I have placed some photos from Cocoa Beach 2020 in an album on Flickr at https://www.flickr.com/photos/116454307@N06/albums/72157712745510706 Hopefully they are representative of the terrific variety

At CCB (Great event had a wonderful time) I purchased a mini-kit from 'National Scale Car' for a SP box car, series 83420-83739. Kit basics are doors, lower tracks and decals. The only photo of a SP c

Anybody have the E Mail address for Jim Eager, Toronto, Jim is a great inter modal expert from ins inception. Bill McCoy, Jax

Friends, I would like to offer two photos of a most unusual RF&P covered hopper for your approval and commentary. The car is RF&P 14, apparently used in company sand service. While numbered in the RF&

I have a project that has a need for joining .012 wire in a "T". some time back there were plastic pipe joints but I can't remember who made them. MY LHS thinks it was Utah Pacific but there's nothing

I picked up an old IMRC GN 12 panel boxcar kit (GN 18837, reweigh F-10-60). Some of the parts are pretty dated. There were no instructions and I have a few questions. What hand brake was used on these

I have upgraded Santa Fe tank car 100801 with a resin cast dome and other details. If you are interested as to why and how, photos and writeup of the upgrade process including paint and weathering are

Here is a fine picture of a rebuilt WP boxcar: https://donstrack.smugmug.com/UtahRails/Emil-Albrecht-Photos/1947-Oct-Salt-Lake-City/i-7hsPfxj/A Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

A freshly repainted 1932 ARA design box car! -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

We've discussed these cars in the past, but several of Jack Delano's photo captions at the Library of Congress add depth to the story. I just hope that they did a good job of tying down the loaded han

Photo: NYC Depressed Center Flat 499051 Transformer Load: http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/largerimage?irn=10209908&catirn=10864175&return=brand%3Dcms%26q%3Drailroad%26startindex%3D1876 Bob Chaparro He

I've just posted to my blog a short description of this year's Cocoa Beach meeting, as I experienced it. If you went, you may find it brings back a memory or two; if you didn't go, this might motivate

I get my .....homishes mixed up. You are correct. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA

Photos: Wabash Automobile Boxcar 47194 Three photos taken in Atlanta, Illinois from the Railroad Prototype Modeler blog: https://railroadprototypemodeler.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/dscn9117-1.jpg?w=6

I had a great time on my first visit to Cocoa Beach! Thanks Mike and those who make it happen. We are officially live and taking pledges for our project. We have a lot of information on our site and t

From Steamtown/Erie-Lackawanna site today. Images are too washed out to read reporting marks but the loads are very interesting. http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-01-17-20/X7844.jpg

The Boys at the Clearwater Car Shops have been busy getting several freight cars to the point to be painted. This is a Funaro & Camerlengo kit for a Delaware & Hudson 36-foot boxcar, many of which wer

Our local Ford dealer has a photo on their wall of the Highland Park, Michigan assembly plant taken in 1913 showing Model-T's being loaded into freight cars that look very European. They are short all

Hello- I have another enhancement kit being offered for sale. I have come upon several left over resin castings of a WP Pullman Co built 50' auto boxcar with pre-war Youngstown doors. Model Die Castin

Okay, anyone modeling the Northeast PA or NYC area during WW2, here ya go: Power plants built for the Soviet Union in Berwick, PA: https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/albums/7215771217949625