Welcome from someone in a different country, as apposed to just down the road! To be fair I would quite like to live in Montana, granted the draw...
Welcome from a fellow UKer!
I concur with the Pere Marquette (PM) 0-8-0 switcher identification. PM was merged into Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) in 1947 so predates this date...
Welcome!
There is more than you may think... many are still too afraid to crawl out from under that rock, for all it is becoming "more" acceptable to be a...
given the current high price of oil, makes me think burning coal might be viable again... Oh wait there loads of eco mentalists that think...
Have you delved into the military modellers or wargaming supplies sectors?
Not quite a palace and certainly no duchesses... for all the LMS link... A few quotes from their website and history: "Our beautiful Grade II...
Not much modelling achieved but we as AMG (American Modular Group) had a large Freemo Modular layout at the NMRA BR Convention, organised by Black...
I have heard lots of positive comments about Ammo, Vallejo and MIG. They are aimed at military modellers so no RR specific paints but weathering...
Holy thread resurrection Batman! Glad you did as in all my years lurking I never seen this thread! Plenty of C&O power in our roster, plan to...
I first noticed it on the ARMN Trinity Reefer, also UP owned, you know those big white blank "canvasses"
Do like a bit of Kodachrome!
Don't forget that if you use another date format you can celebrate this icon twice a year... 6th November!
I agree that it is ERIE. I too thought it was 40ft but comparing to the adjacent cars it is shorter. 50ft cars were not quite non existent in...
The melting boilers is down to the smoke units and being run dry of oil and consequently too hot. Regardless of P4, 3 or 2 electronics.
The Blackstone K-27s have a cam on the back of the motor and a sensor on top of the chassis. They seem delicate and a bit likely to wander in my...
