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Unmodified 40ft Boxcars in Pulpwood Service

Tue, 2019-11-12 08:23 — sailormatlac

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I'm actually in the process of building a small paper mill switching layout. While looking at pictures, I've seen one depicting several sidings in a pulpwood yard at Rumford, ME. On these sidings were old 40ft unmodified boxcars in pulpwood service. Some conveyors were located here and there. It seems unloading was done almost all by hand. Given the Maine Central paint scheme on a few boxcars, it was a 1950s scene.

Limited Modeler: Early single-sheathed boxcars

Revisting: Comparing prototypes to models plus weathering

Mon, 2019-11-04 15:24 — Deemiorgos

I tend to not notice differences between prototypes and models until I actually see a photo of the prototype or have to use it as a guide for painting or putting on a decal.

I recently removed a horizontal wafer off my 2-8-0 tender and was researching on where to position the titled one in its place.

Note the big difference in the tenders:

Typical industries for receiving cryogenic tank cars

Thu, 2019-10-31 11:32 — engineer

What are typical industries for receiving cryogenic tank cars with liquefied gases?

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Routing for cars.

Tue, 2019-10-29 03:50 — Lancaster Central RR

Who or what determines the route a car will take? Did a railroad have much control to keep traffic on its lines and friendly connections?

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Rubber Hoses and Layout Update Video

Mon, 2019-10-28 07:08 — JohnF281

Hey everyone,

Here is a layout update and info on some material I found useful making some hoses for unloading corn syrup cars or any other tank/dry bulk cars.

enjoy,

John

Radiator Grilles

Fri, 2019-10-25 15:23 — Mark Mathu

Why do the flared radiator grilles on modern diesels exhaust downward? I'm sure there is a technical reason, and it's not just done for appearance sake.

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IAIS's West End - Locomotive wear & tear...and repairs

Sun, 2019-10-20 08:17 — IAISfan

One thing that's apparent when you model a single railroad for nearly two decades is that the state of the equipment is always in flux. Damage and wear are inflicted, repairs are made...more wear, more repairs. In fact, that's one of the things I enjoy most about prototype modeling within a very tightly-defined era because, through the details you choose to model or ignore, you tell the story of where a particular locomotive or car was in its journey with the railroad.

Window shades or venitian blinds in UP passenger cars?

Sat, 2019-10-19 11:27 — RMeyer

I am detailing some HO scale Walthers Union Pacific passenger cars, both heavy weight and and light weight. I want to put window shades and venitian blinds in them, where appropriate. In the prototype photos most of the time the they are blurry enough that you can not tell which type of window treatment they have.

Does anyone know which cars or eras who have one or the other? I would suspect that venitian blinds would be more likely on light weight cars.