In some of my last correspondence with Bill Welch, he sent a very nice photo of a Tennessee Central open hopper (twin) with the admonition that he did not have permission to have it used in any genera

Northern Pacific RR Potential HO Models Survey I'm just passing this on for those of you who model the Northern Pacific Railroad. This survey is from the Northern Pacific Railroad Historical Associati

Calling Western Steam Era modelers.... Not sure if this is a need in other scales, but a set of 7" Santa Fe Roman with an Ampersand white / waterslide doesn't exist in N scale, so I've been working to

I’ve been working through several freight car projects. An update is the latest post on my blog. http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/2020/12/12/workbench-update-october-and-november-2020/ Eric Hansmann

Anyone know the dimensions of the small route card on a SFRD reefer? Am replacing the one on the Intermountain kit. thanks! -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

A couple weeks ago this HO Type C Kewanee boiler showed up as something "You may also be interested in..." when I checked eBay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/303673005802 For only $15 (plus tax) and free s

Attached is the details for the tribute Bill’s train friends have planned. It will be Wednesday, Dec 16th, 9pm EST, via Zoom. The late hour is so we can accommodate those on the west coast. This is op

I came across this most curious car today: http://prr.railfan.net/diagrams/PRRdiagrams.html?diag=x36.gif&sel=box&sz=sm&fr=ge My guess is that it was an experimental (only one was built) lighter weight

Hey everyone, For over two years (blame a mix of jumping from project to project and plain laziness) I've been working on an X29 class boxcar kit made by Red Caboose in the WLE scheme. I've been doing

A few modelers are building the Resin Car Works NYC steel gondola kit as a group build. Jerry Hamsmith has collected notes and photos to share in the latest RCW blog post. http://blog.resincarworks.co

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My thoughts exactly! -Andy On Wednesday, December 9, 2020, 10:15:04 AM PST, jerryglow2 <jerryglow@...> wrote: Don't those laser cut interiors add to the side's thickness? This seems it would destroy s

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Friends, Today I had several meetings that I could just listen to and didn't need to be seen on Zoom, so I looked for a relaxing kit to take off the shelf. I am nearing completion of a Speedwitch SP/T

Photo: SP Tank Car In Tiburon, CA From the SFGate website: https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/07/37/61/18742360/5/1200x0.jpg Undated photo. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Folks, Note that Moloco does make these in plastic. https://www.molocotrains.com/collections/parts/products/rb-0804-roofwalk-support-brackets-new-w-3rd-arms?variant=12400281845865 The running board su

My interest in lumber has led me to examine photos of single sheathed freight cars in a critical way. Unlike double sheathed cars, single sheathed cars usually did not have tongue & Groove edges while

Clark; There is a great summary of the USRA 46’ gons on the Westerfield instruction sheet. What a great subject for one of our great hobby publications! Elden Gatwood