Hi The Pacific Electrics own cars had an unusual hand brake arrangement because of the tight curves. Foreign cars must have traveled over the PE lines with standard handbrake linkage how was this done

I read AP news article on model railroading this morning. Maybe our hobby isn’t dying after all! https://hosted.ap.org/article/c10710b3559073bd0a18bd9975c5da35/antidote-pandemic-blues-some-assembly-re

Just heard from Jon's daughter, Stephanie, that Jon passed away on January 21. Jon was diagnosed with lung cancer in early January and it was too advanced to treat. I believe Jon was one of the origin

While we're on the subject of Frisco, I have noticed that early offset-side twin hoppers and covered hoppers, when new, were black. Later ones were that Frisco red. The Frisco gons of the 'Greenville'

I have a couple of Frisco (SL-SF, a road I'm not familiar with) boxcars to paint and want to use SCII. Any recommendations on paint color. I model 1953 so anything from the 40's through 1953 is good.

I have been looking at a lot of Swift reefer pictures recently, partially for reweight dates and locations. I have seen a number of cars with EC which makes good sense as East Chicago, Inidana. A main

PRECO Fan Ownership A question posted on several other groups. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA ++++ Does anyone know who owned the motors that would be attached to reefers to run the PRECO fans while the cars

I just started on a F&C USRA DS box car kit. They only molded the outside stile on the ends. Meaning I'm to add the inside one. Their stile is so narrow I would not be able to keep my drill from slidi

Photo: N&W Livestock Car 33000 A photo from the Virginia Tech Universities Library: https://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/image_viewer.php?q=NS2780 Click on the photo to enlarge it. Cars were forty-two feet lo

I have a friend in need of a Centralia Hobbies SOO Line wood caboose model. Does anyone have a model they are willing to part with? Thanks, Clark Propst

Hi Eric and List Members, Thanks Eric for the interesting links. How would the carbon black product have been shipped prior to the use of dedicated carbon black hoppers? Bags or barrels in boxcars? Ot

Continuing to consolidate, rationalize, and I decided to backdate slightly (Not as far as Ray Breyer wants me too) so I have some freight cars for sale. List is mostly plastic with some resin. contact

An update on Resin Car Works order processing has been posted on our blog. Don’t miss the upcoming kit teasers. http://blog.resincarworks.com/rcw-vacation/ Eric Hansmann RCW web guy

Carbon black (subtypes are acetylene black, channel black, furnace black, lamp black andthermal black) is a material produced by the incomplete combustion of heavy petroleum products such as FCC tar,

I got my latest MR yesterday and enjoyed the article by Clark. Well done. I wish they had included a lot more photos!

Came across this image from the October 1944 issue of the Commercial Car Journal on the HathiTrust website. Brian Rochon Silver Spring, MD

2 Pullman standard doors in HO and one prototype photo. Kadee door from about 10 years ago Prototype PS-1 door Kurtz Kraft door (early 60s) -Andy Carlson Ojai CA On Friday, February 5, 2021, 10:57:11

There was an excellent color photo posted yesterday of an in-service MKT yellow auto car. I am hoping that someone might have a similar photo of a Santa Fe Bx-3 Ice refer ( gray car), Thanks for any h

A tool purchased to help improve our freight car modeling works well; however, someone makes an improvement to it to make it work even better or easier to use. The UMM-USA bender used to bend photo et

Thank you to those who have been nice enough to give previously offered kits new homes. Last four are here below. Buyer pays shipping. Sunshine Models Kit #66-3 ATSF Rebuilt 48-6 flat with bulkheads $