I was culling through my stash of Reefer kits and came across 2 Red Caboose kits (now Intermountain) in the following paint and car number. Checked the NPRHS site ( http://www.nprha.org/NP%20Refrigera

Does anyone have any SP&S double sheathed boxcar photos? Preferably from after 1940? I am doing a Westerfield kit build.

Photo: Gun Barrel On Flat Cars Photo taken at the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Yard, Los Angeles: https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mtcPFD6LBeI/TZUQcJ50CPI/AAAAAAAAN8s/Vj20tEdXvTw/s1600/1917-03-24_FortMa

If there are any NMRA members here, can you please inquire with the "powers that be" why some Reporting Marks have disappeared from the "Bob Charles Collection' on their site—SRR and SP for example? T

The CB&Q used gondola wedge push plows in the early years, but in 1948, they scrapped the gondolas, salvaged the wedge blades, and mounted them on FM-11 and FM-11A flat cars. I’d like to model one of

Revenue Divisions Between Railroads This is part of a discussion on the CB&Q Group about car routing. What caught my eye was the mention about revenue divisions between railroads being confidential. S

Hello, I have some Rapido Northern Pacific boxcars for sale. This is the double sheathed fish belly boxcar that came out a year ago and disappeared from dealers shelves. The cars I am offering are new

Boxcar Car Stenciling Practices I've notice in builder's photos steam and transition era boxcars have a stencil stating "New" with a month and year which appears just above the sill to the right of th

My upgrade endevours have taken me to a W&R SP&S 52' bulkhead flat car. Would appreciate any help with prototype photo or access to one. Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Hello- Found in the corner..... I have a new, old stock (it is in the older red and white printed box), Intermountain 19037 AAR box car kit, undecorated, IMRC # 40799 with 4/5 early Drednaught end. I

The Central Valley NP Stock Car roof is too wide as a relict of a decision which Jack Parker made in the preliminary design of the stock car. He felt that if made wider, it would allow the cars to mak

Photo is an 8 X 10 B&W photo of Diamond Alkali Co. chlorine car that carries one ton cylinders. Asking $5.00 which includes postage by media mail.I accept check or money order. If interested contact m

Gents, purchased this OMI 1930-built GATC 10,000 Gal double dome tank car recently. However, I have no info about these cars at all regarding time span and paint schemes. I model/collect 1950 (the yea

Very interesting science of making something truly "black" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/11/science/black-fashion-physics-animals.html -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

I'm working on a six pack of HO scale Tichy 50 ton, 40 foot flat cars and have decided to letter them for six different roads. I model the UP in the 1950-1953 time frame so I'm thinking of using UP, S

So this site still does not allow files to be uploaded? I have an excel spreadsheet on the SP&S USRA DS box cars but I can't upload. Thanks, Rich Wilkens

A 1906 Railway Gazette article I read says Swift & Co. bought the California Fruit Transportation Company, which had gotten into financial trouble after tangling with a big fruit shipper in California

For anyone who might be interested, there's a new commercial video that has just been posted of my layout (link below) and maybe also to my blog post about it. The blog post is here: https://modelingt

I am looking for help in potentially modeling this Nalco weed sprayer train that was running on the C&EI in 1959 as photographed by J. Parker Lamb. I am looking for ideas on a good HO scale starting b

Which reminds me, I recall someone found a source for square brake wheel shaft material. Search of the archives has lots of results, but none specifically relevant. Anyone know of a practical source?