Friends, Today I had several meetings that I could just listen to and didn't need to be seen on Zoom, so I looked for a relaxing kit to take off the shelf. I am nearing completion of a Speedwitch SP/T

Photo: SP Tank Car In Tiburon, CA From the SFGate website: https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/07/37/61/18742360/5/1200x0.jpg Undated photo. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Folks, Note that Moloco does make these in plastic. https://www.molocotrains.com/collections/parts/products/rb-0804-roofwalk-support-brackets-new-w-3rd-arms?variant=12400281845865 The running board su

My interest in lumber has led me to examine photos of single sheathed freight cars in a critical way. Unlike double sheathed cars, single sheathed cars usually did not have tongue & Groove edges while

Clark; There is a great summary of the USRA 46’ gons on the Westerfield instruction sheet. What a great subject for one of our great hobby publications! Elden Gatwood

Photo: ATSF Boxcar 140177 Bx-34 (1940) A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/55040/rec/49 Click on the arrows in the upper right

The question has been raised as why California is not on the list. National Provisioner was published weekly in 1921, which is Vol #65. Without the issue number, one will have to search the entire yea

Photo: PRR Boxcar 77827 In The Nevada Desert A Bob McKeen photo. He comments: "While in Carlin, I saw this Pennsy wagon roof box car in a field and managed to get close enough to record it. The build

Actually, just 12 USRA Double Sheaths I just finished building at the rate of 1 per month (the one Rapido was any easy month). Covid lockdown was good for something I guess. A mixture of F&C, Westerfi

If interested? https://www.ebay.com/itm/114563545810?ul_noapp=true https://www.ebay.com/itm/114563560968?ul_noapp=true Clark Propst

Is there a list somewhere of USRA Hoppers and or Gondolas? I’ve got a C&IM Accurail kit I’d like to know if I should build, or repaint. Thanks, Clark Propst Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Some if not all War Emergency hoppers had wood slope sheets too. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

What a great summary, Eric! Thanks for creating that! Your models look fabulous. Elden Gatwood

https://digital.hagley.org/1986268_1_0627 It looks like a P&LE replacement on a USRA gon, but that pump brake is unfamiliar to me. Anyone recognize it by brand? Interesting shot. Elden Gatwood

At one point there were stock yards in Watertown, MA on the B&M (Fitchburg) Watertown branch. – Boston Union Stock market Shown on Sanborn maps 1884 – 1916 (converted to “France & Canada Stock Yards f

Friends, I hope you will endulge me and help me identify what type of boxcar this was originally. It looks like a steam era car that survived into the 70s. While I model the B&O in 1950, this was a ca

John; Fabulous photo! Thanks for sharing! You all have seen this fabulous “LIFE” photo of a PRR X46A with chalk marks that look like a routing including the New Haven, maybe? Great close-up of surface

Group; I apologize. Upon further examination, I think those are Calcium Carbide containers. They were shorter in body, and had smaller capacity chambers. Calcium Carbide was a critical ingredient in i

Mrs D asked me to go by Blicks Art Supply today and pick out some colorful pens for our grandkids. In the large assortment of colors there was a white. I added it to the pile and after getting home I

While the company service tank cars and the DRGW 4-8-4 are extra eye candy, the DGRW gondola in the foreground on the left is the subject of this question. What are the cut holes on the side of the ca