Thanks, Eric This question came up on another list, but concerning this billboard type paint scheme on 2-bay offset side hoppers. The issue of how long this scheme may have been around was not

Scott Haycock wrote: So I noticed a picture in the New Products section of the NYCS e-zine of a hopper in a billboard lettering scheme for the Big Four from Accurail. Can anyone comment on the time

I'm late coming to this discussion, having been on the road for several days, but I have to chip in here, having spent a lot of time lately studying the history of freight car truck development.

OK, I concede, not nineties-think, but not the prevailing attitude during the fifties either, at least not until after 1954, when Timken introduced their AP "All Purpose" lubricated-for-life and

That would be odd given the railroads were happily equipping there passenger equipment since the 30's with roller bearings, particularly the lightweight cars, and they would become mandatory on

Thank you to all that replied to my question about archer and blasting. I have been to busy to do any modeling but when I get to it I will report back what I did and my results. Ned

Richard, I have two photos of Derby cars and scans are attached. The first is dated 4-5-37 and shows the car with numbers and data painted out. As it's standing next to a GATX car, I'll risk

Scott, I ordered a pair of them when I was doing the writeup, so we will see if they ever ship. Thanks, Noel

Dennis, Normally I would not disagree with you, but, roller bearings were a known quantity starting in the late 1930's, as were the problems with solid bearings. After World War II, Timken, Hyatt and

That's Ninties-think. Back in the fifties, roller bearings were still pretty much an unknown quantity. Savings from no need to re-pack, yes, but not from no need to oil, because the oiling equipment

As long as the cars stayed online, then you're probably correct. The hot issue in the 1950's was getting your cars back, once someone found out they had roller bearings... they'd go offline and

Noel I had no trouble, and is a great issue. Really like the stock pen info.

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Bill; I am sure you are right. Elden Gatwood

Elden, I believe that the term "rebuilt" was actually in response to tax rules of the day. What constituted a rebuilt car in the teens may not constitute one in the sixties. Hence, the amount of work

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Rich; Funny that you mention that, because those components were the only "new" components on the H21E, and later H21G rebuilds, as far as I could tell

Not only those savings, Rich, but the savings from a much reduced risk of hotboxes and derailments that were caused by hotboxes.   Bill Daniels San Francisco,

Greg, I agree. The PRR repair instruction sheets are full of examples of what to keep from scrapped cars, and where to reuse the items. In the case of H34D, the PS covered hopper bodies were

The problem we were encountering with the downloading of the latest edition of the NYCentral Modeler has been corrected. It now works with all browsers including IE 8 and on PC's and Mac's. We are

Hi, I use Firefox and also was worned of Google not being able to firewall on the download,checkad the ok box and downloaded with no problem,great job on this modeler. thanks ken chapin

According to http://www.nakina.net/other/report/reportd.html the DOX reporting marks were used as follows DOX The Derby Oil Co. 8/1920-7/1937 DOX General American Transportation