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Ralph congrats to you. I just found this thread. Making a list and using it to spot your industries is just what the prototype does. We also have a list of the cars coming from the industries that tell us where they are going once they get back to the yard. Then the yard switcher sorts them...

Errol, Some sheet styrene and your off to the On30 races. :D The SW-7 lends itself quite well to On30 small dieseldom. If you don't want to worry about the walkway and such, a box cab diesel would really be easy to do. It could fit a new shell over the SW-7 and then you wouldn't have to cut...

If you are going to use the Porter, use it for a guide on the width of your cars. Make them long enough to look good but not over size. For trucks, I'd use Kadee archbar or Walthers archbar trucks. They look fine under cars that are pulled by the Porters. Remember the people are still O...

This is one of the 1963 hoppers, coupled to one of UP's Dash 8 GE's. Greg

Hi Chris, You are welcome. If you get a chance to do much train watching, look at the cars and find the ones that look old. On the side and to the right, generally above the truck area at eye level will be a black box. In that black box with be some information. The useful information will...

Currently UP is in need of any and all freight cars it can get a hold of. We have had a resurgence of old covered hoppers show up in Sparks that are going east on a pair of locals. They are a varied fleet of cars, made in the early to mid 60’s. They are 3-bay covered hoppers but a real jewel...

On the Reno Branch, storage is at a premium. One industry leases a siding to hold their cars till they can be cycled through their spur for unloading. The unloading takes three cars maximum but at any given time they have 6-10 cars waiting to be unloaded. So off in the middle of the branch...