Does anyone have a good starting point for a 1950s Missouri Pacific box car color using Vallejo paint? Brian J. Carlson

It’s. Finally. Finished. Probably my longest semi continuous build is finally done. I’ve posted about this before. The never-ending model build - P&LE Rebuild • Tichy kit originally purchased 15-18 ye

Photo: El Paso & Southwestern Automobile Boxcar 20302[?] (Undated) A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/16921/rec/6 Click on the

Given all of the very good recent photographs of tank cars, I am wondering about the availability of detailing kits for these? The usual models of these leave some things to be desired... Ray Hutchiso

Photo: C&NW Tank Car 6093 (1947) A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/47984/rec/84 Click on the double-headed arrow and then scr

Photo: Condemned UP Gondola 96604 (1934) A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/61279/rec/128 Click on the double-headed arrow and

Photo: UTLX Three-Compartment Tank Car 59762 (1935) A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/67212/rec/6 Click on the double-headed

There has been fairly recent discussion of sugar beets. I would think the plants offer great opportunities for modeling of cars, unloading tracks, and other facilities. I am wondering if anyone has at

Andy and all - I fed your photo of the men in the narrow guage gondola to two different image search engines - GOOGLE and YANDEX The Google search was a complete failure. Google has no understanding o

Photo: D&RGW Gondola 70609 (1952) A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/81323/rec/349 Click on the double-headed arrow and then s

http://www.ejearchive.com/index.php?/albums/official-loads/content/co-loads-321/lightbox/ Group; I went back into my photos, and yes, these are charging ladles. From their size, they are for a full-si

Photo: Texaco Three-Compartment Tank Car 271 (1936) A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/67550/rec/75 Click on the double-headed

Photo: CN Gas Tank Car 51860 (1937) A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/60338/rec/17 Click on the double-headed arrow and then

For someone wishing to duplicate some elements of this scene in N scale, look at this one-piece narrow gauge high side gondola. My late friend made the pattern and I cast it it in resin. -Andy Carlson

Photo: Boxcar With Vertical Rib End (1918) A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/20944/rec/51 Click on the double-headed arrow an

Hello Everyone, Follows information suggesting an alternative argument about the driver(s) for the transition from square corner to rounded corner Dreadnaught ends starting 1939. The previous round of

Photo: Loading Treated Water Pipe (1935) A photo from the University of Washington Libraries: https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/imlsrailway/id/84/rec/521 This photo can

I'm putting together one of Ted's MEC rebuilt boxcar kits. The directions have pictures of the brake layout, but the instructions say that the layout is for LNE cars, and that the differences for MEC

Incase anyone is interested? https://www.ebay.com/itm/114607660369?ul_noapp=true https://www.ebay.com/itm/114607671556?ul_noapp=true https://www.ebay.com/itm/114607675332?ul_noapp=true Clark Propst

Sanding tools are used on almost every freight car we build. I have collaborated with George Toman to show the sanding tools we own and use. If you are interested in seeing our variety of sanding tool