Thursday, June 18, 2020

The enigmatic PRR 2D-F8 truck

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T. S. Martorano Collection One of the interesting things about the Pennsy was its trucks. Like everything the Pennsy did, they were diff...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2020

An additional silver lining in the Rapido X31 announcement

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One of the additional benefits of Rapido's announcement of the PRR X31 A box and auto cars is that we should have two additional f...
Monday, January 20, 2020

Modeling the Lake Superior & Ishpeming PS-1 Box Car - Part 2

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This is the left side of the car as re-detailed Over a year ago (!) I wrote about the things I would need to do to model a Lake Superi...
Sunday, January 19, 2020

Prototype Rails 2020

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Bruce Smith displayed many cars with military loads, including this CNW AAR flat car with Roco tanks Prototype Rails 2020 was hosted at ...
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Scratchbuilding Clinic File

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As promised, here is a link to my presentation file from the scratchbuilding clinic presented at Prototype Rails this past weekend. O...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Looking back and looking ahead

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NC&StL XM-31 kitbash - model and prototype 2019 has been a year of change for me. The move to Brooklyn has been a good thing for me,...
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Sunday, December 29, 2019

Shell Chemical Tank Cars - colors?

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Toronto, Ontario, Jim Parker photo Shell Chemical (as well as Shell Oil) had a West Coast facility based in Martinez, California. The ar...
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