Having been a lifelong Southern Pacific modeler I have witnessed many incarnations of PFE models. Early Silver Streak kits had prepainted sides. I don't recall anyone questioning the color. Varuous ma

Looking for more colour images of freight cars, and this film looked useful for immediate post-WWII PFE reefers starting at 5:29:1940’S SILENT HOME MOVIE TRIP TO PHOENIX BILTMORE HOTEL, NOGALES AND PI

Hi, I model the SP but am interested in having at least semi realistic models of other road’s cars in my trains which led me here. I hope that I can pick the collective brains about models that are av

As mentioned yesterday, I have posted some additional comments about PFE orange, in prototype and model form, in my blog. If you’re interested, the link is below. https://modelingthesp.blogspot.com/20

There's a nice color video on you tube about dieselization on the New Haven taken around 1950 which includes some PFE reefers. The particular portion of the NH was the one coming from Maybrook where N

I have three questions about U.S. Army tank car USAX 11225. I have an image taken in 1958, and next to LT WT 40900 is FIN 8 49. Where was FIN? Lettered on the right side of the tank is EMERGENCY USGA

I am watching more mid-WWII videos on you tube, and made notes of the reefers in the film “LIFE LINE OF THE NATION AMERICAN RAILROADS IN WWII Carl Dudley 70892”, at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH

The long standing paint for Santa Fe refers has been ACCUPAINT New Haven Harvest Yellow. Tru Color now has this paint in their line. The attached were done with the original Accu Paint. Bill Pardie Se

Photo: Tonopah & Tidewater Boxcar 130 (1940) Photos from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas https://special.library.unlv.edu/ark:/62930/d1jm23m03 Photo can be enlarged. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Hi there, I'm working on a Red Caboose R-30-12-9, and its time for paint. If any of you have landed on a Vallejo mix for a faded PFE orange, I'd appreciate hearing what colours you used. Rob

I’ve had this RTR car for a while and just corrected its most serious flaw. Only 5400 had the black doors; the remaining cars in the series doors matched the sides. I mixed up some TruColor CB&Q BCR w

I was going through the paint section in my local hobby shop and I came upon a rattle can of TCP-4011 Dark Primer. This was new to me as I had no previous knowledge that TCP was making any primers. My

I have several black GM&O war emergency hoppers from Proto 2000. I would like to remove the lettering and replace it with Illinois Terminal decals. I have tried soaking the lettering with solvaset and

Hello Group, looking to buy the following: National Scale Car MK 105.1 B&O M55 & MK 105.2 B&O M55a Boxcar Mini-kits Please contact me off list Thanks Rich Christie rhcdmc@...

From the "While looking for something else" department I came across these cardboard car sides that were part of kits made by Comet that I understand are from the 1930's. Just thought it was interesti

Asking if someone can direct me to a photo of the early Klasing Power Hand Brake with short vertical staff coming out of the housing going up above the running board where brake wheel mounted on the v

Another really nice b&w Library of Congress image of John Vachon: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017792367/resource/ Nice subtle weathering with pealing paint here and there . . . Rob

A friend gave me one of the subject kits. In the box are 5 sections of "tube" for the body of the pressure tank, and 2 ends. There are also 3 small "manways", and a number of straight resin strips of

Could some one here offer a brief tutorial on the size of tank car domes? This query comes from a recent comment about wanting to 'cut down' domes to shorter size for specific cars, related to car cap

Scanning some old slides and came across this one from our September 1962 trip. UP yards, Cheyenne WY. At the time I was mostly taken by the Challenger and Big Boy awaiting disposal but now the tank c