I am building an F&C resin kit of a 40' Gare milk car in the livery of Dairymans league. unfortunately the instructions only talk of livery for another car in Pullman green. The picture on the box is

Hello, For sale a HO CN 8 hatch reefer. It needs a floor and under frame. Contact me off list. Ted Schnepf 126 Will Scarlet, Elgin, Ill. 60120 847=697-5353 ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: ted schn

Need coal gondolas for your railroad? Perry Squier shares his work building Shawmut coal gons on the latest DesignBuildOp blog post. http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/2021/03/05/shawmut-coal-gondolas

Hi List Members, We get a nice 1910 colorized postcard view of C&EI 60286 (plus some other cars) at the link below... https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/TQYAAOSwx9ZavEsE/s-l1600.jpg Additional information

It features ribs that end maybe 2 feet from the side of the car with a flat piece reaching the side of the B&O M-15 boxcar with a door that opens to the left. It is seen in front of the partially show

Is there a decal set that features the logos (Gulf, Flying A, etc.) for the ends of the tanks at a bulk oil distributor? Thanks in advance for any help. Bill.Pardie

Photo: PRR Boxcar 61973 (Undated) A photo from the South Wood County Historical Museum: https://content.mpl.org/digital/collection/swch/id/165/rec/140 Use the arrows and scroll to enlarge the photo. B

Bill Pardie asked: "While I am sounding off on brake components I have one more question. I have an Intermountain model of a Santa Fe Ga-55 65 foot gondola." Intermountain did a 65 ft gon? That's news

While I am sounding off on brake components I have one more question. I have an Intermountain model of a Santa Fe Ga-55 65 foot gondola. It is a ;pretty good model as is but I notice one anomaly. The

Their were great images of the American Limited SP&S TANK CAR. It prompts me to ask if anyone has any detail photos of the Southern P:acific o-50-13 tank cars? Particularly of the undercarriage and br

San Diego Model Railroad Museum Research Library For future consideration, a tip courtesy of Ryan Di Fede. The San Diego Model Railroad Museum has a railroad/model railroad research library that is op

How are you doing today? Hope this email finds you well? Let me know if you received my mail, I need you to do something urgent for me. Raymond

Hello, I am offering for sale a steam era Car Builders Cyclopedia. This is the 20th. edition form 1957! An original, with 1114 pages, weighing 7 pounds! The binding is in good shape and only nominal c

Hi Scott: Great looking car. Was this some kit or a scratch built? I recently finished two GN hog-fuel cars from Portland Car & Foundry kits. They are rather similar, with open tops, but have no exter

I have been asked by an acquaintance in Eau Claire, WI if I knew a source for pictures of carbon black cars, these are not the usual covered hoppers. The Milwaukee moved carbon black in special cars f

I have just started building the Speedwitch SP A-50-4 kit and would like to update it with AB brakes. The kit is supplied with K brakes and states that no A-50-4s made it past 1953 as there is no evid

Does anyone know what kind of roof and what kind of ends were on the Cardox dry ice cars in the CDCX 100-122 series? I suspect diagonal panel roofs and 1/3/4 or 4/4 ends, but I'm hoping to get some au

Folks; Has anyone received an early PS-1 from Kadee? Which RRs would be represented by this model? I assume they’re up to Kadee’s usual standard of accuracy. What do you think? Elden Gatwood

I am in the process of building the Resin Car Works Soo Line 50’ boxcar kit. Two different type of brake gear are provided, but I couldn’t find any information that shows which series of cars used whi

Does anyone have something documenting who built N&W 12000-12499 class Hu coal hoppers circa 1923? Thanks in advance, Steve Hile