Eric, So sorry to hear this. We have now lost 3 pillars of our fun in Florida each January. RIP Bill, Denny and Greg. Steve Hile

COMPLETE KIT OR JUST ROOF.

Fred; Unfortunately, not yet. I know a guy that has been working on this for 30+ years with the intention of doing a book(s), but he is overwhelmed with data. Every RR did their own version of how the

I have continued with my efforts building and detailing plastic freight car kits. NYC 165138 is a Branchline AAR Postwar boxcar kit. I remember when these kits first came out. The detailing was so goo

While I was sorting photos for the reweigh project I can across this small shot (2 3/4” by 4 1/2”) Art Johnson taken at Pensacola, Florida. Behind the Frisco VO-660 is from left to right a PRR, ATSF,

Guys; I ran across a short group of photos recently that were of a door which had come loose and got knocked off along an elevated ROW. The door flew off the elevated and crushed a car below. The owne

Thomas; I think (think, mind you) this is part of the “stand” part of a mill stand, and the “clock” is the gauge by which the mill stand operator determined the thickness of the slab (billet/bloom), a

Doug; I agree with Eric. The only things they would NOT usually haul were hot slabs and coils! Elden Gatwood

Photo: Cities Service Oil Tank Car 1002 (Undated) A photo from the National Archives of Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=3603414 This pho

It's be nice to know the make up of this train (attached) running on the branch l model. It's obvious the first car is an X31. I've been told the second is a D&H Seley hopper. I have a Bowser X31 and

A couple HO scale gondolas have been moving through construction stages. Both went through the weathering factory in the last week. The models follow Nickel Plate Road wood gondolas built in the early

Bill, Sorry, but you’ve “triggered” me. Please save us from the pseudo-science babble of people like your optometrist friend. Bottom line, the emission and absorption wavelengths of refracted and refl

Photo: Reading Well Hole Flat Car 99009 (Undated) A photo from the National Archives of Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=3607476 This pho

F/S: HO scale freight car kits by Branchline, Bowser and Intermountain; to receive lists send e-mail to Hugh T Guillaume at: mguill1224 at aol dot com

Bob, Guys; Fabulous photo, fabulous car, fabulous load. I think these cars were well cars, not well hole cars, though. I have not seen documentation that the floor was removable, but I’d love to be pr

Folks, The Fall, 2020 issue (#114) of The Keystone Modeler is now available on the PRRT&HS web site at: http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/newPRRKeystoneModeler.htm A gentle reminder - If you don't se

It seemed appropriate to work on Chicagoland’s 2019 Minikit the weekend of this year’s scheduled event. A thanks to George Toman, Lester Breuer, and John Golden, whose earlier posts offered inspiratio

I've got all the major roads on the spreadsheet and see that the B&O was missing. If someone can furnish the top 5 or 6 scales for the B&O I’ll add these and start scanning photos for Hubert’s referen

Dave, Tony, and all; I agree with everything being said, with the addition that while true for the PRR (I grew up in Pittsburgh in the sixties and seventies, and well remember the air, water and groun

Photo: Intercolonial Railway Flat Car 15377 (Undated) A photo from the National Archives of Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=4942978 This