Armand, some earlier Erie double door auto cars had Viking roofs but the series modeled by the P2K cars did not. Richard Hendrickson

No, actually the only model that should have had a Viking roof and didn't was the NKP double door auto car, and that was a mistake. I say that as one of the consultants on that project who should

Armand, My email read "I am not sure about the prototypes, except some of the NKP cars had Viking roofs. I am sure there were others" Erie may be one of the others! Paul Lyons

Paul,I may be incorrect,but I thought the Erie had a Viking roof.Armand Premo

Vol III, Number 2 of Locomotive Quarterly at page 56 has a mid train helper picture dated June 29, 1941. Cotton Belt 36040 ( repaint date is 7-40) is being pushed by DRGW USRA 2-8-8-2 mallet 3501.

If you go to (or belong to) the Yahoo "weathering" group, you can see 21 photos of Charlie's layout and freight car work in the Photos area under the heading of "Mopac Bagnell Branch".

Armand, Tom was making referrence to the roofs on the models, not the prototype. None of the P2K models had Viking roofs. I am not sure about the prototypes, except some of the NKP cars had Viking

Tom,How many of them had Viking roofs?Armand Premo

Yes, Charlie has always maintained a low profile, perhaps because he's busy building models instead of yakking on the list, but one can tell from the questions he asks that he is a serious and

I had an off-list question asking if the roofs on all the Proto 2000 50' cars were poorly rendered. This was discussed here many years ago but it's probably worth reiterating: the roof on the 50'

I read where Charlie Duckworth will ask a question about a freight car on this list once in awhile. I had to opportunity to operate on Charlie's layout last Friday. Charlie has achieved an excellent

Looking for information on ERDX and Wilson reefers.Any help beyond the ORER will be appreciated.Armand Premo

Guys - The fellow who lived behind us was the owner of the local area Piggly Wiggly franchises (San Antonio, Texas area). They closed in the early 1960's. Just wanted to clarify that. It bought

Since we're going OT, note this one from definitely-not-the-SE-of-USA Stockton, CA: http://www.groceteria.com/place/california/stockton/stocktons-new-piggly-wiggly-1932/ And, I recall (in a

Does anyone make HO scale 50-ton ASF A-3 ride control trucks with Timken roller bearings? These are the kind of roller bearings that have a sort of cup-shaped cover over the journal area, not the

Actually,USRA single sheath boxcars had bottom-supported doors. I think the extension of the upper door track to the left of the door was to strenghten the top chord of the side truss at the door

Hi,list: Does anyone know what Keith Retterer is currently charging for his pictures? Thanks in advance Larry King <lrkdbn@...>

Clarnce Saunders, founder of Piggly Wiggly lived here in Memphis, The mansion he built is now the Pink Palace Museum and has a replica of one of his early stores in it. Here is a

Guys - The owner of the Piggly-Wiggly chain lived 2 houses down from us on the street behind our house - he passed away in about 2003. He was a lifelong "O" scaler with a large layout in a building

Group, I have uploaded the last two of the 24 trains. I also uploaded revised background files, including an expanded List of Cars Excel file (including a summary and breakdowns by car type). I want