Denny Anspach wrote: As Sam Clarke of Kadee is wont to say, the projecting wire below the Kadee couplers is NOT an air hose and certainly not a glad hand, despite Denny apparently having

Hi Doc, Long time-no see. There is a placement diagram from the 1922 CBC here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/photos/album/1103907548/pic/list The steel car dimensions did not change

Hi again, I don't want to start a long 'argument' ... but I feel I have to say what it is that I know (or think I know) that relates to the color of the brake hoses, the glad hands, and the

--- Charles Hostetler wrote: Hear hear! I believe the work Charles is conducting on his own can lead to bigger and better things for our hobby. His knowledge and research could help in the design

Friends, keep in mind at least some of the following- 1) The ubiquitous over-wide catfish-mouth HO coupler boxes that most of us have to deal with pushes the air hose location far to the side, IMHO

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Sorry, Jim. I should have been more precise. Search in the files for Freight Car UnderbodyDetail.pdf. Gene Green

Bill, They are loosing money at that price . . . even with volunteers.   That barely covers the time to open the file and FTP it.  They want to get these images out for all to see it

Folks, My apologies - the web server I use has been adding a S*P*A*M tag to everything from this list recently and I forgot to delete it :^( Rob, A number of years ago we did a project improving

Rob, A number of years ago we did a project improving these cars in the PRRProjects group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PRRPro With respect to the brakes, these cars were rebuilt from X31 cars,

Hello to all I have recently picked up a couple of the Bowser kits and the simplified brake rigging in the kit is not up to my standards. Can anyone please advise how the brake rigging on this car

Looking for a 1957 roster covering ALL equipment on the Savannah And Atlanta Railway. Thanks in advance. John Degnan Scaler164@... Scaler187@...

Here's some info on RR air brakes from NMRA: http://www.nmra.org/member/sites/default/files/datasheets/Prototyp/D9o.PDF

Thank you Richard and Tom, I revised the post by adding an additional image with green highlighting to indicate the location of the Lateral Motion device. I must say, it is nice to be able to

Jim, "Freight Car Underbody Detail" is a pdf found in the group files. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Charles, you're correct that what you've marked in red is a spring plank, and you're also right that the truck has Barber Lateral Motion devices between the bolster and springs. In HO scale the Tahoe

Good Evening All, I've posted a photo of a truck from a 50-ton gondola here: http://cnwmodeling.blogspot.com/2013/06/truck-identification.html The first thing I am trying to find out is whether the

Good Evening All, I've made a table of contents page for my EJE gondola building adventure. As I continue to make progress, I'll update this

I went poking around the on-line Photo Archives today and it appears there are some new collections. I noted in particular the "Eugene A. Ellis Collection, Box B" with many Georgia Railroad freight

Jim, You are quite right, the "fittings" are almost always rusty and the hose dirty too. For my hoses I use a piece of wire from a micro-bulb. It's flexible and sturdy. Chuck Hladik