Dennis is absolutely right. I lumped the tood designing and tool making together.   When I do design work, I draw up exactly what should come out of the mold, including tolerances.  Leave draft,

One more go-around at this... I've taken the liberty of combining Chuck Yungkurth's posts below, as I want to speak to his points here. I have nothing but the greatest respect for Chuck and the

Good stuff gentlemen, I appreciate the info. Fenton Wells -- Fenton Wells 3047 Creek Run Sanford NC 27332 919-499-5545 srrfan1401@... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

And cast iron brake shoes threw many sparks, necessitation "spark shields" under wood floors Tom Birkett From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Anthony

Thanks, I am also finding out the same thing in my Saluda Mountain (NC) research. Apparently the Interstate was very late switching to steel wheels which caused the Southern a big headache if their

Fenton, Regular occurrence on the Colorado Midland with its steep descents from Hagerman Pass, later from Ivanhoe in both east and west directions and eastbound out of Cascade down the 4% grade into

Thanks Dennis for clarifying that. If I were to take the time to really think about it, I knew all those methods and there proper names but it sure is nice to see it spelled out. However,

Thanks Tom. Did the cast iron and wroght iron overheat when decending a steep grade? Fenton Wells -- Fenton Wells 3047 Creek Run Sanford NC 27332 919-499-5545 srrfan1401@... [Non-text

I have a set of F units, A and B, in Globe boxes. If that is not the Athearn F unit, it is sure marvelously close. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

As long as we are discussing this, we need to clean up some terminology... the discussion tends to sound like those TV newscasts where anythin that runs on rails, caboose, locomotive, single

My only Globe kit is for a streamlined passenger car, and this car is still part of the Athearn line.

Dennis S. wrote: The same thing can and does happen with wrought steel wheels under heavy braking, even in the diesel era. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906

1900 was right in the heyday of "chilled" cast iron wheels. They were called that because by the use of a steel "chill ring" that formed the tread and part of the flange mold, allowed a single iron

Fenton, Mostly cast iron, some were wrought iron. Some of the eastern roads had started to switch to steel. Tom VanWormer srrfan1401 wrote:

Chuck, I'm sure it isn't news to you that the cost die molds continues to be the bain of the industry. But to the general group; from what I understand the Chinese Honeymoon is over and many of the

Rob, what you want is InterMountain's #40061 ASF truck. It is NOT an A-3 truck, as IM claims. What it is is a unique Santa Fe truck built for several of their reefers, and is perfect for your

Gentlemen, does anyone know what metal was used in fright car wheels around the turn of the 20'th centruy? I'm talking about the year 1900. I am interested because of the heat characteristics that

Hi guys I have an Intermountain Rr-28 that I need to get replacement trucks for one of the originals smashed, looks like from a trip to the floor) and I believe that they are ASF ride control but I

All older GN stock cars built before WWII seem to have the Howe pattern to the side braceing including the 58000 series. Cars rebuilt from box cars in the 1950's had Pratt braceing. Staffan Ehnbom

The "info" in the MR is confusing. The GN had no 40' stock car anywhere near the Lindberg car and no stock car built by Pressed Steel. The 58000 series of 36' cars built by Pullman in 1922 had similar