Friends, Today I was scanning some interurban photos of the Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley (Laurel Line). In the background of one I spotted this very unusual Erie hopper/gondola which I offer for your e

Moloco reservations for an ALL NEW Brainerd 50' boxcar Something for everyone! Nick Molo makes very nice cars (and kits)! Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: moloco <molocotrains.yahoo.com@...> Reply-To: <mol

Group; I am pretty certain it is a F29. All the details match up. Tim is right, those triangular deck supports are the deal sealer. There were two groups of F29, differing only in trucks and an extra

Does anyone use a true database program to keep track of freight car models? As opposed to a spreadsheet program. Thanks, Bill

Todays blog posting https://elgincarshops.blogspot.com/2020/12/this-has-been-overdue-jig.html -- Pierre Oliver www.elgincarshops.com www.yarmouthmodelworks.com

I have upgraded another Pacific Fruit Express (PFE), Refrigerator Car. This time PFE Reefer with number 46702, PFE Class R-40-20. The upgrade included adding a resin cast Murphy Panel roof, resin cast

Group; And another great load: refractory shipped on pallets, banded. The steel industry and foundries went through refractory like you wouldn’t believe. There was a great “Mr. Plaster” load I made do

Jim; They are indeed. The refractory more often. I’d venture two to several times a year, up to a couple years, but an on-going process, with so many ladles in play. They were sometimes made on-site,

Hello friends, I have one of these cars: https://www.ebay.com/itm/HO-Brass-Precision-Scale-10-000-Gallon-Union-Tank-Car-Frameless-15456-Korea/333831012602?hash=item4db9e100fa:g:DE0AAOSw3ZFf3rca Years

Andy, all; Carmers were changed out when they broke or wore out (they did not have a real bearing). Given the beating they got in service, it has always surprised me when I see them in late photos. El

Right on, Fenton! I had forgotten that article. Elden Gatwood

Good day all, Does anyone make a HO scale retainer valve casting for one that was in common usage for our (steam era) period? I found a bulk pack on Shapeways and I wonder if they are correct and appr

I guess for 2020 we need to think outside the box of Hershey’s. Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock Subject: CHOCOLATE TRAIN  THIS IS WILD. LOOK AT EACH PICTURE AND REMEMBER IT IS ALL CHOCOLATE. A tr

Dam you do good work, Jack! Elden Gatwood

Hi List Members, Nice undated image of Shell tank car SCCX 673... http://www.gn-npjointarchive.org/JATGNPhotoHR/JATGLoco_1107HR.jpg Metadata can be found at the link below... http://www.gn-npjointarch

GATX Tank Cars (1960) A photo from the Cornell University Library: https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:20988495 Photo can be enlarged quite a bit. Good top detail on the first two cars. Bob

Photo: PFE 23220 (R-30-12) A photo from Trains Magazine: https://ctr.trains.com/photo-of-the-day/2020/08/modern-reefer-of-the-1920s Description: "Pacific Fruit Express was co-owned by Union Pacific an

A pair of Accurail 36-foot boxcars are upgraded to follow Lackawanna prototypes in the latest DesignBuildOp blog post. http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/2020/12/21/lackawanna-boxcars-part-1/ Eric Han

Group; To add to Jim: There was a group of these cars I remember well, serving the powdered dolomite trade to USSteel’s mills in the Monongahela River Valley. They were received by the Union RR of Pit

Bob and all; Nice find! Equally interesting to me is the RDG diagonal plate or boiler head loader just behind. What is that large white load on a car to left? Elden Gatwood