Last night I was going through the bound 1947 set of Illinois Central employee magazines that I picked up on eBay a couple weeks back. In the November issue I found an article on ABLC brakes that the

Photo: MKT Boxcar 7405 (Undated) Photo from the State Historical Society Of Missouri: https://cdm17228.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/imc/id/41044/rec/3 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob C

Folks, The PRR T&HS is planning a virtual PRR Day on November 7, 2020, through zoom, rather than traveling for an in-person meeting. Thanks to Auburn University, we will be able to host presentations

Hi Folks- We have seen a history of over production of factory painted kits which were made in quantities that the increasing movement of modelers to RTR saw kits to be over produced. These gluts lead

Two Compartment HO Scale Tank Cars: Who Made Them? I seem to recall about eight years ago one of the higher-end manufacturers offered an HO scale R-T-R two compartment tank car in plastic. Perhaps it

Photo: Applying Miller Lube Packing To A PRR H-21 Hopper (1955) A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives https://digital.hagley.org/PRR_20735?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=36c2adf3539191ccdf0d&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=3

I remember Hoffman's character going under water with googles, but I don't think he was under water when he got the message about getting a job in plastics. He couldn't have heard the message under wa

Hi there, I'm modelling one of these 9' IH Ann Arbor cars, and can't find sufficiently detailed photos of the door hardware: specifically the door latch mechanism bits and pieces. Here is a link to a

Group, Has anyone kit bashed one of these rebuilt boxcars? I know Sunshine had a kit for them but I have not been able to come up with one. If anyone has information on kit bashing the XM-32, please l

Here's a link to a partial photo of SCCX 682 - a tank car at NW St. Helens and Doane Aves in Portland, OR in 1937. The photo can be expanded. https://vintageportland.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/public

Hello- I have lots of Red Caboose stake pockets offered for purchase. From Red Caboose's SP F-70-7 flat car. These are the pressed steel type with 4 rivets per pocket. Each sprue contains 24 stake poc

I hope you're doing well and surviving the scourge.please can i count on you for a request. Thanks, Marty

Photo: B&M Boxcar 70096 (1933) Photo from the Los Angeles Public Library: https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/turnabout/id/2635/rec/30 Use the slider to enlarge the photo. Description: "

Photo: Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf Boxcar 175 (Undated) Photo from the State Historical Society Of Missouri: https://cdm17228.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/imc/id/37155/rec/8 Scroll on the p

Photos: Lackawanna Boxcar 12098 (1956) Photos from the State Historical Society Of Missouri: https://cdm17228.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/imc/id/12050/rec/2 https://cdm17228.contentdm.oclc.o

I have added a new post on uncoupling brake lever brackets that shows how I make my own brake lever brackets by bending them from wire or fabricating them from Evergreen styrene. In addition, it provi

I have a new unbuilt Resin Car Works Mini-Kit 3.01 IC Single Sheathed Boxcar Series 176000-176999. This kit is sold out at RCW and includes an undecorated Accurail Body and underframe, Resin detail Pa

Photo: Chemical Processing Vessel On Flat Cars (Circa 1935) Photo from the State Historical Society Of Missouri: https://cdm17228.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/imc/id/12440/rec/1 Not SSW flatc

Brian, all; PRR had no GSC flat cars of the “Commonwealth” design, but did own F41 classes that had a slightly different casting that had a different side tapers, a shallower sill outside the bolsters

does anyone know if drawings/plans were ever published for this car, i've gone thru kalmbach's search engine, google and my tsc's and have struck out, i'm trying to get the dims for the triangular sid