Bob Chapparo’s post on the NYC High Line brings to mind a question for the group. How many cities had a elevated freight line connecting a yard to customers and freight facilities? The NYC High Line i

Hi. My layout I am currently working on is planned to have the Union Oil tank farm and asphalt operation on it, that used to be in Edmonds, WA; as well as the Union Oil tank farm in Seattle. The GN se

Black Hills Packing Company Paint Schemes Here is a photo of a URTX/Black Hills Packing Company meat reefer No. 72722: https://tinyurl.com/52kbs3hc Notice the Mt. Rushmore graphic. URTX 72733 carries

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

Friends, Can anyone recommend an .io group that focuses on scale model Steam Locomotives that might offer insights into painting and weathering techniques? While they were almost almost all painted bl

A friend and I attended one of the early Napervilles. I had to miss the next year, but attended all the rest. That year I missed was the year Martin gave out the CofG mini-kit for their door and a hal

A friend would like to do this kit up as a second hand FtDDM&S car. If anyone has one they'd part with, or could borrow, please contact me off list. Thank you, cepropst@q.com

Hello- I have my last remaining Red Caboose HO special run sets of Superior brake wheels with power brake housing. Very distinctive brake wheel. Offered for $5 each, plus shipping of $0.75. Contact me

David and Steve... I was using AutoSketch for my 2D drawings which saved files at .skd files. The AutoSketch9 program that I have cannot open them although and search online says that AutoSketch can o

Model Meat Reefers HO scale InterMountain reefers. This photo was taken by Mark Mathu on the NAPM Model Railroad Club. https://tinyurl.com/6t5y8nbh Six photos combined into a single fully focused imag

Hello friends, this isn't directly related to freight cars, but I hope it will be accepted nonetheless: -I am looking for a H0scale discontinued Kadee coupler. Likely most of you remember I was asking

Good Morning gang Sadly Yarmouth Model Works will not be present afterall at the Indy RPM. Yesterday I just got confirmed on my prostate surgery date and the recovery time required precludes my attend

Anyone know what the original truck used on these when new (1953 iirc)? Or did each road pick their own? Thank you, George Courtney

Video: New York’s West Side Line https://youtu.be/ogJJIw1Ed_I A short video featuring the street-level freight rail line that operated on Manhattan’s far west side alongside horse-drawn carriages and

I’ve been wanting to add a RI stock pen to the layout and initially thought of adding another spur off the mainline but this would be a major task as I’d have to remove the facia add a styrofoam exten

Is anyone familiar with "Green Marked Coal"? This coal came out of Southern Illinois was hauled primarily by the CB&Q. The book "The Q in the Coal Fields" said that it was sprayed with cheap green pai

Folks, I'm looking for Volume 20 on the Northampton & Bath RR. It's called out in the history sheet of the Westerfield kit for a N&B steel sheathed boxcar. I did check the FCJ website, but they don't

Robert “Bobby” R. Pitts, Sr. passed away last week. He was well known for his totally scratchbuilt HO scale tanks cars. I provided photos to him of some “rail whales”, one of which he modeled. I met h

Folks, Looking to decipher the various ends included in the Branchline undecorated kits. I found an undecorated 40' 6' door from the 1400 series, with 4 different sets of ends. #1 looks like an R+3/4

Add Mdt 12089 in old lettering scheme at weehawken undated photo Add mdt 12072 in newer scheme, 57 reweigh from jay williams Add 12191 , in old lettering aug 75 Eli’s photo in one of the morning sun b