Here’s the “cheat sheet” for what you need on your X29B or X29D: 6 X29B 27513 27554 27663 27901 28123 28460 28647 28730 29412 29646 30001 30012 30036 30613 30689 30753 30814 30949 30998 Sunshine Vol 2

You are welcome, Mike! Elden Gatwood

I am going to be painting the attached caboose model for a friend. I have three questions: Can anyone identify this model? Original date of manufacture? Importer? Maker? The box shown with the caboose

On further inspection I have uncovered a sticker that says it’s a United model. But I am still curious about the vintage. Schuyler

Hi List Members, Image of UP 81682 gon Denver CO 1910s?1920? https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/kTkAAOSwxGFgAcFn/s-l1600.jpg More info at the link below... https://www.ebay.com/itm/133638638726 Enjoy! Cla

Hi List Members, Image of an IC 40ft ds boxcar and a CB&Q composite gon at Franklin Cnty Coal Co Illinois 1939 https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/DF0AAOSwvoxgCdec/s-l1600.jpg More details can be found at

Hi List Members, A nice trio of composite gons in 1949 at a Commonwealth Edison Chicago area coal fired power plant. I am not an expert, but they look like other IC composite gons I have seen. I like

Hi List Members, The lettering on this tank car is a bit hard to make out, but the word TARMAC in stylized fashion is discernable. I will note that cars belongs to The Barrett Company with reporting m

Hi List Members, Image of CN 3903 36ft ss box Portland ME 1924 https://www.mainememory.net/artifact/71971/zoom I'm wondering about the vehicle - STANDARD OIL CO OF NY - in Portland ME? That is a long

Hi List Members, MEC 35420 40ft ss box in wreck 1937 Hallowell ME https://www.mainememory.net/artifact/31159/zoom https://www.mainememory.net/artifact/31160/zoom Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, CRP 61197 twin hopper Portland ME Randall and McAllister Coal Co undated I believe that CRP (Central Railroad of Pennsylvania) did not exist as a corporate entity until the 1930s, and

Schuyler, Read it again 😉 Dave clearly indicates that he knows that New England are is composed of six states (CT, RI, VT, NH, MA, ME) and that the baby standards from other states (Indiana, NJ/PA/De)

Mel, HUH? "Aluminum foil"??? Are you talking about the metal roof? If so, it is neither aluminum, nor foil. Regards, Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

Mike; The X29B all had the simple diagonal panel roof with no overhang. They also had the original X29 crossbearer arrangement, and revised AB brake arrangement shown on the attached. Do you need brak

Hi List Members, MEC 2471 drop bottom gon partial view Fairfield ME - captioned with a date of "ca. 1900" but I would suspect it might be a decade or two more recent than that. https://www.mainememory

Hi List Members, MEC 2961 twin side dump hopper Portland ME 1924 https://www.mainememory.net/artifact/97805/zoom I'm left wondering what the industry/customer site is - coal dealership? Power plant? S

Guys; Early on, Greg himself was confused about roof types on different classes. We had a series of discussions and photo swaps and such, until we had hashed out most of the details. You all know the

Photo: Loading Oranges A photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: https://digital.hagley.org/PC20110419_319 Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. This is a photo of (supposedly) orange crates being loaded

I was reading the two part series on the X29B from the 11-12/92 issues of Mainline Modeler. There are a couple of discrepancies between the two articles. In the first Greg Martin went the extra mile t

Hi List Members, A NYC 40ft steel box and NH 168569 ds box in Auburn ME ca 1930 https://www.mainememory.net/artifact/79697/zoom Enjoy! Claus Schlund