Steve shared <I was getting together some parts for building a CN cinder car, and <wanted an improved way to fabricate the Z's on the sides and ends. Many <(all?) of these cars were made using frames

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I was getting together some parts for building a CN cinder car, and wanted an improved way to fabricate the Z's on the sides and ends. Many (all?) of these cars were made using frames and components

OK Mike, I'll move on with a Thank You to ALL that gave your in put to something New. I Consider is topic closed on the STMFC List. My Best Regards to All, Ed Ursem

5 thous strip! What a Godsend that would be! Think trust plates, rib flanges, patch panels, etc. Tim O'Connor

Steve Wow you covered a lot Thank you Ed

I'm confused. Why does styrene rail have to be in 3' lengths? Styrene is the easiest stuff in the world to "weld" together into longer lengths -- Just like the prototype does with rail, as it turns

Allen Thanks for your input. Ed

Jerry Sorry I have to disagree with you. The Rail Train is just the tip of the iceberg as to the usage of this product Ed Ursem

Along with the upgraded GN combo door set, I've done a CNJ PS-2 which is an offshoot of the question I posed a week or so ago. I will release a set for those cars pending further information. See:

At Chad's request and the help of Richard Yaremko, I've added door operating instructions for the plug door of the GN combo door car. It is not present on all cars and was not on the one I used for

Since Gordon is set up with Daily Digest, we are assuming that he has not seen the desist order regarding plastic guard rails so we let his message go through. Others in violation of the termination

Before we get too excited about styrene rail- As one member said- what about the rail we already have? One reply was weight but that is not an issue unless you are going to "haul it." And most of the

Guys, Unexpectedly to me, welded rail came into use in the US in 1930. From the 1955 Track and Structure Cyc: Concerns with expansion/contraction led RR's to use it in tunnels at first so as to

A few thousandths less than Code 83 gets you to Code 70, and a few from Code 70 gets you to Code 55. Which is absolutely prototypically correct, since most "safety guard" (my term, as opposed to

Some railroads used rail on the sides of TOFC flat cars too. I was planning on using actual rail on mine but I'd be happier if I could make them w/ styrene. Anyway, why does anyone think this is a

How about simply taking a few thousandths of an inch off the bottom of the guard rail with a  file?  As Jerry Glow has correctly noted there are a lot of products that just aren't commercially

Hello Group, Let's return this to actual freight car modeling. I concur that having plastic rail sections could be a usable modeling product. But it is not at the top of my "wish list" of

I suppose that I shouldn’t point out that the cleaner block would also remove paint from the styrene, leaving the tops whi.... never mind. Seriously, I guess I could see some limited uses, but like

The real answer to guard rails that don't reveal bare nickle silver would be code 82 (or Code 80) size rail. Paint it whatever color you use, and it would be slightly lower than the running rail--and