Scanning through several Southern Railway ETTs from 1954-'58 did not identify any special instructions for roller bearing equipped cars. On roller bearing equipped boxcars and covered hoppers,

Bill, Thanks for the information on the photos. I have a photocopy of what I think is a builder's photo of L&N gondola # 26000, the first of 1,000 of those shorter gons that you mentioned.

For Mr. Harding and interested others; I found a photo of the interior of a stock car (circa 1927) that had been lined with what was termed, "Construction Paper". It does indeed seem to be classic

Could Schuyler Larrabee please contact me off list? Thank you. Aaron

I appreciate the engineering analysis that goes into subjects like this. ASME RTD continues to publish papers on improvements in this and related subjects, which are more generally referred to as

All, Begging the moderator's indulgence one last time, I wanted to wrap up my part of this thread to include some Internet research I conducted over the past few evenings. I am also sympathetic to

1983 according to the article in the Spring 1998 NKPHTS magazine which is available and in my spare room if anyone wants one. Weblink below. NKP cars were black. Brian J Carlson, P.E.

Hi Brian, They're the composite gons built by Standard Steel in 1923. Last ones seem to FINALLY drop off the N&W roster some time in the mid-1980s.   Ray Breyer Elgin,

Chad I may have missed these but what NKP series are these 70000-70499? If so do you have the NKPHTS article on them? Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga, NY Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012

by the way, once approved the photos will be in the RP ladders folder in the photos section. Rob Kirkham -------------------------------------------------- Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 5:35

I've posted a number of photos of my own recent experiments with 3d printing (waiting for them to be approved). These were done by ADC (Advanced Design Concepts) - but as far as I know they use the

Jerry was working on them but I havent herd from him in a while. I am going to use the scrap box and some Microscale letters for the L&N and Microscale MC-4243 NKP Cabooses decale sheet has the small

Who is preparing the decals for these cars and what colors were they painted? I checked my sources and found nothing on either the gons or the flat cars. However, I did complete (weights to be added

Hello Everyone, Just a reminder. As in years gone past, I will host a operating session following the end of the RPM Naperville meet on Sunday, Oct 21 from 10 AM to 1 PM. The Layout is in Elgin,

very interested Richard - thanks. The next question is about modelling in HO of course . . . Probably no easy answer there. Rob -------------------------------------------------- Sent: Saturday,

That's what I'm wondering, Rob. Hey, I don't have any inside track on this, I just submitted my part file through the automated front end of the web site, like anybody else. I would have thought they

Steve L&N 25884 from Bob's is a nice broadside shot in Wilson, NC on 2-2-1952 w/a reweigh date of 1950. The Ameling photos of L&N 25823 are 1957 in Sarasota, FL. Stenciling identical to 25884. These

The L&N build date is 6-28 by Mt Vernon car. Chad Boas

Bill, What are the dates on the one from Bob's Photos and those from the Ameling collection? Thanks, Steve Johnson From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On

Rob, that car was one of 250 A-50-7 class double door auto cars originally built in 1922 as double wood sheathed cars, then rebuilt in 1934 by the UP's Grand Island shops as steel sheathed cars