Hey Yuze Gize, This is the official announcement for the 2014 Prototype Rails SHAKE N TAKEfor our 14th annual event and in the words of our own Mont Switzer a"Bash at the Beach". This year with

The best information seems to have been published in RPCyc Vol 5, with addenda in Vol 14. The longer cars typically had <lower> capacities because they also had lower sides. FWIW, there is also a

Loading up on tryptophan and carbs seems to be making everyone slow today!  Two sources of information would have cleared up the threads on PS-1s with 6 ft door openings and ARA quad

Greg Martin wrote: "The Boston and Maine cars came by a deal struck between the B&O and the B&M as a swap for B&M steam engines and B&O open top IIRC."   Not quite true.  BM SOLD 13 4-8-2s to the

I appreciate the correction regarding door type and Ed's tip for building. I already modified sill tabs and underframe. I used only the car body and underframe and replaced other details with Kadee

There were only two prototype orders for cars with Pullman Standard's proprietary 6 ft wide doors -- Birmingham Southern 6750-6799 2-1952 Minneapolis Northfield & Southern 1202-1302 11-1957 The

Just a clarifiaction that the Pennsy quad hoppers had outside ribs and they did not have off-set ribs. Dennis Sautters

On Nov 30, 2013, at 1:58 PM, Bruce F. Smith <smithbf@...> wrote: Armand, A quick search of the archives reveals that the Athearn offset quad is perfect for a number of pre-WWII hoppers, especially

Hello, My friend Terry Wegmann died over 2 years ago. Among his many accomplishments, was his own-tooled styrene Pacific Fruit Express wood sided/steel end and roof R-40-19 and R-40-21 ice bunker

Thanks to each of you for all your help ..I'll bet they were even seen onSherman Hill-.Armand Premo--- Original Message ----- From: Bruce F. Smith To: STMFC@... Sent: Saturday, November 30,

I've never seen these doors on cars earlier than September 1957 so I'm interested in who may have had them earlier. Bill you out there? Brian Carlson.

Thanks Tim.Other than the Pennsy quads this typehas had little attention in the number of models available.ArmandPremo

Armand and Bruce, The Boston and Maine cars came by a deal struck between the B&O and theB&M as a swap for B&M steam engines and B&O open top IIRC. The New Haven also acquired some 4 bay hoppers

Tim if you look at Clark’s article on modeling the M&StL Auto boxcars you will see photos and model of the single door conversion as well as the car as built. If I could get Yahoo to cooperate and

Brian, As best as I can tell from this photo the door looks like a PullmanStandard proprietary door not a Superior Panel door. It has been saidthat the doors modeled by the manufacturers have

I forgot, too. Must be something in the cranberry dressing. Ed Edward Sutorik ---In STMFC@..., <atkott@...> wrote: Sorry, I hit send before signing my name to the last post! A.T. Kott

Sorry, I hit send before signing my name to the last post! A.T. Kott ---In STMFC@..., <atkott@...> wrote: Guys - The B&O, C&O and some of the Erie quad offset hopper cars were about 1'-6" IL

Guys - The B&O, C&O and some of the Erie quad offset hopper cars were about 1'-6" IL longer that the remainder of the Erie cars, and all of the MP, M-K-T, B&M, and perhaps C&NW cars. This is

John, are these cars genuinely USAX or did they just get painted that way in Mt Union after coming from the BAR? I have a bunch of photos of BAR single sheathed box cars -- from your link it looks

Armand, this question seems to come up periodically. The best information I've seen is that Athearn's model is most similar to the B&O quad hoppers of the 1920's, although many railroads had similar