Gene Green asked about Precision Scale Co. track, which steam era freight car models roll on, as I recall. Yep, they make both straight (flat bottom) and curved (super-elevated) track - a unique

Skelgas 13100 I was looking through a box of "stuff," mostly Athearn and MDC basket cases at the last train show I went to. But I looked at this car and somehow it didn't look like a plastic kit

On pages 110 and 111 of the 19th edition (1953) of Carbuilders' Cyclopedia, are drawings and photo of a 40' 40 ton ACL N-5 class stock car. This stock car numbered 140449 shows a Feb 1941 new date,

224 it is. I missed the subsets. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, Oregon

Ed, from the 1920s on most RRs that needed additional stock cars rebuilt them from obsolete box cars, and the few RRs that bought new stock cars with 4-4 Dreadnaught ends (e.g. Burlington, MoPac, Rio

My 1-43 ORER says 215 Maybe I better double check that), 10-52 ORER says 1 Richard Townsend Lincoln City, Oregon

Schuyler, Glad you like what you see. I am a firm believer in the right material for the right job. It is easier then ever before to get photo-etching and laser cutting done in small job lots. And

Thanks, Pierre. I think that roof looks great, and I see you have avoided one of the sicknesses afflicting most model manufacturers: Monomaterial disease. Monomaterial disease is the idea that

Like Tony and Andy, I prefer lead sheet to tire weights. I've had tire weights come unstuck inside cars, but I use screws to secure the lead sheet, and they stay put. Happy New Year, Andy

NYC acquired 424988-424999 from C&O in 1933.These were (apparently) USRA design twin hopper cars built by Pressed Steel in1921. The ORER suggests they came from C&O 20975-20999 which were

Grossly overpriced for the amount of material you get. I went to an 84 lumber and asked about lead flashing and the kid said "you mean metal?" and I said yes lead is a metal. He showed me a bunch of

Were these the same cars (kits) that Americas Hobby Center used to advertise in Model Railroader for 99 cents many moons ago.....I would guess the 60's.....Larry Mennie

I have purchased lead chimney "jacks" in the roofing departments of Lowes or Home Depot Tom in Texas

Andy Harman wrote: I agree with Andy, lead sheet is far easier to work with than wheel weights. I bought my sheet of lead at a plumbing supply place, so if you strike with roofing supplies, you can

I went searching for lead flashing in the Cincinnati area and came up empty. Apparently it's just not used in roofing around here the way it is out west. I wound up ordering a 3x6' lead sheet from

I checked the WestRail 3-3-3 ends against an IMWX 10' 0" IH boxcar shell and they are a perfect match - if you remove the rivet strip at the top of the ends. The castings are filled polyester and are

Car is pictured in the RMC plan book p23. Car has Pratt trusses , drednaught ends & a murphy roof. Built by the Mt. Vernon car co. Anyone know of similar cars? Ed Mines

Schuyler, I'm still waiting for my web guy to update the website. You can see an example here; http://elgincarshops.blogspot.ca/2013/10/ac-covered-hopper-roof-with-type-3.html Pierre

This is off topic but while the cat's away, the mice will play. I have 3 packages of Precision Scale HO track which I believe to be code 70. Strangely, it has little oval "buttons" on each tie the

I have read about this roof, but it's not (easily) found on their webpage. Is there an image (or several) on line somewhere? Schuyler From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On