I am somewhat frustrated by the lack of a published performance metric or specifications for model train locomotives.

Hi all,

I would like to share a couple of pictures of my first weathering work. Since it was my first try, I took an old Mehano box car to practice.

Any comment or suggestion will be really appreciate.

I have two flatcars one with a load and the other empty.During an operating session I swap the empty for the loaded.

 I am assuming, for my purposes, this is a random car being loaded(not in dedicated service). My question did the chains/blocking material just get send back to the railroad?  Was it just thrown on top of the car and sent back ?

Would it be correct to have loose tie down material on the deck?

Thanks

Bill  Wehmeier

Regarding the ore car question in the January 2014 issue in te Questions ad Answers section: Might the prototype be a Quebec, North Shore and Labrador car? Eric Stevens used the prototype QNS&L ore car for a dollar model project in a 1050s era Model Railrader article. A quick web earch showed a few photos of QNS&L ore cars similiart the Bachmann model.

Drew