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What does a "geometry" car do? yankee flyer replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by yankee flyer	3	6687
GATX Vinyl Chloride Pressurized "Railwhale" nyandw replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by nyandw	7	3417
Tallulah Falls railroad mbinsewi replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by steveiow	29	6074
Prototypical bridge heights selector replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by northeast_train_guy_1965	10	2889
tunnel or cut NYBW-John replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by NYBW-John	12	4885
What is this prototype diagram called and what do the numbers represent? DSchmitt replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by olson185	21	6215
Where are all the box cars? jeffhergert replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by joecatch	42	8241
Santa Fe F7 Branch line service PRR8259 replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by angelob6660	3	1209
Caboose question E-L man tom replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by TheMinnesotan	18	6592
Steam era branchline - to turn or not to turn? Mike Kieran replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by FowlmereRR	35	7652
Rochelle Web Cam and Trains Seen jeffhergert replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by joecatch	1	938
history of a specific locomotive caldreamer replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by tommy2tap	3	1321
Boston and Maine HEP equipped GP7s - couplers gmpullman replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by Anonymous	3	1652
What is that tank on the front of the engine? What are those things on on the other one? ACY Tom replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by gdelmoro	8	7501
A small piece of Canadian railway history SouthPenn replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by hon30critter	11	2279
Implications Of Moving Abandoned Locomotives And Rolling Stock wraithe replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by NWP SWP	96	11961
Jamestown, NY (Erie, EL) Yard Classification and Sorting olson185 replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by olson185	14	5455
Marker light colors for Reading cabooses cats think well of me replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by cats think well of me	3	1204
Professional Locomotive Kitbashing Services Anonymous replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by NWP SWP	190	13254
Rolling Stock appropriate for era? garya replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by gdelmoro	36	9752
Brake wheels SeeYou190 replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by tstage	3	869
Single-track industrial stubs - how to work with them? fieryturbo replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by fieryturbo	2	1001
Truss rod doctorwayne replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by kh25	15	5785
Walthers Jordan Spreader Assembly Insrutctions Attuvian replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by Attuvian	7	3702
ATSF Locomotive numbering ACY Tom replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by bearman	11	3129
A Small Bit of Mystery to Solve -- Small by Nuclear Mystery Standards mlehman replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 10 years ago by mlehman	89	19924
B-Units Track fiddler replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by TheMinnesotan	23	3485
What the heck is going on here? fourt replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by fieryturbo	5	2696
Loksound correct horn type peahrens replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by ale82	4	2870
Mixing paint for BNSF Heritage hoppers DSchmitt replied to this thread 7 years ago Posted 7 years ago by Srwill2	14	3196