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

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

Photo: Canadian National Tank Car 990870 (Undated) A photo from the National Archives of Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=3353755 This ph

Still musing about Clark’s train photo, mostly thinking about the last two cars. The last car would appear to be something like the 1937 AAR boxcar, a bit taller than the car ahead of it with a corrug

Guys; Thanks for sharing! I did some research on Hercules back when, and could not grasp how many product lines they were into. That’d be a huge research project in itself. They had plants all over th

Seth; Have you looked into the Tangent ratchet hand brake models? Elden Gatwood

WANTED: Sunshine 22.6 CB&Q XA-7/-8 1.5 door OB box car. If you have one in your stash you know you will never build, please consider selling it to me. I'm modeling WP's Quincy Junction and Quincy RR,

Hi List Members, I like this color image showing a partial view of a HERCULES POWDER tank car. Too bad we cannot see the road number... http://www.godfatherrails.com/photos/pv.asp?pid=2304 Enjoy! Clau

I am trying to identify all the cars in the National Car Company which were owned by the CB&Q / BRE. So far I have MNX 1700-2364, starting in 1949, with 2444-2464 being changed to LLNX in 1967. LLNX w

Hey guys, or girls, anyone have photos of D&H 36' box cars? Post war is preferred but any showing the various end upgrades will do nicely. Looking to do a mild upgrade of a pair of Accurail cars and w

Photo: C.P. Flat Car 30257 With Two Waterous Fire Pumpers (Undated) A photo from the National Archives of Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumbe