I found this boxcar at my local hobby shop, and was wondering if anyone could provide identification. To my knowledge, it appears to be a CPR Fowler, and it's wood based. The only identifying marks ar

Hello all, I'd like to ask how far from home territory would trailers travel by way of tofc in the 1950's? Take C&O for example, would a trailer loaded somewhere in Virginia be sent to Colorado or Tex

I built and upgraded an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe (ATSF) (Santa Fe) InterMountain stock car kit. I built the Santa Fe stock car as a single deck stock car in Santa Fe class Sk-T that I numbered 60

I'm finishing the HO scale F&C hi-walkway 8,000 gal tank car kit. It is based on the prototype built by AC&F ca1912. I am thinking about using some spare parts and cobbling together a 10,000 gal tank

New Heavy Duty Depressed Center Flatcar At the NMRA’s National Train Show this week, ClassOneModelWorks.com announced an HO scale depressed center heavy duty flatcar. This is the General Steel Casting

For those interested in hand brakes, I have posted to my SmugMug site several UP drawings from my collection. There are drawings from both the 1940s and 1960s. They are in the "Specialties Listings &

Hi all, I am looking for the PSC part number for freight car air hose brackets. I am running out of these and can’t figure out what to look for! I emptied the packets years back so have no reference.

Have four sets of injection molded gondola car sides - one long mill gon, three shorter gons - that might have come from T.C. Schmidt, not sure of prototypes, will sell for any reasonable offer, conta

This week one of the former AC&F century-old buildings near St. Louis caught fire. TRRA traffic was halted to lay hose. Photo by Tyler Sneed. Mike Del Vecchio Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS

Back mid-July, I posted a question about the prototype represented by the Branchline 36' reefer kit that I had in my stash. I learned that with added detail the kit could prototype-model the Cudahy 19

I have the following Westerfield Models kits which I am selling as a lot: 1252 PRR G22b gondola 3301 USRA single sheathed boxcar, GET lettering (dimensional data only) 3320 MEC USRA single sheathed bo

Hi there, As I build my fleet, I have been using 2-56 screws directly into the bolster to mount trucks. Recently, on a RCW GN car I’m completing, I noticed that the pivot hole in the truck bolster is

Anyone have information on this style of end shown on this BR&P boxcar? Thanks! Bob Weston

Up until a year, or so, ago I had a saved search for Ebay brass, simply "brass model railroad trains". Now, items being imported brass is only about 20% of this search's offerings. Everything from Bac

Am I the only one that thinks Kadee self-centering trucks are a lame solution looking for a problem? Is forcing straight truck alignment while placing a car on the tracks a big enough problem to promp

Here are a couple of photos of this car, built up and on my layout. Everyone can decide for themselves if the dome an acceptable size. The car is a nice variation from most of the rest of my tank car

Several excellent weathering articles have suggested similar methods for achieving the "crusty" appearance that form on the face of the wheel. This involves painting the face a weathered black and fol

I also was just communicating with Hubert. Before Collinsville I asked him for a re-supply of the Soo decals he made for one of my gondola kits, but didn’t hear back. At the show he brought them by my

I just learned Hubert Mask, owner of Mark Island decals, passed away this afternoon. I know many of this list bought decals from him and I was fortunate to hang out with him at the Collinsville RPM an

All, I was in The Original Whistle Stop in Pasadena yesterday and found some Sunshine kits on the shelf. Thought you all might like to see what is available. See photo attached. I do not benefit from