Hi Andy, Current list on Atlas Code 83 500 36" Flex track $6.49 505 #6 LH Turnout $21.95 506 #6 RH Turnout $21.95 Current Price on Micro Eng Code 83 10-104 36" Flex

I was looking at the new Atlas Trainman 2 bay offset side hopper and was wondering what roads these cars would be prototypical for. These cars look nice and I think with a minimum amount of work,such

I've done this on On3 models I've built... in O scale it's not difficult. Usually it's a 1x4 board that is held in place with a couple of cotter pins on the inside of the turnbuckle. Bill Daniels San

Bob- I think you are looking at a string of Silk Express Cars..the roof details are vents. Charlie Vlk Cars to the far left have unusual (to me)

Here are a few more. These photos can be enlarged several times to reveal a lot of detail. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA +++ UTLX

I believe that the board was placed in the turnbuckles was to keep them from turning or twisting on their own, I.E. to keep the tension in the truss rods as they, the turnbuckles, could/would twist &

I've seen NP truss rod box cars with boards through the turnbuckles. Usually a board just through a pair. There is, or was anyway, a NP box car at the Illinois RR Museum that still had the boards in

With the new lightrail line almost completed south of Salt Lake City to Draper (19 miles), the community of Draper is preparing a historic railroad display intended to highlight its poultry

6 truss rods on the car. Doug

<The board through the turnbuckles is an interesting detail I've never <seen modeled. < <Gene Green If seen that detail on both prototype and model narrow gauge cars although I'm sure how common it

Boards through turnbuckles on lots of harbor craft especially on the sets of guy wires....never saw on train car before Ron Parisi

The board through the turnbuckles is an interesting detail I've never seen modeled. Gene Green

During WWII according to the ORER the VGN leased I think around 100 H-21 hoppers, however the numbers weren't known and only a series was listed. Bowser produced the cars with the fantasy scheme that

It is interesting how the main wooden sills have splayed apart beyond the right bolster... by the twisting force that pulled out the coupler (and at least one of its springs). Full record

We should send out a search party to look for the missing "draft gear boxes". :-) Dennis

Bob Chaparro asked: "Here is a link to an image of a boxcar underside, circa 1915. Click on the image to enlarge it. Any surprises

Here is a link to an image of a boxcar underside, circa 1915. Click on the image to enlarge it. Any surprises

I was not in Naperville, but I attended the hands on 2 1/2 hour airbrush clinic at the NMRA convention in Grand Rapids and consider it to be the best investment of clinic time of any convention I have

Agreed. From F&C's FAQ: "Are there any special instructions for painting the kits? "Any brand of high-quality model paint is good and the model should not be primed before painting. We use floquil

Try precision Scale Co. in Montana. In the Walthers catalog it's about half the price of Shinoha Bill Williams