I want to thank everyone with regard to my request for information on sources of wire mesh. Unfortunately my over-zealous wife in an effort to get rid of extraneous e-mails deleted all of them. Would

On ebay there is a PFE-WP wood reefer photo for sale. By Will Whitaker, 1941. Thumbnail attached. I notice no PFE class number. Why is that? What class number would this car be?

Here is a nice picture of a Great Northern truss rod stock car: https://donstrack.smugmug.com/UtahRails/Emil-Albrecht-Photos/1946-Jun-McCammon-and-Salt/i-SwLxDtG/A Is the floor between decks really th

Alaska Railroad Hart convertible ballast gondola ARR 1443 built by Pacific Car & Foundry in May 1930. Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive Collection. Richard Wilkens

Hi Has anyone got a photo of a Santa Fe Bx13 showing the AB brake gear set up thank you in advance. Please contact me off list Many thanks Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Perry Squier added a scale test car to his freight car fleet and operation. He shares his work in the latest DesignBuildOp blog post. http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/2023/06/02/shawmut-scale-test-c

This is from a clinic by Dick Harley showing the PFE fleet over time https://harley-trains.smugmug.com/PFEModels/PFE-Modeling-Clinics/2019-PFE-Models/i-NvQCqn7/A PFE wood reefers did survive in servic

Looking at my stash of unbuilt kits I’d like to tackle the F&C Northern Pacific truss rod boxcar next. Anyone have a couple prototype photos they could send me off list to help with the build? thanks!

Hello Group, Getting ready to build a Golden Spike Series Mechanical Reefer. Mainly want to make sure I join the sides ,ends and roof together accurately. Was wondering if anyone has built one of thes

Hi All, I'm looking to purchase some of these. If you happen to have some, one or whatever.... Please private message me. Thank you very much! Bryian Sones Union Pacific Modeler Murrieta, CA

Hi Guys I am building a FEC insulated rebuilt boxcar, I believe National Scale Car Co are bringing out decals for the Speedway scheme when did the Speedway scheme start being used? Many thanks Paul Do

While looking for natural gasoline uses, processors and rail transportation, I came across a fire department account about a major fire consuming crashed runaway tank cars on the T&P at Odessa, Texas

I am looking for some mesh to make a hog wire fence around my Eskridge lumber yard. I have tried two brands of vinyl window screen but both are too gross. I have looked at tule from Michaels and it is

Before I scratch build one to replace an op session casualty, does anyone have an Intermountain SFRD RR-23 ice hatch? Am running a rip track instead of doing anything useful. TIA, Joe Binish New Hope,

Photo: Loading castings At Bettendorf Car Works Photo from the Putnam Museum: http://www.umvphotoarchive.org/digital/collection/putnm/id/829/rec/1 Click on the arrows and scroll to enlarge the photo.

Of the resin kits to be built, Sunshine Models Standard Brands, Inc. vinegar wood tank car, SBIX 1641, was the needed addition to the current freight car fleet. Therefore, I built what I consider a co

Freight Yard Along The Detroit River Photo courtesy of University Of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Libraries: https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agsnorth/id/10953/rec/2345 Click on the arrows an

Seaboard Boxcar 24145 Photo courtesy of University Of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Libraries: https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agsnorth/id/10118/rec/2033 Click on the arrows and scroll to enl

Group, Attached is a photo of the PRR version of the Scale test car that I modeled for my PRR Shamokin Branch layout. It operates during sessions to calibrate the scales at Weigh Scales PA where they

L&N scale test car #41499 was originally NC&StL #90160, built in 1917. The original solid bearing trucks were replaced with roller bearing trucks, as seen in the photo provided by Ike. The car incorpo