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

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

I have another question for the Santa Fe Gods. Santa Fe converted some Bx-6 boxcars to ice service. The cars were repainted gray at that time. Were the trucks and underb I by also painted gray? Thanks

Photos: Boxcar Being Lowered At Hoover Dam (Circa 1931-1935) Photos from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas https://special.library.unlv.edu/ark:/62930/d1bz10 https://special.library.unlv.edu/ark:/62

An old model from Frank Hodina’s vault is featured on the latest Resin Car Works blog post. http://blog.resincarworks.com/pfe-plywood-sheathed-reefer/ Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

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.