Anyone know the best Scalecoat color for the N&W in the early 1950's? It looks a little more brown than red but I'm not sure. Thanking all in advance Fenton

Hi List Members, I was getting rid of old calendars, and I remembered this nice image from the New Haven Railroad 2019 calendar, the illustration for July. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50312782

Photos: Utah Poultry Producers Cooperative Association Reefers (1928) Photos from the Utah State Historical Society: https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=539941&page=2&facet_format_t=%22image%2

Hi List Members, I have been having an enjoyable time taking in what there is to see on this image from Homestead, PA in 1915 and linked below... https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3

Hi List Members, The resolution on this image is lacking a bit, but my feeling is that the reporting mark on this 40ft Pratt truss single sheathed boxcar might be T&NO - does anyone have thoughts one

Now that Testor’s (ModelMaster) have apparently left the hobby market (joining with MTH next April), what have listers been choosing for their solvent based paints, particularly flat black. The Tamiya

Good Morning All: I seem to have misplaced my contact for the hobby shop in Washington that is took over the Precision Scale line. Help please, Thanks in advance: Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Sam

Resin Car Works has new products available to help you ease into a new month. Our latest blog post has more details. http://blog.resincarworks.com/new-nyc-gondola-kit-and-more/ Eric Hansmann RCW web g

Photo: Gondola At Lumber Yard (Circa 1920s-1930s) A photo from University of Utah Library: https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cv5566 This photo can be enlarged quite a bit. I don't think th

Every layout needs a big blue boxcar! In 1955, C&EI acquired 75 fifty-foot class XM boxcars in the series #3800-3874. The carbodies featured welded sides, a diagonal panel roof, R-3-4 late improved dr

Looking for a part for a model part (HO scale) - an inward protruding dreadnaught end with 3/3/3 configuration. The design is mid to late 1920s. I’m wondering if I may need a sacrificial MDC roundhous

A Swedish railroad had three of these. A Swefdish modeler wants to have one on his layout. If you have a model for sale, please mail to staffan dot ehnbom at gmail dot com Staffan Ehnbom

Thanks for the suggestion Paul. I will be going with Andy Carlson's 3/3/3 end, rather than cutting up the Roundhouse car. With a little more research I realized I needed 2/3/3 ends, so will have to ma

Photographed in the city of Oakland, CA in 1950. Southern Pacific passenger green Railway Express Agency 40' Southern Pacific box car with alternating centered riveting. A scan from a Kodachrome slide

In 2014 Greg Martin did a clinic on Santa Fe rebuilt boxcars, one of the detail parts was a 5-5-5-2 end. Does anyone in the group know where I can get two sets of those ends.I tried working with Tichy

That is very cool stuff, Andy! Elden Gatwood

They also have PIA (former PFM?) parts. Ken Montero

Photo: LCL Freight In N&W Boxcar 46447 (1937) A photo from the Virginia Tech University Library: https://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/image_viewer.php?q=ns2888 This photo can be enlarged. Perhaps more blockin

I was in Doug's Trains and Hobbies today in Claymont, DE today and noticed he had a basket of Floquil paints marked down to a dollar a bottle or eleven bottles for $10. I'm an acrylic guy but I know s

https://myp48.wordpress.com/2020/09/03/modeling-mid-century-composite-wood-sheathed-boxcar-4-0/ Construction continues on my scratchbuilt P48 boxcar project. Please take a look. Gene -- Gene Deimling