There are some great chalk mark decals for freight cars out there. Problem is, they're white ink printed on white paper. How foolishly inconvenient! Who has tips on how to see to cut out?! Thanks, Bil

After looking at my photos of B&M 5101 from last year, I have a couple questions...Maybe other railroads had similar issues? More info on these cars can be found here: http://bmfreightcars.com/Flat/Fl

Brian (& others), The most recent post number is 200840. In scanning down the posts, this topic went all over the lot, possibly to the moon and back. To summarize the rule, a blue flag (with a blue la

Photo: Southern Gondola 175859 A photo from the Georgia State University Library Digital Collections: https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/digital/collection/lane/id/10875/rec/7 Use link to acce

I was thinking about this subject the other day, and wondered, "When did the Blue Flag rules begin?" Were there signs hung on connected cars and locomotives before Blue Flag? If so, what did they look

Red Ball Ltd, A Brief History A post from History and Culture by Bicycle blog: http://historyculturebybicycle.blogspot.com/2020/12/red-ball-ltd-brief-history.html Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

All of the photos of the B-50-12 (USRA Single Sheath Car) that I have show the car with K brakes. Were any of these cars upgraded to AB brakes and if so did they retain the vertical brake staff? Thank

I am looking for Bill Welch's Plastic Freight Car Builders, Part I. Could someone please send me a copy. Thanks. Jared Harper

All, Rapido has a representative (John Frantz) at the PRRTHS annual meeting in Dublin, Ohio (a Columbus suburb) this weekend. I grabbed a couple of photos of the X23/R7. These are 3D printed samples.

Hello Steam Era Modeler: We are pleased to announce that Westerfield Models is having a Multi-day NATIONAL TRAIN DAY SALE . The Multi-Day National Train Day Sale will be in effect from 12:01 am Wednes

I have for sale four plastic freight cars. If interested, please contact me off-list at ActorMichaelGross AT gmail DOT com for photographs and/or descriptions. All prices are plus shipping. Thanks for

Does anyone know of a source for FGE/WFE Equipment Diagrams, circa 1950s? Bill

You can’t see the brakie’s lantern, which doesn’t help. I agree with John Barry, that there are two options: (d) a full circle at half arm’s length for backing And (a) horizontally across the track fo

Hello, I came across several pictures of PRR 355216 from different angles that might be of interest. The photos were taken in 1929 at the Maynard Electric Steel plant in Milwaukee on the C&NW just eas

HI all, I have the following HO scale Sunshine kits that I'm closing out for $40.00 each plus shipping and handling. Sunshine #6.1 Muncie & Western "The Ball Line" 1201-1275 series 8' 5" IH Sunshine #

My MP Branchline probably wouldn’t see too many Frisco stock cars roaming around and I’ve built two already. Here’s a Sunshine Models that I’ve started by cleaning out the slats and glued the boards o

A single line of white lettering appears on the right end of the side sill, and I can’t read it in the low resolution side view photo available to me. What does it say? All of the other classes betwee

This car has been sold. Thanks, Rich G -- Rich Gortowski

RE: Descending order of size Look at the 2nd (and further in) rows of cars - all over the place I think its just random chance they were ordered by size in the end row. https://www.theatlantic.com/pho

For sale - Intermountain 46703P-21 R-40-10 PFE Black and White Logo. Car No. 42513. Never been run. $25.00 plus $7.00 for USPS 1st Class shipping. Please contact: rgortowski@... Rich G -- Rich Gortows