Good Friends, I have just added five new tank car photos to realstmfc_AT_groups.io, "Garth Groff's Album 5, Tank Cars", found on page 9. These include an NATX twin dome, and an AC&F high-walkway Type

Kevin Bunker shared this 1908 photo (with zoom in view) from the Baker Library - California Historical Society -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

OK, I’m a little confused by this conversation. FIRST - afaik, ALL cars in interchange service were required to show CAPY, LD LMT, and LT WT data and the LT WT data was to be accompanied by either the

Can anyone of you review the prototype fidelity of subj. cars, especially the Linde and GN car? I would like to avoid buying foobies! Ben de Vries, the Netherlands Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPad

Interesting data, for your Swift cars

It's Friday, time for announcements https://elgincarshops.blogspot.com/2019/10/and-here-they-are.html These kits will be on the website after the Chicagoland RPM -- Pierre Oliver www.elgincarshops.com

.....but they did. See attached. Elden Gatwood

As tank cars, I assume there would not have been a reweigh requirement for these cars and the model should not have reweigh stenciling, right? Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Erie coal gon made from Mantua on my model railroad.Sent from my Verizon ASUS Tablet

I was gifted this HO Train-Miniature NP Hopper lettered correctly for the Np and being 35ft inside inside ( Rather than 34ft 9 inches as the prototype) it could be reworked into a NP Hopper in the 700

I picked up some NERS door conversion kits at a train show and want to do the conversion on some Accurail kits I have. The kits are like all the NERS products I have and are well designed and made. Th

Is the Hobbyline model the best starting point for this LV hopper? I wanted to be certain there isn’t a better model (injection molded plastic or resin) available that I am overlooking.

Nice job to Tom! Elden Gatwood

Tim; Surprising to me, too, since in addition to your points, Erie is one of the roads that does NOT have the "kiss of death" moniker attached to it. Elden Gatwood

Super-clean photo of a classic Lackawanna center-cupola wood caboose... DL&W 842... NPS Steamtown collection, circa-1931 The grabiron mounting details would be a trick to model... and note the substan

Hey Y'all, I wanted to introduce to you a new great source for decals for early era and especially the 1910-1970 era of freight cars. I have become good friends with K4 Pacific decals. He sells them i

LV hopper made from Hobbyline on my model railroad.Sent from my Verizon ASUS Tablet

I'm glad the topic of these LV hoppers came up (again). I have a keen interest in them because the Tennessee Central purchased 31 of these cars from International Railway Car Co. in 1956. They became

I picked up a nice kit at the Berea Train Show Saturday -- a old, undecorated Red Caboose box car. The label says it is a 40' ACF Box Car, 4-3-1 ends, 8' door, riveted sides and standard tab side sill

Sunshine PFE R30-16 the main decals are Microscale 87-414 the data decals are the ones that came with the kit. Sides are Floquil daylight orange the roof and ends are Trucolor SP freight car Brown. Pa