I am working on a six covered hopper car build and will require ribs for all 6 roofs. Is there a source for decent ribs or am I looking at scratch building them. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Regarding the past Rapido USRA double sheath boxcar and upcoming USRA single sheath boxcar release ..... and I am having trouble finding any road names for such boxcars that lasted up to and past 1960

Folks, I purchased one of the new F&C Mathieson dry ice cars at the PRRT&HS Annual meeting this week and since it does not include very much prototype data, I was curious to learn more about these car

Continue to explore what is lurking in the Delano collection, and found this very partial image of PFE 9245X. It is past the shed, among the nearer cars one track to its left (a little lower and furth

Since Tichy’s decals are so thick I’d like to see if I can pull enough images together to make a nice thin decal set to do the 40’ bunkerless wood reefer. What prompted this is a shot of one on a RI f

Group, I occasionally browse the Modern Freight Cars List, and noticed this posting last night, which I've re-posted here with Mr. Dawson's permission. Mr. Dawson was nice enough to add a little biogr

I’m not sure how many colour photos there are of these reefers in the midst of WWII. Pealing paint make the reporting marks a bit tricky, but if you squint right, they are obvious. My 1953 ORER copy d

Refrigerator Cars - Salt Water Drippings This text is from the 1925 Car Builders' Cyclopedia Of American Practice. Note that from 1923 onward, brine in ice tanks was not to be allowed to drip on to th

Was there a regulated interval for repacking plain journals in the early 1950s? If not, what was a typical interval, please? I am hoping to be able to use repack dates to get realistic estimates of th

No reporting marks evident, but an interesting car. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017878181/ Compared to the nearer cars a 45’ or 50’ car? Yes, another Delano photo. Rob

Aerial Photo: U.S. Navy Brooklyn Yard (1937) WPA photo courtesy of TrainWeb. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

I wonder if this Delano photo reveals a key clue about his process: is this an indicator of a filter? https://www.loc.gov/item/2017878012/ (or perhaps just careless scanning of an image still in its p

The picture can be enlarged greatly which affords a nice view of some of the underframe of GN 66203. Not terribly exciting but may be informative. https://digitalcollections.ohs.org/uploads/r/oregon-h

What was the difference between the two B&O wagon top rebuilds? Based on a review of freight car diagrams, it appears the underframe was rebuilt to a straight center sill using Z sections versus the f

Hi guys, I have a RCW 10k AC&F SHPX/Paluxy Asphalt insulated tank car that I'd be willing to trade for either an 8k RCW insulated tank car (any kit) or the Speedwitch 105.1 MKT boxcar kit. I can be re

Has anyone found an equivalent in Vallejo colors to the old Poly Scale Light Freight Car Red? Thanks Pete

Hello Steam Era Modelers: 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 Wedne

There is an interesting Ambroid kit of an early insulated tank car, shown below, also released as a Northeastern kit. (Brass Trains has a built model of this, listed as brass but clearly the Ambroid k

Here’s another Delano image & screen captures - this time, its also in Chicago in April 1943, https://www.loc.gov/item/2017878170/ The interesting thing I am noticing is how observations about one car

Still messing around in Delano’s photos; probably boring some - sorry about that. The comparison of paint colours seems useful for my modelling. As with all these images, you may draw different conclu