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  • Painting & Lettering Southern Railway's Steam Freight Locomotives

    September 19, 2012 - posted by David Lotz - 736 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Southern Mikado Number 6623 in freight livery. - J. C. Paschall, Jr., collection. by J. C. Paschall, Jr.    Much attention has been given to the colorful green and gold paint schemes of the Ps-4 locomotives and other steam...

  • The Frisco U30B

    September 18, 2012 - posted by David Lotz - 496 views - 0 comments - 1 like
    Frisco U30B 846 as it appeared when ready for initial delivery. - General Electric photo. by M. Keith Davidson    This is intended to be a basic guide in modeling the Frisco version of General Electric's U30B utilizing the...

  • Santa Fe's Heavyweight Railway Post Office Cars

    September 13, 2012 - posted by David Lotz - 804 views - 0 comments - 2 likes
    Santa Fe's RPO Number 75 as it appeared in the middle sixties. - Joe Shine collection. Walther's model of the ATSF RPO No. 75 built by Peter Singher. - Bill Messecar photo. by Joseph Shine Santa Fe 's RPO No. 75 in "shadow striping" in...

  • Monon 40' Gondola

    September 12, 2012 - posted by David Lotz - 464 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Figure 1. MON 3117 is in brown paint, white lettering of earlier years. Photo at Newcastle, IN, March 1966. - Montford L. Switzer photo.In Figure 2. MON 30005 in later years black paint. Photo taken on March 10, 1974. - Montford L. Switzer photo. ...

  • HO Scale Conversion of Pullman-Standard PS-2CD 125 Ton Covered Hopper

    September 11, 2012 - posted by David Lotz - 555 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    by W. J. Metzer    The prototype cars of this conversion are four-compartment, 5250 cu. ft., 125-Ton versions of the Pullman-Standard PS-2CD covered hoppers. They have been purchased by many railroads and grain loading co...

  • Western Pacific 40' Boxcar

    September 4, 2012 - posted by David Lotz - 410 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Western Pacific of the 10801-12400 series. - Model by Peter Arnold, Charles W. Williams photo. by Peter Arnold    This 40' box car was once the standard car used for every type of load. Now, many have been replaced by spec...

  • Remodeling the AHM Blue Goose

    September 2, 2012 - posted by David Lotz - 596 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    This photo of Santa Fe's 3460, the "Blue Goose," was taken in Chicago on April 10, 1938. Skirting is still in place and the loco looks much as it was delivered. - Photo from the collection of Stan Kistler. by Lynn Aldrich   &nb...

  • RBWX 60000 Series Insulated Boxcar/Reefers

    August 30, 2012 - posted by David Lotz - 416 views - 1 comment - 1 like
    Note difference in height of these cars from the 60000 series. - Staffan Ehnbom photo.Model Die Casting car body with the center 10 foot portion removed to make the Model and 60000 series car. - Photo by Staffan Ehnbom.Another view of the same Model D...

  • Modeling The Western Maryland 's DS29 & DS30 Diesels

    August 28, 2012 - posted by David Lotz - 569 views - 1 comment - 3 likes
    Western Maryland's 7436 now a member of the Chessie System. - William Oertly, Jr. photo. by William Oertly, Jr.    The Western Maryland, before the Chessie takeover, used their own class system on their diesels for identif...

  • Southern Pacific Truss Rod Old Time Box Car - Camino Scale Models Kit No. 80

    August 27, 2012 - posted by David Lotz - 664 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Camino Southern Pacific old time box car built by Gordon Y. Mills. - Duane Leetzow photo. by Gordon Y. Mills    I must confess that this project started out as a simple kit review but it became in reality an exercise in ad...