Friends, I have been working on several (cheap) gondola loads over the past few months (photos attached). One load that I have not been able to find is steam era (1950 in my case) photos of rebar load

Ted That sounds apocryphal -- I think they might have mentioned it to stockholders, for example. In some of the 1950's annual reports to stockholders the imbalance of cars OWNED vs cars ONLINE (almost

Is their interest for scans of Hutchins roof drawings of roofs applied to box and auto cars in the 1920's for railroads such as C&O, PRR, SP, IC, CN, etc? While cataloging Northern Pacific mechanical

Have a couple questions regarding the C&O 40 foot boxcars with the Deco ends. One, are they a 10'0" IH? Two, is the roof Murphy rectangular panel or Viking? Thanks much! Bud Rindfleisch

Looking to model 40' mechanical reefers. FGEX 290, I have a photo with the mechanicals at the left end. Anybody have a photo or link to photo of this series (260-299) of the other side, mechanicals at

The Missouri Pacific box car group kit build wraps up with paint and lettering. Jerry Hamsmith shares this final installment on the Resin Car Works blog. http://blog.resincarworks.com/missouri-pacific

Who sent me the message about custom building and custom painting? Please resend. Jared Harper

If anyone is looking for a copy of this book at a reasonable price, here’s one on eBay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/374536923854?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=zt8c0YGpRze&sssrc=2349624&s

Hello, I'm looking for one more. If anyone has this steel reefer kit and willing to part with it, please PM me. Thank you very much! Bryian Sones Union Pacific Modeler Murrieta, CA

Had this in my email this morning: https://trainlife.com/blogs/news/trainlife-closing?_kx=CHG4TWjeYScSE_nRX-4iSlhZ6azSrSyLO6GtbuBZSko%3D.FfeATU I hope someone steps up to buy the magazine archive. Jef

Hi All I am looking for prototype drawings for the hardware used on reefers. I have two 1/8" scale NWX reefers that I need to detail. They used Equipco hardware but I will take anything at this point.

I have built Soo Line Stock Car 29681, a “sawtooth” design stock car. The stock car is the new Soo Line Stock Car resin flat kit offered by Yarmouth Model Works. I posted the build of the Soo Line Sto

I'm finishing my up grade on these two cars and need a little help with some details and colors. The GN 12 panel car is Vermillion and the UP car is BCR. The IRM recently painted their GN PS-3 hopper

I am looking to model a series with plug door and 3/3 ends; Found http://freight.railfan.ca/cgi-bin/image.pl?i=sfrd11286&o=atsf I found 11286 ( above ), 11112, and 11194, all with Super Chief logos. S

Hello Group This may be of interest to the group. It’s from a Sunshine kit PDS it’s a SFRD RR40 reefer photographed in 1954 the slogan has been painted out it did read El Capitan coach service to the

Did WIF have any steel ice bunker refrigerator cars? I have seen photos of wooden ice bunker cars and steel mechanical cars. Thanks Bill Michael

Hello, Here is a large book of open and prepaid stations for US, Canada and Mexico. This edition is Nov. 15, 1970. The book is huge with 829 pages, 8x11" with soft covers. There is a minor tear on the

Hello, here is a official railway equipment register for 1972. YOU CAN TRACK THOSE 1940'S AND 1950'S BUILT CARS TO SEE THE RENUMBERINGS AND OTHER USEFUL FEATURES FOR A STEAM ERA ENTHUSIAST. This eight

Hello, If anyone has this steel reefer kit and willing to part with it, please PM me. Thank you very much! Bryian Sones Union Pacific Modeler Murrieta, CA

Dear Friends and Colleagues, — NEW SUNSHINE ! — Attached is my For Sale List No. 10.1. These are the first of the newly-discovered Sunshine Models. I hope you find something of interest here. If you d