If it was taken in 1939, the car hasapparently been back dated as a historical item. Before 1911, two hand brakesweren't uncommon. Of course, the second hand brake was made obsolete by the 1911Safety

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Eric; Here is an interesting shot: http://cdm16038.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15017coll8/id/2682/rec/985 ....and the fact that they

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Eric; I did not educate myself sufficiently on this topic, since the PRR hopper effort was (perhaps) being pursued by other individuals within the PRRT&HS;

Bill, Your comments about wish lists are spot on. The biggest drawback that I see to your business model is in the "skin" step. There is a significant barrier to entry there wherein a skilled

This was my first thought since they appear to berelated to PRR, however I was un able to find any likely number series. 1,000cars would be hard to hide. Eric N.

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Eric; Have you looked into whether or not they were sold to the PRR? Many coal companies that bought PRR class clones did this when economic downturns

Enzo & all, We are NOT asking for project anyone’s suggestions because some of the first items made are going to be things WE want. Further we are not likely to ask for suggestions for quite

Hi Brian and compliments and best whishes for your venture! On your site there is no mention of any project ( well, except in "your" S scale section) I model in N, so ... despite is not strictly a

Both al kamm jr & sr were modelers and active in the nmra. Sr was a founding member of the nmra while jr is best known for his work at emd @ la grange. Also both worked in o scale. Last time i saw jr

Thank you to Richard Hendrickson for the truck identification guide. Is there such an animal for freight car doors? I could not find one in the files. Don't know if it is me, Neo, or lack of info.

Yippee!! Kadee finally releases all of their HGC trucks w/ .088 wheelsets! http://www.kadee.com/htmbord/newprod.htm Tim

According to Al Kamm Jr in his article on building an HO model of a Rock Island covered gondola, the cars were placarded: "Tinplate Loading. Return When Empty to Pittsburgh PA Via Shortest

Well Bill I have lots of ideas, how many hours do you have (grin). Seriously though I have a couple of items I'd like to see but I am of no technical help to you. -- Jon MillerFor me

Better yet! Thanks, Andy. Al Kamm had a lot of very creative articles in MR--sort of the Andy Sperandeo of the late 1950's, :-) although I think entirely rolling stock-oriented. Dan Sweeney,

Congratulations and Best of Luck! Rich Ramik

I have the Sylvan kit for the "1951 CPR auto cars" and see that a choice of ends and doors has to be made. Can anyone summarize which parts were used in which era, or if all were used, which were

Does anyone know where their fleet of 1000+GL design cars mostly built by PSC in 1902 went? They don't appear to havegone to the coal company successors. Thanks, Eric

In fact, Dan, Al Kamm's 1958 article described an HO model of the covered gon. His car had the early pin-activated Kadee couplers. So long, Andy

I am very happy to announce the public unveiling of Jackson Standard http://jacksonstandard.com/index.htm We are going to be making quality injection molded model railroad items in all 4 scales

Bob, It was 1957.CNJ also did a lot of repairs (patch panels,etc.) on their aging ARA boxcars then too.This is also when they received their new PS-1 boxcars. Regards,James Cummings