This is a project I started a number of years ago, based on a photo in Nimke's Connecticut River Railroads, volume I, of a wreck. I've never seen any other photos of B&S hoppers, although I'd guess mo

I'm adding brake airline detail to a 30' hopper car kit where the main portion of the line isn't located along the center beam, but rather is hung on brackets on the air reservoir side of the car (see

The Rapido GLa twin hopper is offered in Canadian National. The upcoming release by Scale Trains, the former MTH USRA twin hopper is going to be available in Canadian National. I have an Accurail USRA

Hi there list members: Has anyone built a Norwest Kits and Castings Northern Pacific Reefer? I would like to obtain a couple of these kits. Does anyone know where I might find them or does anyone have

With apologies to Paul, I just needed to share this photo of the Norwest Kit and Castings resin model that Paul Dogget built. It is the Northern Pacific Wood reefer model that I thought was an outstan

Beautiful model Paul, I love the weathering on the roof and sides. Something about this model is just really neat to me. Maybe it's just the color or the proportions, but I really love this prototype

I want to thank everyone with regard to my request for information on sources of wire mesh. Unfortunately my over-zealous wife in an effort to get rid of extraneous e-mails deleted all of them. Would

I have built and upgraded a Milwaukee Road (MILW) single sheathed box car 711794 made by Accurail. An upgrade of car body was done by adding corner braces on sides and diagonals on ends. Adding a lumb

Hi All I am looking for a replacement grey for Floquil Railroad Colors R12 Reefer Gray. Does anyone have a recommendation? Thanks Tim Meyer

Here is a nice picture of a Great Northern truss rod stock car: https://donstrack.smugmug.com/UtahRails/Emil-Albrecht-Photos/1946-Jun-McCammon-and-Salt/i-SwLxDtG/A Is the floor between decks really th

Hi Has anyone got a photo of a Santa Fe Bx13 showing the AB brake gear set up thank you in advance. Please contact me off list Many thanks Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Alaska Railroad Hart convertible ballast gondola ARR 1443 built by Pacific Car & Foundry in May 1930. Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive Collection. Richard Wilkens

From Erie RR Modelers & Prototype Fans FB List. Note the flat with a round superstructure at left. Ideas what that is? ID the railroad? Schuyler

I went to the junk, spam, and deleted messages files and they're not there. Jared Harper ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Jared Harper via groups.io <harperandbrown@...> Date: Tue, Jun 6,

On ebay there is a PFE-WP wood reefer photo for sale. By Will Whitaker, 1941. Thumbnail attached. I notice no PFE class number. Why is that? What class number would this car be?

Perry Squier added a scale test car to his freight car fleet and operation. He shares his work in the latest DesignBuildOp blog post. http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/2023/06/02/shawmut-scale-test-c

This is from a clinic by Dick Harley showing the PFE fleet over time https://harley-trains.smugmug.com/PFEModels/PFE-Modeling-Clinics/2019-PFE-Models/i-NvQCqn7/A PFE wood reefers did survive in servic

Looking at my stash of unbuilt kits I’d like to tackle the F&C Northern Pacific truss rod boxcar next. Anyone have a couple prototype photos they could send me off list to help with the build? thanks!

Hello Group, Getting ready to build a Golden Spike Series Mechanical Reefer. Mainly want to make sure I join the sides ,ends and roof together accurately. Was wondering if anyone has built one of thes

Hi All, I'm looking to purchase some of these. If you happen to have some, one or whatever.... Please private message me. Thank you very much! Bryian Sones Union Pacific Modeler Murrieta, CA