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

Does anyone have prototype information or prototype photos for the Pressed Steel Co High Walkway 8000 gallon single dome Tank Car? What companies owned or leased these? I tried Google but came up empt

As someone said, there were variations over time and also differences between types of equipment -- house cars, flat cars, hopper cars, gondola cars, cabooses, ... Here are 4 HO resin kits (attached)

Tying in the recent departures of Bob Hundman and Bob Darwin in regards to brass steam locomotives (a bit off target) I am reminded of a series of drawings in Mainline Modeler on Southern Pacific stea

Bob Darwin passed away on April 8 at 96, and it seems to have escaped notice. Fred Hill put a nice tribute on Trainorders.com but it got only one follow-up comment. That’s a shame, because decades bef

SFRD lettering is complex, and not being a ATSF modeler, confusing, especially for rebuilds. I’m cutting out decals for a RR-35 in series 7029-7358 rebuilt in 1944-45. According to the ATSFHS reefer b

STMFC Members, It’s with sadness that I pass along the following message prepared by my good friend, Jeff Koeller. The attachment is from the January 1959 Model Railroader. Ed Hawkins Robert L. Hundma

I am most familiar with simple isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol for plastic P2K and such kits. Does IM not strip with isop-alcohol? (old Front Range stuff would only strip in Accupaint thinner.. and even t

Good evening, There has been much mention of brake fluid for stripping paint. I believe it is worth nothing that not all brake fluids are the same. Near the end of restoring my father's Chevelle, I be

This 3D printed kit came out sometime last year. I bought one at Trainfest last fall. Didn't look like to tough a build, but I'd built a printed box car and wasn't keen on building another. So I made

The question has come to me, were Andrews trucks patented? I've always assumed so, but I've had no luck finding the patent. Now that I think about it, designing a casting that the standard MCB journal

My best friend Pete Peters passed away about 2 1/2 years ago. Also from Ojai, he was an avid scratch builder who built about 100 nearly 100% scratch built locomotives, mostly in N scale. Many of Pete'

I have a few Intermountain RTR post war 10' IH AAR boxcars that I need to strip and repaint. They will have black ends and roofs with boxcar red sides & doors. I was able to pop off the roof without a

Part four of the resin box car kit build has posted to the Resin Car Works blog. Jerry Hamsmith reviews the B end car details and more. Missouri Pacific boxcar group build, pt 4 blog.resincarworks.com

I’m building RCW’s ATSF Fe-22 and am looking for any prototype images or drawings showing how the two resin parts are attached to the coupler area. It’s probably a lot more simpler than what I'm makin

Does anyone have photos of L&N's ventilated box cars circa 1949 they would like to share? I'm thinking about modifying an Accurail car to represent one. I model 1949. and in my 1-1-50 ORER L&N still h