While visiting family in Spring, TX, I saw these hazmat training cars in the wye.  They are used to train first responders on tank cars and tank car safety, and familiarize them with the various access hatches and connections on tank cars.  While these are very rare cars, they do move around a lot and can be seen in locations that have a lot of hazmat passing through. About 5 years ago I was in Essington, PA (south of Philadelphia) and saw the NS versions of these cars.

Hi all,

I finished 2 NP 40' boxcars based on Trix/Marklin 40' cars. The original cars had their paint removed and were disassembled. Following conversion of their sills to the correct NP ones and alterations on the side rivets, they were primed. Painting was done with mixes from Gunze and Tamiya paints while I used Microscale's decals. Roofs were painted with shades of Alclad2 and were weathered using salt-weathering. The rest of the weathering was done using enamels/oils.

Good afternoon all,

I was going through some "old" ( 2009 ) images that were taken while on a historical group's safari. These images were taken while watching a crew operate a remote engine to switch cuts of gondolas. The unused (and  VERY rusty) track on the right hand side of this picture and other details were a pleasant discovery when viewed afterwards!

A project i had in my mind for many years is the Jettrain prototype build by Bombardier. Prototype Information can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JetTrain