I am trying to further document the selection of Dan Hall's SSP doors. I would like to have a picture of the number 610, the 5-5-5 wide-seam "Overland" door. Just the unfinished door, if possible. Her

A comparison of several manufacturers’ model brake component measurements to Westinghouse prototype brake component measurements prepared by George Toman was sent to me for my use. I asked George to s

New Run: Rapido HO Scale General American Meat Reefer From the Rapido website: "Rapido is pleased to announce a new production run of our HO scale General American 37’ meat refrigerator car! It has be

With the permission of his family, a report: Some of you may be aware, but the current COVID-19 infection has Greg in the hospital for, now, a bit over two weeks. He was feeling ill at home, and colla

I remember that one! Veterinary creamatoria aroma in a bottle! Dave was a dry one, as well as a master modeler. -- Ex Sacramento Model Railroad Club downtown behind Beers Books early member Sacramento

Anyone Want A First Generation SFRD Mechanical Reefer? I am good friends with a person working for a major model manufacturer. His area of expertise is product development. For years he and I have bee

Thanks Bob & Tim, Never having seen a top down view of one of these critters before I had no idea that the exhaust stacks were actually located off center. With the dating you have provided the style

CB&Q 110193 Truss Rod boxcar is a Westerfield kit. My modeling date is Oct. 1955 and by then these were probably all gone but I occasionally cheat and so the car has a re-weigh date in 1952. The under

I ran across an old GN Safety Training Film from the 1940's. There are many photos of steam era freight cars in this film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqpayZ2JqlU George Toman

All- On topic because these publications did contain a good bit of Steam Era Freight Car information: Does anyone know how many Trainshed Cyclopedia volumes were issued? Right now I am trying to organ

Hello Everyone, I have a new shippers guide reprint. This time it is the Illinois Central railroad. It is dated,1967 to 1970. This time frame is just before the merger of the GMO, when IC was at its f

Happy Friday all, I have a duplicate copy in mint condition from a smoke-free and COVID-free home. Asking $14 plus actual shipping to continental U.S. only. Topics covered in this volume include: - Mi

Hello- I have a composite kit made and sold by Stan Rydarowicz. The kit uses an Intermountain kit of a 40' steel ice bunker reefer with swinging doors. The Intermountain white kit box is labeled "RESI

Photo: End-Loading Poultry Car It's the first photo in this group from a John Wubbel post in O-Scale Trains Magazine: http://oscalemag.com/wordpress/ost-forums/ost-2-rail-forums-group2/prototype-model

I just finished assembling a Sunshine O-59A gondola. Next up is the paint shop. Thank you Ed a Hawkins for the article in RPC volume 23 on the Bethlehem gondolas. The instructions only had a single sm

Clover Leaf Company Poultry Caretaker’s Car Courtesy of the Nickel Plate Road Historical & Technical Society, here is a link to a drawing, photos and narrative about a circa 1920 Clover Leaf Company p

I have an Accurail kit #4498. It a single sheathed car and has 7/8 ends and a steel corrugated door. I've asked before what I can model with it and only was given a vague possibility for CN. I found a

I just received an email announcement from Kadee that they are shutting down for the duration of the epidemic as they are considered non-essential by the state of Oregon. This may mean I will have to

Reading Company 1954 Freight Shippers' Guide Courtesy of the Reading Modeler: http://readingmodeler.info/index.php/articles/1954-freight-shippers-guide Description: "The Reading Company published its

Fellow Railroad Researchers- Thank you for all the responses to my plea....but so far nobody has come up with any strategy that I haven't tried, retried, and attacked with every permutation of search