Fenton, You are in luck. I do have two kits #42700 FGE wood refrigerator undecorated. Normally, I don't sell from my collection, but I will do so for you because of what you do for this hobby. I liter

Hi, Looking for some help identifying the manufacturer of this model. The model has wood sides and ends, has white metal bolsters, and has brass pieces that act as roof cross braces (not sure what to

Hi List Members, The link below shows a RDG gondola. Along the top chord, I see an area that has been altered - is this a top chord reinforcement, or is this damage that has not yet been repaired? htt

Finished up 2, one the recent RCW kit and the other a Red Caboose RC-4231 kit with a Tichy dual center sill riveted built-up underframe. Pretty similar, each having pros and cons. I like the lower sil

Fenton, Attached are the 7 pages of instructions that came with the kit. Due to my scanner limitations, each page is a separate PDF. Due to email limitations on PDF's, I have to break up the transmiss

Back in the days of the Yahoo groups, Jim Kinkaid posted a large number of builder's photos, mostly Pullman Standard, to the files area of the Modern Freight Car list. It was not possible to migrate t

Well, this IS a double sheathed car, and I would surmise that if you removed the exterior sheathing, you’d see the bolts holding the framing for the slope sheets there in the interior sheathing . . .

Photo: N&W Livestock Car 27603 A photo from the Virginia Tech Universities Library: https://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/image_viewer.php?q=ns2776 Click on the photo to enlarge it. Possibly built in 1914. Bob

As long as we're talking about trucks, I am looking for a pair of HO scale 100-ton Andrews trucks, solid bearing, for a steam-era tank car I am working on. Specifically I am working on a model of OZCX

S-40-4 stockcar. https://pullman-lib.smugmug.com/Railroad-R-S/i-vpHmfP2/A Dave Nelson

Clark, click on the link originally provided by Steve Hile in this email. Then click on “Freight Car Photo Gallery” in the bracket of “Scanned Drawings & Images” Enjoy! Schuyler, (who had to puzzle ou

Hi List Members, Whose hopper cars were these? Unique construction. It appears the reporting marks were painted out, leaving only the road number but no sign of the owning road. A 1936 date shows on t

Like the old Arby’s commercial -- Me: “Where’s the Door?”… : “Where’s the Door?” Oh…. https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-2nFvPnk/3/X3/i-2nFvPnk-X3.jpg Dave Nelson

So Reading has a variety of cocao cars... 22870 has different roof hatches and different hopper doors than 12343. 12343 does appear to be repurposed drop-bottom box car, with the regular hopper doors

Sorry for the very random request - anyone have a lead on photos of the WAB 7000-7299 Series? Thanks! Dean ONeill Redmond WA

Guys; I have asked my B&LE/Union RR/EJ&E/other steel roads friends, who model earlier than I do, and will report back. The defect card holder is a clue….. Elden Gatwood

Looks great, Eric! Elden Gatwood

I started a Westerfield HO scale X23 boxcar kit in November 2015. The other morning I snapped photos of the almost completed model. It still needs Carmer uncoupling hardware. The model was painted wit

About 10% of the North American boxcar fleet in 1950 was 36ft. Southern owned a fair number of such survivors, maybe even this one: https://pullman-lib.smugmug.com/Railroad-R-S/i-TF4QLQ8/A Dave Nelson

As repainted by Greenville in 1930: https://pullman-lib.smugmug.com/Railroad-G/i-VTv5dd7 https://pullman-lib.smugmug.com/Railroad-G/i-t2r6hgK/A https://pullman-lib.smugmug.com/Railroad-G/i-ZdthJTf/A h