Rapido just announced the PRR X23 boxcar and PRR/FGE R7 reefer in HO. I suspect the good Dr. Bruce may have had something to do with them, perhaps he can elaborate??? Tom Madden

I have three Centralia Car Shops 40' boxcar kits, apparently 1937 AAR design. One is from the Shake n Take at the 2014 Cocoa Beach symposium, one is from the Chicagoland RPM in 2017, and one is a plai

Are there any other etched eye bolts with larger holes, say for O scale?

Photo: National Car Company Meat Reefer NX 6560 Photo courtesy of Ray Breyer on the Facebook Pre-Depression Era Railroad Modelers group. This car is based on PRR/FGEX R7 refrigerator cars. Circa1960 B

NYC Boxcar (Undated) Image from the Davenport Public Library: http://www.umvphotoarchive.org/digital/collection/scdpl/id/534/rec/20 Description: “Photograph of the Purity Oats Company mill located at

Bob Chaparro shared: > Photo from the Davenport Public Library: > > http://www.umvphotoarchive.org/digital/collection/scdpl/id/583/rec/48 ...due to the R7 at center, but there's a Kohrs reefer on the

Charlie Duckworth's comment on Tamiya masking tape this morning caught my interest and action . Charlie experienced the tape. pullong off the decals.. For decades I have been using drafting tape as my

Hi all, I'm modeling some UP GS Drop-bottom Gons. Anyone have a pic or Diagram of a GS Duryea underframe they would be willing to share, please? Bryian Sones Union Pacific Modeler Murrieta, CA

Milky Way Car Photo from the Davenport Public Library: http://www.umvphotoarchive.org/digital/collection/scdpl/id/428/rec/8 The photo can be enlarged. And a two-compartment tank car as well. Davenport

Unusual Icing Platform I received this photo of an HO scale icing platform that is part of a model railroad display at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma. Notice that the design includes an

Gentlemen, Does anyone recall the name of the auction company used to sell Frank Peacock’s models? Thanks, John Golden

I try to model 1952. Were the 2D-F8 trucks commonly found on PRR X29 boxcars? Rapido is offering them on their new X23 boxcars. Assuming they offer the 2D-F8 truck separately should I be retrofitting

Hello All, I started a new thread on this subject because my email under.... "1950 Rebar Gondola Loads" by Bruce Griffin appeared a little confusing with the attachments that showed up in my email reg

I just got an email from Ron’s Books that a new RPC will be published, covering the 1937 steel nominal 10 ft. 6 in. internal height box cars in detail. It sounds like an impressive achievement from th

looking to try and create SAL's AF-1/B-7 in N scale. were these cars based on the '32 or '37 AAR standard with the turtleback roof? thinking of using the Atlas or Intermountain car and add roof and en

F&C 6264 Wooden War Emergency Gondolas, Dread. Ends ( 2 kits) F&C 6140 M.P. Steel Gon F&C 6263 T&NO Emergency Gon. ( 2 kits) F&C 3059 USRA DS Boxcar (MP Decals) $35.00 each plus postage from Texas Cha

For sale Sunshine kit #32.3 S.P. B-50-24 1944 10' Boxcar w/Gold Express Lettering. $60 plus shipping check or money order accepted. If interested, contact me OFF LIST at brianleppert AT att DOT net Br

What is the visual difference between Equipco "Type A" and "Type B" ice hatches? For example, a Santa Fe Historical Society list specifies (reversed) "Type A" on all SFRD Rr-21, -22 and -42, a mixture

Trinity & Brazos Valley Railroad Boxcar A photo from the Georgia State University Library Digital Collections: https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/digital/collection/guidebook/id/1/rec/2 Taken

Sometimes Prototype Running Boards Aren’t Perfect Either Photo courtesy of Dean Freimund on the Facebook Freight Car Photos group. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA