Hi Folks, Occasionally someone asks an off-topic question. That’s no big deal, but the responses should be sent OFF LIST to that person. As a reminder, this is group is about Steam-Era Freight Cars. T

A few days ago I mentioned that I had one of the U.S. Steel railroad mill gondolas on my workbench. It's now built and awaiting weathering, and I wrote up the construction process on my blog. If you'r

Hello folks- I have been receiving orders for the 4/5 sq corner early Dreadnaught end for a possible use on a Yardmaster '37 AAR box car kit. I sent the original message last week. I sent the wrong ph

Hi Folks, Yesterday I found an interesting tool that the late Denny Anspach had. As you can see it is labelled “Roofwalk (sic) support angle sander”. The end view (I added the yellow lines) tells the

Clark, Since the photo is black and white, i could not tell if the sides are too "orange-y". A color photo is needed to answer that issue. Ken Montero On 11/04/2020 12:10 PM Kenneth Montero <va661midl

Photo: L&N Hopper 60899 (Undated) A photo from the National Archives of Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=4118759 This photo can be enlarg

Photo: CN Gondola 127532 (Undated) A photo from the National Archives of Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=3525639 This photo can be enlar

Photo: B&O Hopper 823499 (Undated) A photo from the National Archives of Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=4118758 This photo can be enlar

Photo: CN Automobile Boxcar 587227 A photo from the National Archives of Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=3353753 This photo can be enlar

I asked about a year ago what could be done with those nicely painted Red Caboose NP Reefers yoiu find on eBay, and with y'alls input, here are the results from working on them now and then over the c

Photo: CN Livestock Car 171320 (1925) A photo from the National Archives of Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=3349417 This photo can be en

Photo: CN Boxcar 502298 (Undated) A photo from the National Archives of Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=4166222 This photo can be enlarg

Photo: Lehigh New England Hopper 14299 (Undated) A photo from the National Archives of Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=4118761 This phot

Photo: CN Hopper 119630 (1938) A photo from the National Archives of Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=3309126 This photo can be enlarged

FS: 165 HO scale resin freight car kits, for list: send e-mail to Hugh T Guillaume at mguill1224 at aol dot com

I'd like to build a couple models in O to use behind the OSL 4-6-0 I'm accumulating brass for. If the boards are not CS 3.25" [sheet available from Evergreen] then the O scale indexer I'm building usi

Photo: Pullman Refrigerator Car 1500 (Undated) A photo from the National Archives of Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=4118764 This photo

Wow, thanks for sharing that great photo, Tim! Elden Gatwood

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