I have seen reference to the Polly Scale Easy Lift Off in the past but has anyone used it to remove lettering on MTH cars? This lettering is quite heavy and thick. If not any ideas on doing so. And

Todd Horton wrote: As the Simplex bolster was an ASF product, the question would where was the ASF plant. IIRC it was in St. Louis. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

Richard, Where was the Simplex manufacturing plant located?  For what it's worth the 1925 C of G flat car that was recently saved had Simplex bolsters on it.   Todd Horton To:

This topic brings up a couple of points on my mind lately.   On topic,  Wasn't there a steel mill located outside of Pottsville Pa?  I recall seeing photos of PRR cars loaded with steel products

I offered container carloads for the Reading USRA gon. The new owner of Westerfield should be offering them in the future. – Al Westerfield Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2012 5:11 PM To:

HI Tom, I just acquired two of the Walthers USRA gons which I am planning to strip and repaint. Last week I (re)found a set of John Hall reading gondola decals in my decal box. I'd really

Richard, The Reading served Fort Letterkenny outside Chambersburg, PA via its connection with the WM. Ft L was and is the principle location for rebuilding armor. For a different load, you could

Tom, Not a bad idea. But I suspect those containers didn't wander too far from the home rails. Would that be right? My model railroad is set in Colorado, so the load had to be something that

Thanks, Richard. I may rise to this challenge. As for the trucks, the reason I have the gon is that I came into a set of Eastern Car Works Taylor trucks and wanted something to put on top of

For those coming down to Florida...Cocoa Beach...for Prototype Rails 2012...you may have noted my weather forecast that I issued back in Oct<?> calling for a temp in the 70's. Well...here's the

Rich, I have a photo of Reading USRA gon 23019 loaded with Reading steel containers. I can send it you and anyone else that is interested. I'm thinking Walthers at one time or another sold these

You missed some of the thread which stated that updating Waybills was common. What I do know comes from actual "feeding station" records. Looking at 281 cars loads at Purcell, OK, in Aug-Sept 1939,

Does anyone make a plastic or resin kit in HO for a 10,000 gallon vertical course tank car? Not looking for brass or smaller capacity tanks. David Thompson

The Wilson set I did was for a 36' car. The scheme was used on 40' cars as well. I will try to dig up some pics on them for you Jerry

I have to call on this. Grain milling in transit did NOT require reshipment in the same car. It did require the new waybill to reference to original way bill(s) for the continuing load. Several

Richard, I agree with Bruce; steel products would be a common load in Reading mill gons. However, I'm attaching a photo which shows a ductwork load that would certainly be interesting and

Folks, I wanted to let you know that today is the start of the PRR Project (PRRPro) group's PRR XL class modeling project. PRRPro is a Yahoo Group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PRRPro) devoted to

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Richard, How about a big box? It could hold anything. Crates were common steam era gon loads. Alternatively, gons carried pipes, poles, steel plate, steel shapes... and the list goes on and on and

Jerry,and Bill,      Happy New Year!      Have forwarded the WILSON Reefer artwork to Bill for future reference.      Since, Bill is going to have the ART fishbellly underframe ready