Richard said, "In my opinion, it is pointless to model underframe details which are invisible when the car is on the track. . . ," NOT "it is pointless to model ANY underframe details." Certainly his

Tim, It is the designation as suitable for LCL service that is the key. The reply was fixated on the Parkersburg Branch, but there were other portions on the B&O that also had restricted

I had a different make and wore mine out also and now use kitchen gloves (the kind for dishwahing). Not as sturdy but a lot more flexible and readily available. Jerry Glow

WHAT??? I have more than a dozen saved emails from Jim Mischke, Dave Sieber, Pat Wider, Ken Braden, others, including direct quotations from B&O company memos, going back 8 years, saying circle T

Schuyler wrote I agree but a more basic question is, are these Kato Stewarts or the more recent home-made drives? I have a lot of Stewart F units, and I've never seen them bind up on a downgrade. But

Tony But that is EXACTLY how to interpret Richard's statement. Since the underframe on house cars is invisible from most viewing angles, it can be eliminated. That is what Model Die Casting did on

All I'm permitted to say, is that I know 2 manufacturers who between them are working on at least 4 models in HO. Patience. Pierre Oliver

Seems like they almost could have left of the bottom of the circle and let the T stand for Tunnel... Scott Pitzer

Jim-- Thank you for such a very informative post. Steve Lucas.

Obviously, those "first few cars in the train" were ALL steam-era freight cars . . . The usual fix is to place washers on either end of the worm gear in the trucks so as to reduce to a minimum the

Tim O'Connor wrote: That would be your sweeping statement, and I quote, "Your argument makes the case for the elimination of nearly all underframe details of any kind, including the underframe

Earl I suggest this wonderful Yahoo group: repowerandregear Tim O'Connor

Don John is at <jrpolyak@...> I bought a replacement pair last year... also a new bucket of grit :-) Tim O'

Tony What straw man would that be, exactly? Richard wrote: "... it is pointless to model underframe details which are invisible when the car is on the track" I responded to that. In my English

Not quite prototype, but still a problem with models of this vintage. A few of my locomotives suffer from severe surging when running down grade. I just had two derailments on a 2% down grade and

Larry, I am with you on this. Keith Retterer produced castings of these a long time ago. He also made the 3 panel 10' IH Creco Doors that were used on C&O's 1937 10'IH Box Cars. We need another

I got the MDT book today and think it's outstanding. I hope it inspires a manufacturer to bring out some MDT cars. As an aside, I ordered the book a little while ago and was wondering why it hadn't

Harbor Freight has a nice pair.  Nice price,too.   Dennis ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Sunday, December 4, 2011 4:34 PM Subject: [STMFC] North Coast Prototype

Vic, yes, the "freight car color" would be what we often refer to as box car red, although I fear I cannot give you any specific prototype paint name or model paint mix formula. Thank you for

I guess this explains why the B&O used the round roof construction, interesting to say the least.   Is it safe to assume that this was an all freight route then before the construction