Ron, the National C-1 truck you are seeking is on the Atlas Hart ballast cars, and they are an active product line. bb

Bill Welch wrote: Is this for the brakeman who used his "paw" to operate the hand brake . . . possible on one of Bill's favorite "y'all" railroads . . . or perhaps was that meant to say

Bill, If you need more pictures let me know.  Todd Horton ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Monday, December 5, 2011 4:01 PM Subject: [STMFC] More useful Precision

Bill, You just discovered the joy of working on a prototype so old that it crosses over into the narrow gauge era. Until the first decade of the twentieth century, or sometimes just a bit later,

Harbor Freight #4468   $6.99  Blasting gloves.   Dennis Williams/Owner www.resinbuilders4u.com ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Monday, December 5, 2011 11:24

Ron, Eastern Car Works has a 55 ton National C-1 truck kit with the correct (and distinctive) C-1 side frame configuration, and this might work as a 70 ton truck as well, since (as usual with HO

Tom, I would like a set on your back order list. Do you want payment now or later? ______________ J. Stephen (Steve) Sandifer mailto:steve.sandifer@... Home: 12027 Mulholland Drive, Meadows

I am in the process of detailing two Central of Georgia ventilated boxcars. Curiously none of the several photos I have of these cars shows the "B" end. Luckily I had purchased a CofG shop scene

I'm in need of a National C-1 70 ton truck, and I see references in this list to a 'very poor representation' that's on some Atlas car. Can anyone cite the particular car this 'very poor' truck is

Bill Welch wrote: Thanks for the notice, Bill. Actually both Jack's and my contributions are part of series of columns under the series name, "Getting Real," intended by editor Joe Fugate to

The November and December issues of the online Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine has prototype modeling articles by Jack Burgess and Tony Thompson respectively. Bill Welch

Ed When the basic structure is there (floor, center sill, bolsters, cross members, draft gear), the super-details can be (1) left off or (2) postponed. In other words, if you ever change eras

Abacus announced several models already on the market. Considering the excellent HO scale plans provided in Roger's articles in "Mainline Modeler" I wonder why more men aren't considering building

Chad I do a lot of Freight and Passenger car scratch building I try to put as much detail as I can into each car. How ever when it comes to Flat cars and Gondolas that have fishbelly sides that

Walt Can you see the center sill of a box car when it is on your track? I've seen a lot of layouts, and I'm safe saying that on 95% of the layouts, it cannot be seen by an adult standing at

I'm not sure if these Buckeye ends were made for that series or taller auto box cars but Red Ball had both cast metal & plastic ends and Roller Bearing had very nice resin ends. Ed Mines

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