Eric Hansmann

Special runs – L&N ventilated box car

As I’m focused on modeling the Twenties, I keep an eye open for special run models that may fit my time frame. The recent Norfolk & Western box car produced for the N&WHS is an example. Sometimes an email arrives with a prototype question as a project comes together.

RPM season!

I think many of us are ready to shake off the winter weather. I hope you have been keeping busy pushing projects forward on your workbench and layout. Railroad Prototype Modeler (RPM) season is just around the corner!

Rapido Trains X23 box cars and R7 reefers

Rapido Trains recently released a couple of HO scale freight cars that fit right into my 1926 modeling focus. These models reflect Pennsylvania Railroad prototypes built in the Teens.

Special run N&W box car

The Norfolk & Western Historical Society has produced a special run of HO scale 36-foot box car kits with Accurail. These models have wood ends and a straight center sill.

Fowler Boxcar origins

Ray Breyer presented on the development of the Fowler box cars and single-sheathed box car designs at the RPM Naperville in October.