Thursday, March 5, 2026

Norfolk & Western S-1a 0-8-0 number 231

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  Portsmouth, Ohio, November 15, 1958, Charles Judy photo This post is not really related to anything in particular except my love of small-...
Saturday, February 21, 2026

Frisco USRA-design Composite Gondolas

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  There are certain freight car prototypes that just appeal to me, whatever the reason. The Frisco's USRA-design composite gondolas are ...
Monday, February 16, 2026

The "Murphy" "XLA" "Flexible" "Outside Metal" Roof

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Murphy XLA on a Minneapolis & St. Louis USRA design 40-ton double sheathed box car. Jack Delano photo, Chicago and North Western Proviso...
Friday, January 23, 2026

The Slow Modeling Movement

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  One of my favorite modeling projects ever*, a NYC 50-foot box car with end door... very illustrative of slow modeling, given the out of th...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Coming over the horizon, metaphorically

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  If you market just about anything these days, you are only as good or relevant as your last offering. With the Milwaukee car in production...
Thursday, January 8, 2026

Milwaukee Road 50' Single Sheathed Automobile Car

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This model is based upon a group of 500 cars delivered to the Milwaukee in 1929 by Pullman Car & Manufacturing Co. The cars were placed ...
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Thursday, November 27, 2025

URTX Postwar Reefers and a Teaser

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  This is one of the first group of cars with the Dartnot end. GATC photo, Bob's Photo Like the other major refrigerated car fleet opera...