modeling the SP

With the model work about completed (except for application of the etched metal running board), as described in Part 2 of this series (...

When I last described this project, the underframe and brake gear changes had been made, and the body interior braced to have parallel sides...

It’s impressive how often sharp eyes will find any errors one may make in modeling. My friend Arved Grass certainly has such a pair of eyes,...

Upon posting my prior commentary about Thomas Industries HO scale tank cars, which were sold under the name Thomas Trains (here is a link: h...

I get questions occasionally about older models, usually those with some prototype accuracy which remains desirable today. One manufacturer ...

The “Shake ’n’ Take” project at the Prototype Rails meeting in Cocoa Beach, Florida in January, 2006 was a rebuilt 40-foot Kansas City South...

In an earlier post, I wrote about the early bulkhead cars SP built in 1949 at its own Los Angeles shop from existing flat cars of Class F-70...