Photo: PRR Gondolas (1931) Photo from the Indiana Historical Society: https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/P0129/id/1238/rec/25 Click on the arrows and scroll to enlarge. Only fair qua

Photo: Budweiser Reefers (1933) Photo from the Indiana Historical Society: https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/P0129/id/2094/rec/168 Click on the arrows and scroll to enlarge. MRS (Ma

Does anyone know of an HO rendition of the universal handbrake applied to CN 1937 AAR cars in the 482715-484164 series? I prefer the correct brake wheel and housing, but could live with just a brake w

Photo: CCC&StL Gondola 19080 With Coal Load (1933) Photo from the Indiana Historical Society: https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/P0129/id/2233/rec/73 Click on the arrows and scroll t

Does anyone have any information on the Monon 40’ gray w/red lettering boxcars? Champ did a set of decals (HB-23) for these cars. The painting instructions with the Champ set specify that the hardware

Photo: Hauser-Stander Tank Cars (1926) Photo from the Indiana Historical Society: https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/p16797coll21/id/94/rec/1 Click on the arrows and scroll to enlarg

I picked these two box cars up from a late friend’s collection. Both are RTR. This 'class' of box cars had a long run and many changes took place over time. I have the Q bulletin on these cars, but I,

Photo: Shipping Bells In A Gondola (Circa 1920s) Photo from the Indiana Historical Society: https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/dc012/id/15242/rec/2 Click on the arrows and scroll to

Photo: Lincoln Oil Tank Car FTX 10073 (Circa 1925) Photo from the Indiana Historical Society: https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/P0129/id/1557/rec/21 Click on the arrows and scroll t

Garth, Good call on the engine class! The locomotive is class N2sa, USRA 2-10-2, built circa 1919, and “Pennsified” circa 1924. As for the date, unfortunately the loco can only confirm that “early 193

Friends, While this photo features a PRR 2-10-2 (an N2?), here is a nearly complete, if somewhat grainy, view of a C&EI gondola. I think the number is 94358 from series 92000-9449. There were still se

No. Americans don't write dates that way. It is month, day, year. So February it is. Not to mention it is obviously COLD, due to the ice on several cars. I will also note, as others have done, that Ph

Hi List Members, Altho Erie Lackawanna is in the future as far as we are concerned, I suspect this gon existed in our time period. Ex-ERIE? ex-DL&W? EL 14100 gon with containers https://i.ebayimg.com/

Photo: Mystery Freight Cars (Circa 1900) Photo from the Wisconsin Historical Society: https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM9760 Description: “McCormick Reaper Works and wood shop stock yar

I recently needed a couple freight car parts to finish a kit build. I was lucky I kept parts from old kits. It's the subject of my latest DesignBuildOp blog post. http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/20

Friends, This morning I did a salvage job on this somewhat dodgy photo my mother shot, probably in the 1940s when she still lived in Marshalltown, Iowa. The locomotive, M&STL 605, we may assume was th

Undated photo from the Barriger Library posted this week: Reading Railroad Freight Yard, Erie Ave. Philadelphia, PA Click on the image twice to zoom in fully. Lots to see in this c1940s view! C&I 5060

Hi guys, On Terry Link's canadasouthern site is a consist with two HFPX reefers numbered 1614 and 1618. Does anyone have more information about this series? I would like to model a Hygrade's reefer bu

Hi List Members, It has been a few years since I did a project that needed any putty to smooth a joint between two sections of a plastic model. When I pulled out my favorite tube of putty (labeled "TA

Photo: FGEX 11158 Wreck (1955) A photo from the Temple University Archives: https://digital.library.temple.edu/digital/collection/p15037coll3/id/67201/rec/2 Click on the arrows and scroll to enlarge.