Photos: UP Company Service Boxcar 912040 (Former Express Boxcar 9149) A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/83945/rec/290 Click o

Photo: Texaco Tank Car TCX 723 (1936) A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/67558/rec/79 Click on the double-headed arrow and the

Photo: Installing A New Deck On A Flat Car (Undated) A photo from the Norfolk Southern Corporation: https://tinyurl.com/y23gckno Click on the photo to enlarge it. Looks like the planks with cutouts fo

I love going to Cocoa Beach, attending Prototype Rails, and seeing many of you. There’s such great fellowship and encouragement and inspiration to model more and model better. There’s a couple of men

Brian; It covers both. Elden Gatwood

Photo: Speas Company Vinegar Tank Car A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/67531/rec/70 Click on the double-headed arrow and the

Does anyone have the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie gondola book? I have a chance to purchase it but I want to know if it covers steam era and transition era equipment as well as modern. I am concerned It m

Bill, Interesting. Hogs to Tobin's in Rochester... I thought great hots. A guy down the street worked at Tobin's. He said he would never ever eat a hotdog again... Hmm. Gordon Spalty

Photo: N&W Gondola 101078 (1950) A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/67494/rec/163 Click on the double-headed arrow and then sc

Photo: N&W Boxcar 47302 (1949) A photo from the Norfolk Southern Corporation: https://tinyurl.com/y6h64v4x Click on the photo to enlarge it. Description: "...a Norfolk & Western train made a stop at t

Tim & Group; I just love that pic for so many reasons. The “SPOUT” lettering is probably for the crew welding the ladle together. The ones face down further down are teeming ladles for the back end of

My good friend Bob is an old curmudgeon that doesn’t partake of any social media including i o lists. So, he was not aware aware of that fact that this kit is at the pinnacle of tough builds. He, I an

From the TacomaPublic Library. 1948 Photo. Caption: Two flatcars with boilers, Birchfield Boiler. Giant boilerswait on flatcars for shipment to Southern California.The largest will be installed in the

Does anyone have a good starting point for a 1950s Missouri Pacific box car color using Vallejo paint? Brian J. Carlson

It’s. Finally. Finished. Probably my longest semi continuous build is finally done. I’ve posted about this before. The never-ending model build - P&LE Rebuild • Tichy kit originally purchased 15-18 ye

Photo: El Paso & Southwestern Automobile Boxcar 20302[?] (Undated) A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/16921/rec/6 Click on the

Given all of the very good recent photographs of tank cars, I am wondering about the availability of detailing kits for these? The usual models of these leave some things to be desired... Ray Hutchiso

Photo: C&NW Tank Car 6093 (1947) A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/47984/rec/84 Click on the double-headed arrow and then scr

Photo: Condemned UP Gondola 96604 (1934) A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/61279/rec/128 Click on the double-headed arrow and

Photo: UTLX Three-Compartment Tank Car 59762 (1935) A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/67212/rec/6 Click on the double-headed