Freight car projects for the Grande Valley Railway

[Catt]

As much as I like the looks of the .010" rod for the ladders I find it to flimsy for my tastes.So today I ordered some .015" rod to use instead..015" measures out to 1.25" in HO which should be pretty close to proto size.I will use the .010" for my N scale hoppers.I probably won't update this thread till Saturday. (providing the plastic shows up)