Silk Trains An article from the Minnesota Historical Society: http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/54/v54i01p016-031.pdf Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Friends, Could someone recommend a Steam Era Brass Locomotive .Io group? I am looking for some insights into modeling HO brass locomotives that pulled steam era freight cars. Thank you for you insight

Has anyone found an equivalent in Vallejo colors to the old Poly Scale Light Freight Car Red? Thanks Pete

I saw an ad that just came out for Bowser "H34" covered hopper cars. First, I noticed that PRR was not one of the road names offered, which makes sense since the PRR H34s (300) and the later H34a/b/cs

Does anyone know of photos of the Indianapolis RPM meet posted anywhere? Darrall Swift Modeling the BN/MILW in North Central Montana, Great Falls to Shelby, Circa:August-September 1979

I was at House of Trains yesterday and picked up an Intermountain CB&Q kit for $10. Dave’s been buying collections and his prices are very reasonable. Lots of CB&T boxcars were there as well This is t

I’ve pick up a set of decals for light weights, scale and repack locations from Smokebox Graphics recently and want to add them to already finished models. One method I’ve tried is to put down diluted

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

Modeling Hatch Cover Rests An illustrated article from John Golden's Railroad Prototype Modeler blog: https://railroadprototypemodeler.wordpress.com/2020/05/11/no-147-models-by-tom-christianson/ Model

Can anyone identify the various brake wheel housings on this sprue? Thanks: Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Hello Steam Era Modelers: We are pleased to announce that Westerfield Models is having a Multi-day NATIONAL TRAIN DAY SALE . The Multi-Day National Train Day Sale will be in effect from 12:01 am Wedne

I was able to pick up two packets of the Juweela zuckerruben (sugar beets) from Ebay. The company is in Germany, you can easily get to the website through google. Shipped from EU or UK, but arrived in

When was the Dubuque scheme with the Iowa Map and the red "Dubuque" lettering applied to reefers? The earliest repack date I've seen on a car painted that way is 1953. -Phil Lee

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

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