Update…I’d ordered a set of long HO queen posts off Shapeways and they arrived a few days ago. I removed them from their base and sanded the bottoms at a slight angle for gluing on the channels. The t

Freight Car Modeling: Rath Meat Reefer An illustrated post from John Golden's Railroad Prototype Modeler blog: https://railroadprototypemodeler.wordpress.com/2022/03/13/no-171-freight-car-modeling-rat

Another NYC subject (this makes three) recent builds; the National Scale Car decals are so well researched I used them on the Tichy kit, the Westerfield modernized 1916 boxcar and Intermountain’s 10’6

Wanted to buy: Chooch sugar beet loads - HO scale If anyone has old Chooch sugar beet loads (HO scale) that they no longer need, I'll be happy to purchase them and take them off your hands. Thanks Pet

I installed Carmer uncoupling levers on a few models recently. Prototype details and installation tips are featured in the latest DesignBuildOp blog post. http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/2022/05/17

Photo: Second Brooke Avenue Yard (Circa 1950s) Photo and information from the U.S. Military Railroad blog: https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vq23lqNxtAc/WOZN5nGNHEI/AAAAAAAAKRU/SZh2AiQzCYIBz8RFmaANIh5SvHLSs3

Bruce, Following is a list of ACF dry ice cars built with sides in which the upper part are sloped. Build dates range from 1935 to 1946. Several prior orders built from 1932 to 1935 had straight sides

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

Photo: Car Ferry At Brooke Avenue Yard Photo and information from the U.S. Military Railroad blog: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cjArUMBygZA/WOZOBjHJ-XI/AAAAAAAAKRY/jZ_-zlQZH90dO9x21_cWbvAGeLfpEquOgCLcB/

Thank for a clear and helpful approach to these levers. Very much appreciated, Eric! Lawrence Rast Fort Wayne, Indiana Lawrence R. Rast, Jr. Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne, Indiana

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

On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 10:11 AM, Bruce Smith wrote: First, we’re really talking about cars with composite (steel and wood) or wood superstructures. While wood sheathing is applied to the interior of

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

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 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.

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

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