments: “The banner reads: “WORLD’S GREATEST SHIPMENT...” “One Hundred Carloads in Four Special Trains”...heading to Sacramento.

Really nice weathering, Charlie, as on all your cars. But, we need to have a discussion about weathering wheels. Rusty wheel plates is a modern, post roller bearing thing. Solid bearings used a 'total

I’ve been fighting an infection so lots of indoor time on my second prescription hopefully that kicks it soon as I’m not suppose to be in the sun. Anyway decided to pass the time by finishing the seco

Dennis and Doug I appreciate your feedback, since looking at Les’ UTLX reefer (same road number btw) I masked off the M&StL rectangle and painted the triangle red. Dennis the wheels are now period bla

Hi Everyone, I’ve had Sunshine kit 73.x, 12’ 4” IH for decades and finally built the car. Advertised into the ‘50’s but now that I have got it all built and painted I checked my July ‘50 ORER and none

Dennis Thanks, having worked for a Class One for 38 years I was going off memory. Easy fix. Thanks -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

Folks, Or perhaps 3D print or work with resin. A number of resinators have offered (and continue to offer) very nice, often RR specific, MOW cars, such as the Westerfield PRR XL and X23 MOW models. Al

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

Folks, I have a set of HO Scale "Early" CABOT (CABX 107) carbon black hopper decals that I'm not going to use. I believe that they might have come with an early release Rail Shops model but they may h

Photo: Standard Coal Company Box Car Unloader (1914) Photo from University of Utah Marriott Library: https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=528829 Unloading a D&RG boxcar. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: OR&N Boxcar 5060 (1902) Photo from the University of Oregon Libraries: https://oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:df711c688 End view. Photo can be enlarged. From Wikipedia: “The Oregon Rai

I always liked the Sloan yellow color the Katy painted their cabooses and boxcars. The Accurail lettering is pretty accurate so all I did was replace the ladders with those I made and wire hand grabs.

Photo: ART Reefer 13660 (Undated) Photo from the Utah State Historical Society: https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=455900 Photo can be enlarged. Good end detail. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Greetings, I am looking for some help. I am building a model of a Texas & Pacific 1937 AAR boxcar using a National Scale Car MK102 mini-kit. I will be lettering the car as it would appear in the mid-5

Dennis, Thank you for the reply. That is good information to know about the siding. As far as windows on camp cars, my personal favorite are the exterior sliding windows with the screens placed over t

Photo: Watermelons In Livestock Car (Undated) A photo from the Gateway To Oklahoma History website. Description: “A photograph showing railroad car filled with watermelons shipped from Cement, Oklahom

Dennis - Hmm. There is no MASS market for MofW, especially completely generic MofW. W&R imported a large number of prototypically accurate MofW cars for the Northern Pacific, and they all sold out. I

Time to finish up barrel car project, which means that I have several dozen wooden barrels to stain. Any suggestions would be appreciated; coming out new from barrel factory would likely be a light oa

Photo: Holly Sugar Plant - Huntington Beach (Circa 1917) Photo from the Los Angeles Public Library collection. https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/95208 Photo can be enlarged. Photo ed