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A team freight dock was a place where many different industries and railroad patrons could have goods delivered and picked-up. Boxcars, reefers, flatcars, and many other types of railroad cars could be spotted here for delivery/pick-up. Farmer Jed could pick up his new tractor, Thompson...

Howdy all, I'm putting a corrugated metal roof on my freight loading dock and I am using aluminum foil. I'm looking for some input on weathering the roof. I'm using aluminum foil partially because I like the thickness of it over the commercially available corrugated roof products... but...

Well folks, I’ll keep this thread running as a way to update ya’ll on the progress of the Saint Joseph, Mexico, and Eastern Railroad. Previously I had posted a picture in the weekend progress thread of my benchwork. That can be viewed here. Now, on with my progress…

I'm pretty set on using a few RS3's as locomotives for my freelanced road. However, I'm very partial to Kato locomotives (in spite of the fact that I won't be able to afford many of them). I've heard the Atlas RS-3 is a Kato locomotive sold under Atlas' name. Is that true? I've no objections...

So, a question for you Alco-hounds out there. I'm looking at using some RS-3's for my freelance railroad and Kato RS-2's miss the mark just barely. How hard would it be to update an RS-2 to look like an RS-3? That is, what are the visual distinctions that seperate an RS-2 from an RS-3. I...

:wave: Hello all, my name is Joel (Honger is the username) and I’m new to the forum. I’m reintroducing myself to the hobby after a horrible 7 year hiatus! That hiatus was due to college, subsequent new job, marriage, etc. Through all that time I’ve followed the hobby on and off as I could… even...