That's correct, John. The original black overnight paint scheme was applied to B-50-24 class cars in the 97620-98069 series, built in mid-1946, which were 10'0"IH AAR-design cars with improved

I think Byron exagerates the difficulty of using a closer to scale draft gear. For one thing, on a model coupler the amount of swing as measured by the deflection at the coupler face depends on the

On Sun, 24 Dec 2000 01:47:04 EST MDelvec952@... writes: <snip> Mike, the answer is that they can't because they have to sell to modelers who would never build layouts with scale curves. What

Both Intermountain and Red Caboose offer their 1937 AAR box car in the SP's Overnight scheme. As I understand it, this scheme was ONLY applied to cars built with Improved Dreadnaught Ends (but were

I have nine sets of Cal Scale #AB-284 brass AB brake sets. One pack was originally priced $1.50, seven were $2 and the other was $3.75. I don't know where they all fall on the degradation curve, but

Byron: Unfortunately I am aware of this degradation of quality problem, since I still have some Cal-Scale K brake sets purchased directly from John Anderson in the early '60s (mostly on cars I must

Picked up a couple of sets of the new scale Kadees, No.58s, yesterday. Overall, not bad looking, and more realistic than the old reliable predecessor. I put them on a couple of cars and a caboose,

On Sat, 23 Dec 2000 10:59:52 -0500 Kathe Robin <kathe@...> writes: Max, What Lee neglected to tell you was that they did such a poor job of tooling it that anyone who's knowledgeable will

John Nehrich asked: John, you can look up the AAR type designations in the back of any ORER. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Tim: Do you have any Cal Scale K brake sets , plastic or brass, which you would be interested in selling? I'll pay more than fair

Tichy makes excellent KC and KD brake sets, and I have tons of leftover KC gear from kits. (99% of my stuff uses AB or later brakes.) I suspect one reason the CalScale AB set is selling slowly is that

Be aware that Cal-Scale (Bowser) has PERMANENTLY discontinued their part #199-290 and #190-291, which were KC brake sets in plastic and brass respectively!! The mold is worn out/damaged, and since

Thanks Richard, Easy to change the date and add KC brakes. I think either Tichy and/or CalScale still have the KC brakes. Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has stopped in 1941 Digitrax DCC owner,

Not to worry, Jon, I did the research on the lettering for those cars and the billboard DX was current in 1941, so all you have to do is change the reweigh dates. However, the date of 5-46 was chosen

Group, Just got bit by the P2K dating bug with a batch of 10K tanks I just bought. This means the impossibility of telling what tanks you have without unpacking the cars. Anyway the group of

In a message dated 12/21/00 12:58:47 PM Pacific Standard Time, nehrij@... writes: << Dick - A wine car should be RB, the "B" being for beverage or beer, but that's not a car with an internal

John, Wooden tanks sounds good to me. Wine loves that stuff. There is a page in the PFE book that gives the history of those cars, and I believe that is where Bill McClung got the idea and data

I'm puzzling through the Atlas kits for our Atlas section (http://www.union.rpi.edu/railroad/images/rolling-stock/Kits/Atlas-kits.html#sets) For most of their cars, the Atlas web site has a photo, so

Dick - A wine car should be RB, the "B" being for beverage or beer, but that's not a car with an internal tank. "TW" would be from the Tank designation, with "W" meaning a wood tank, like a vinegar

On 12-20-00, John Nehrich asked: Since everyone else seems asleep, I'll venture a first cut answer from here at work without my PFE book (I took it home during our move). PFE sold some it's R-30-9's