Photo: Gun Barrel On Flat Car Posted by Tom Isom on the Facebook Vintage San Diego group. Taken in 1903 outside the Santa Fe Depot. Gun Barrel destined for Fort Rosecrans. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

I happened to look at an ad for some Mantua old time type freight cars and noticed their trucks (see attached example). The model itself is probably of little, if any value, but I am curious if their

I have completed the build and upgrade of Illinois Central box car 18403, a steel modified 1937 design box car. My build included adding resin cast corrugated proper height doors and door guides, new

Has anyone ever made a 12 panel PS-1 kit or have suggestions on modifying a 10 panel car. Could this be done with a decal or something similar?

Finally have the kits finished! The Great Northern Railway Historical Society approached me some time ago about some modifications to the HO Scale 40ft GS Gondolas I had been making, and these are the

Recently I upgraded this New York Central boxcar that I built from an O-scale Intermountain kit in 1992. It now has new roof walks, uncoupling levers, flexible brake hoses, brass sill steps, and placa

Weathering is a detail nearly all our models need. Dick Scott shares his weathering techniques in the latest Resin Car Works blog post. http://blog.resincarworks.com/nyc-box-car-weathering/ Eric Hansm

Have several sets. NKP Steam 2 packs Champ PRR 3 boxcar one gondola Champ and John Hall ERIE 1 Boxcar and one Cov Hop and caboose Champ and Dans Resin Casting AC&Y 1 boxcar Champ SOO Line 1 boxcar Wal

This is interesting -- an ex-GULF tank car (WRNX? perhaps) now in B&O mofw service. It sure looks like an 8,000 gallon ACF Type 27 -- but I think the dome is a bit larger in diameter than the Intermou

Can't connect to website. Anyone heard anything? Bryian Sones Union Pacific Modeler Murrieta, CA

Dear Friends and Colleagues, — LAST CALL SUNSHINE SALE— Attached is my For Sale List No. 7.1.1. There are only 12 kits left from my final Sunshine Models sale, and their prices are reduced. If you wan

I have for sale three new, unopened Rapido NYC USRA Single sheathed Box Cars for sale for $35 each. Shipping for one car is $7 or $11 for two or three cars. Choose from the following road numbers: 277

Hello, Recently Broadway Limited brought out a bunch of 6000 gallon tank cars as two packs.I have split the packs into individual cars. Here is what I have to sell: Solvay Process grey UTLX black Penn

Hello, I have a handful of the Rapido X3 tanks cars for sale yet before they disappear. They are UTLX from the 1950's, one from the 1930's and one Products Tank car, reporting marks PX. $47.95 plus sh

If I have a nail hole or small crack in my plater wall at home I use patching plaster to cover it. But what can I use if I have a drill hole or small crack in my plastic/styrene model to make a smooth

Just went to decal a BAR SS box car I bought as a bag kit last summer when I bought the Pennsy car that had bad decals. Again, the decals broke up! I may have enough to do the car after the coating dr

I am looking to purchase 2-3 Intermountain NYC Pacemaker 40' Boxcar Item #45773 I don't care about the road number. I am looking for the car as a base for another project. Thanks Dave Wetterstroem

I’m installing my first ever etched metal running board on a model, and wondering if there is an ideal way to go about adding the L shaped hand-hold on each of the two lateral running boards? Not sure

I'm trying to identify the brake gear (power handbrake) used on MDT all-steel reefers. The book and rr-fallenflags have lots of views of the A end of these cars, but the B end mostly only appears in s

I’m heading the restoration to restore 3 ice bunker refrigerator cars at the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society in Fort Wayne, Indiana. I’m looking for in service photos of cars of that same serie