The new RCW 8k X-3 kit seems to have the same description as the 6.5k X-3 kit; one of the issues with the Sunshine 6.5k tank was the the dome was too small. Was the Sunshine 8k dome too small as well?

I recently built a Sunshine #62.5 UTLX X-3, 6.5K tank car. I was wondering if these smaller cars were used for any special/unique commodities or whether they were used in general service as most of th

Photo: Rock Island, Arkansas & Louisiana Ry. Automobile Boxcar 261051 Photo courtesy of William Moyer on the Facebook Pre-Depression Era Railroad Modelers group. He comments: “Undated postcard view of

Hi all, I am building an F&C kit 6560 SP A50-6. No information about the prototype in the kit. I looked to see if I could find these cars in my 7/50 ORER. It was not obvious if they are there. So my q

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Since I have four refineries in the territory that I model, they, and the refineries that they get their feedstock from or send it to are of interest to me. Also, a lot of product was shipped to the P

Brick Load Photo courtesy of R.J. Ihle on the Facebook Railroad Images of Bygone Days group. He comments: “One of 47 Illinois Central box cars loaded with Egyptian bricks circa 1927 in Murphysboro, IL

With the newly released RCW kit #1.07, some related photos at Charles Lenning plant. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/rr171z13c/viewer/8w32r666s https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/rr171z

New price is $150, which works out to $25 each well below my cost. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA Hello- I have a 6-car set of the released this month (July 2022) Intermountain HO 40' box cars. 45425 Mississip

Wonder about accounts of late (late 40's to mid 50's) usage of the shor 4 wheel bobber cabooses? I dont expect road service to be in the min (local maybe) but know they still were used as yard pilots/

interesting shot from Mandan North Dakota shows a Southern double sheathed 36 foot box car with truss rods and Buckeye ends http://www.nprha.org/BRHS/BRHS_467_1_1901.jpg -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, M

Good day all The D&RGW stock car kits are now on the website, http://www.yarmouthmodelworks.com/index.php/Home/Index and available for purchase -- Pierre Oliver www.elgincarshops.com www.yarmouthmodel

Three new kits and a few older kits are now available from Resin Car Works. The latest blog post has more info. http://blog.resincarworks.com/august-rcw-kit-update/ Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Here's the next batch of resin kits I have for sale: Speedwitch: K102.1 NH 17200 series welded flat car K112.1 B&LE 1937 AAR boxcar with 7' door K113.2 UP B-50-38 boxcar (white/yellow Streamliners/All

I had wondered about triple dome tanks also and where prototypically I might use the several single, two, and three, dome tank cars I had bought from SC&F purchased earlier other than overhead traffic

Photo: Weighing Erie Boxcar 62106 Photo from Morning Sun Books: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0600/7521/products/049_ErieRR_Official_V1_softbook.jpg?v=1476385483 Appears to be only one pair of rai

Photo: Receiving International Harvester Crawlers At The Great Northern Paper Company Photo courtesy of James Perz on the Facebook Great Northern Paper Company Employees group. Flat car is unidentifie

I built and upgraded Milwaukee Road (MILW) single-sheathed (SS) box cars 716862 and 717024 with information and photo help from others. I upgraded these cars with the usual detail parts such as wire g

Can anyone who knows James Platt from Minnetonka, MN, contact me off list with James' correct email. I'm trying to respond to him and his email address bounces back to me Thanks -- Pierre Oliver www.e

The NYCSHS Company Store is advertising Walthers triple dome tank cars, with a photo of a solid NYC freight train of tank cars, probably wartime. The cars in the photo are single dome. Other than wart