Prototype Railroad Topics

Okay... this post is nothing so serious as the original "J'accuse!" when Émile Zola penned a letter about the French governmen...

  The Pennsy received 1,500 X43 A welded box cars based upon the AAR design of the late 40s/early 50s (car nos. 602000-603499.) The "s...

  I recently completed the final weathering and detailing on the PFE R-40-25 pilot model for the Speedwitch parts set  [previous post linked...

  One of the things that has sometimes stymied me is the right filler for resin. Putty-type fillers like the old green Squadron stuff, 3M fo...

  Mostly completed weathered R-40-25 I presented a discussion about the PFE's 10,000 strong postwar reefers in the R-40-23, -25, and -26...

  One of my favorite Westerfield builds ever, even with the loathsome Evergreen scribed siding for the boards... With the announcement by An...

  The "ghost" lines on the model from printing are only visible from certain lighting angles (barely at that) and should disappear...