3' herald on new steel cars built March of 1940. 3' herald, with "Mainstreet" slogan, on new steel cars build October 1947. 5' herald, with "Mainstreet" slogan on new steel cars May, 1951. About

Guys - The local hobby shop has (14) older volumes of the RP Cycs in new condition for sale. Four of these are "sold out" volumes at the publisher. They have the following: #8, #9, #10, #11, #12,

Tom (? - no last name) wrote: "Thanks for the reply. You more or less answered my question. I model the Erie/ EL primarily,and the connecting northeast roads,ie RDG,LV,CNJ,LNE,PRR/PC et al. I saw

Thanks for the reply. You more or less answered my question. I model the Erie/ EL primarily,and the connecting northeast roads,ie RDG,LV,CNJ,LNE,PRR/PC et al. I saw Atlas released a new run of these

Bought some Shout this morning and used it to clean the resin kit and a plastic model I built after my first 'paint prep' posting. About the plastic box car. It's an NP AAR 37 car from the

I disagree. If the bolsters were wood, they would be solid plank, with tension rods (little truss rods) that ran from the bottom outer ends up over the center sills, and down to the other end. From

I went to the link and clicked on the magnifying glass for a larger view. Then I increased my browser magnification to 400% (on the IE browser menu, click on View > Zoom). There seem to be metal

Andy, Do you thin your Future in any way? Jared Harper Athens, GA

on All the comments have been excellent, but I will note that the photo may be from 1915, but the construction methods date from 10 to 15 years earlier. By 1915 many railroads would be adding steel

Someone mentioned the Newburgh & South Shore as an owner of similar H21 cars. I forgot about these cars when I posted the W&LE details. A 1926 ORER lists 185 cars in service. Here's an

Tom and Group, The newest "Railway Prototype Cyclopedia" Volume 25 has 81 pages devoted to the A.A.R. 50 ton Standard Hopper and the similar "Van Sweringen Advisory Mechanical Committee Cars".

Hi Clark, I too just built a couple of F&C kits that I bought at Naperville. I washed the assembled cars in warm water with Ivory liquid dish detergent. After letting them air dry I airbrushed them

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