Besides Celanese what other companies leased these cars with their P/L applied. TIA Rich Orr

I have both the trussrod and fishbelly versions of this Sunshine kit (well,I was sent two fishbelly kits but there are always extra trussrods on my worktable) and they will be decaled this week.

On 10/28/2013 9:52 AM, tangentscalemodels@... wrote: I have drawers of .088 wheelsets (IM & Reboxx). I was hoping the cars would come with them (for those that wanted) without

On 10/28/2013 10:35 AM, Tony Thompson wrote: Probably a Sunset as no elbow valves. Looking in Ed's book on page 43 is another of the cars but numbered 91. They are ICC-103s.

Hi I am wondering if anyone has an idea when ore jennies of this design would have been in use and withdrawn? http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/tr_cnj99042.jpg I believe CNJ used them for the

I believe Soho did a brass two-dome tank car also, with elbow safety valves. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Jon, I think your tanker was a Sunset PRR tank car. I had one and sold it. I also have a Globe. The sheet metal tank is excellent. Extremely good rivet detail. Castings are what you'd expect

Hello Mr. Guilluame: Thank you for your response. I would like to see the photos. If you think of it, please let me know when they will be published in the NYC e-zine. Thank you, Andrew

Jon, We appreciate your tank car purchase. Tangent Scale Models indeed offers code 88 replacement wheelsets for our 33" wheel cars, such as our new GA tank car. These can be ordered directly from

InterMountain also makes the Murphy flat-panel roof for this car, which is used on the Santa Fe versions (among others). However, to get those roofs to use on kits, I've had to call the company and

InterMountain also makes the Murphy flat-panel roof for this car, which is used on the Santa Fe versions (among others). However, to get those roofs to use on kits, I've had to call the company and

On 10/28/2013 8:05 AM, mguill1224@... wrote: I have a brass 2-dome tank and I just don't remember who made it. Was a no box Ebay purchase long ago. Think it was Sunset

Richard- Your thoughts are on target and well-reasoned. But flawed in one regard…..they are based on reason. If reason ruled the Model Railroad Marketplace there would be no models of

On 10/28/2013 6:40 AM, Andy Carlson wrote: Checked the site and the cheapest tungsten is $3.25 an ounce ($52 a pound). Great for N scale and good for HO if you need more

To add more thoughts, while slightly outside of the STMFC, I started at Ford's Wayne (Mich) Assembly Plant in 1962 right out of college. I worked up front in the controllers office so I wasn't out

The posts about the new Tangent tank car and other tank car models prompted me to think about the Globe and Athearn metal tank cars from the forties and fifties. I still have the Union 76 tank car

Guy, Thanks for the update and re-enlightenment . . as usual. One forgets a lot since my 2009 article studies. Do we have pix of those pre-WW2 truck trailer rigs for auto shipping? I

---In STMFC@..., <stmfc@...> wrote: I popped for a Tichy AB brake kit. Alex Schneider Greg Martin said... Bill, Yes if you want to save time and get a respectable set of brake rigging use

Hello Greg- If you look up specific gravity (relative densities of elements) for depleted U you will notice it is nearly the same as elemental tungsten, and not much more dense than tungsten carbide

The only southeastern lines that got USRA SS box cars were the AB&A, later absorbed by the ACL, and the GA. The GA cars were rebuilt in the '30s with steel sheathing. the ACL cars were rebuilt