Hi List Members, Image of LS&MS 'Red Line' double sheathed boxcar at the Union Manufacturing Company facility in New Britain Connecticut (undated) at the link below https://www.unionmfgco.com/story-of

I built and upgraded a Bowser Chicago Great Western (CGW) covered hopper kit. I built the Bowser covered hopper car in CGW class LO, numbered 70057. The Bowser covered hopper kit including lettering i

3Hello Does anyone have one or two sets of PSC #32110 they would sell? It is the cast brass tank car railing stanchions. Thanks! Elliot

Has any one got a photo of one of these cars with the yellow lettering in the late 40s early 50s please. Many thanks Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

What makes a bag a "standard railroad bean bag"? Were there standards for other commodity bags? Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Ryan Tamburrino shares his work developing and printing a pair of B&O box cars in the latest Resin Car Works blog post. http://blog.resincarworks.com/3d-printing-an-o-scale-box-car/ Eric Hansmann RCW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMrRTr2r8lU Above is a link to Caboose Stop Hobbies virtual show. At the 7 minute mark are some resin kits, at the 11 minute mark are some brass bulkheads. Clark Propst

Hi Guys I have just finished a Sunshine 6000-7999 series Reefer which thanks to Roger Hinman I numbered in the 8000 series. Paul Doggett. England

Some thoughts about Clover Leaf USRA hoppers I have always wanted to do a model of the Clover Leaf’s USRA hoppers. While the physical model is no problem-just a plain vanilla USRA twin hopper with the

Several years ago I bought a number of items including boilers and other open ca loads from a company doing 3-D printing. Their line is very extensive. I now find that I have forgotten the name of the

Photo: Baggage Carload Of Bicycles Photo courtesy of “Sm2501” on the Classic & Antique Bicycle Exchange Website. https://thecabe.com/forum/attachments/hjc26-1-jpg.519167/ You just never know where you

Hello all, I have noticed from various video footage and pictures that it was not completely uncommon for baggage cars to be seen in a freight passing by. I am not referring to MOW but to a regular pa

Photo: ATSF Gondola 173830 (Ga-11) Cropped Jack Delano photo from the Library of Congress Taken at Needles, CA, in 1943. This is one of 550 cars in the Ga-11 class. Original series was 173500 to 17404

Hey all, I have some West Shore Models, Furnaro & Camerlengo, and NEB&W Green Dot Models freight car kits I would like to sell to free up some space. Asking $30/car and willing to accept offers. See t

Hi - I'm aware this might not be the place for this question, but this group is about the "steam era". I got an old brass Rio Grande 4-6-0 steam locomotive, #234, at a club raffle the other night, and

First -- a thanks to Fenton Wells for the original inspiration, and to Charlie Duckworth whose how-to tutorial was a big help in jump-starting the project here. The model is Chad's MiniKit roof/ends/p

I am building the Reading XAe Funaro Kit and was hopeing for some proto photos. I am trying to figure out when the support was added under the side doors and what kind of ladder spacing they used. It

Screwup #1 - Chad Boas had a B&O 50' DD box car mini-kit at the St L RPM that looked interesting. Later I picked up a Branchline kit for $7. Then just recently RCW offered a ATSF mini-kit, I ordered t

Can anyone confirm that this tis indeed a USRA gondola? Also on the brake step there are two rivets.I have seen this nnumerous brake steps. Does this indicate a wood brake step with a metal frame? Tha

Every so often I get the itch to pick up a kit for seed. Instead of stripping for repainting and decaling I decided to build as is. The two box cars were built at a ‘normal’ speed, they were on my des