Above is a shot of an Exacta rail UP B-50-15 flat car. I purchased the model at Naperville sub sequent to a presentation by Exacta rail. The model was very well done and needed onl a few upgrades. The

I am not a PS1 expert by any stretch so wondering what version of PS1 the proto photo is of the in EBAY link below? The DRGW historical site says it was PS1 built in 1948 if that helps. Comparing the

So after a bad paint job, then trying to strip them and warping the sides. I scraped the first ones, made new castings and starting over. The cars are available. For $30 you get the sides, ends, floor

Identity Of Trucks On PRR Boxcar 65356? Ray Breyer posted this photo on another group. Can any one identify the trucks on this car? I assume they are an exclusive PRR design. Thanks. Bob Chaparro Heme

Photos: N.Y.C. & H.R. Boxcar 97188 (1910) Photos from the Historic New England website: https://www.historicnewengland.org/explore/collections-access/gusn/197660/ https://www.historicnewengland.org/ex

For the pressed Steel carsyou could just buy the Yarmouth model works version of the car. They gave 4 versions http://www.yarmouthmodelworks.com/index.php/ResinModelKits/Index Brian J. Carlson

L&N’s #20300-20349 series woodracks began life as 1920s low-side composite gondolas, rebuilt in 1940 into woodracks. F&C’s B&O P-11 flatcar is a near-perfect match for the carbody; as on the prototype

This picture is labeled 1936 Studebaker Los Angeles assembly plant (which it may be) but it looks to me as if they are unloading the bodies from a box car so I thought I’d share it. https://www.homema

Scott; I can’t open the link, but you know Kadee is working their way through the PS fleet, and is doing the early PS-1’s as we speak. You could ask Sam at Kadee directly. They have his e-mail on thei

The recent discussion on Wilson Reefers, and my questions a few weeks ago got me thinking, Has anyone ever done a deep dive on history the Wilson fleet during the steam era? Brian J. Carlson

I just finished GN 52631, a Resin Car Works model of a GN wood sheathed boxcar. The model is primarily built per instructions. I modeled a car with Universal brake gear. To more closely simulate the r

In childhood trips to Pensacola, I was fascinated by L&N's woodracks, seemingly as populous as boxcars on the line through town, ferrying pulpwood from the piney forests of Florida, Alabama, and Georg

Photo: Santa Fe Automobile Boxcar Class Fe-N (Circa 1930s) A photo from the Arizona Memory Project: https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/ahfrein/id/147/rec/112 Revisiting a previous post

In the accompanying link, at the far left of the photo there is a boxcar that caught my attention. https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=84144 I cannot really make out the lettering on the car

Photo: Frisco Boxcar 126772 & Gondola 53222 (Circa 1940s) A photo from the University of Texas Libraries: https://library.uta.edu/digitalgallery/sites/library.uta.edu.digitalgallery/files/20080000-200

Hi Guys I have a Chad Boaz Mopac 45’ 8000-8099 flat car has anyone got a photo of the hand brake end please. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Hi List Members, Cool image of gondola NYC 715035 with load in 1960 at Lukens Steel. Note the gon has some kind of internal (possibly semi-permanent?) structure to help brace the load https://digital.

Of course I ended up buying this RC GS gondola in the WP foobie version fifteen years or more ago. I'm going to build it anyways. Have searched repeatedly on the 'net how the dump mechanismis supposed

The Great Northern Railway Historical Society has added a bunch of digital equipment diagram books to their online company store. They are a very reasonable $4.95 each. https://gnrhs.myshopify.com/col

Guys; We talked about these cars earlier. NYC, PRR and RDG all had their versions for Lukens traffic; PRR attached. Some of the tank heads from Lukens were VERY large, pushing the clearance diagram to