The latest True Line offering, the CPR 'Mini Box' cars, come equipped with these .088" wheelsets. Dick

Dennis Rule #1 of standards should be don't create so many different standards and recommended practices that no one (including genuine experts!) knows which one to follow! Tim O'

Ah yes, now I see it... this used to be presented in RP-3 and RP-4, and I was under the impression that those were going to be scrapped entirely, but I see they made it into the PROTO:87 standard, for

Sorry this was not meant for the list. Neo strikes again.

On 5/20/2014 8:06 AM, Tim O'Connor timboconnor@... [STMFC] wrote: I too thought this at first look but he 's referring to the second chart down called "fine scale options".

I have some NWSL P:87 wheelsets, and they definitely do not work on ordinary HO scale switches! I looked at the photos online of the True Line wheels and they look like what we call semi-fine HO scale

Eric, I've been following your thread on the ACL vents. If I interpreted your latest response correctly is sounds as though you have access to a 1940 ACL car diagram book - is that correct? The

Many thanks to Eric Lombard, Ben Hom, Bill Hirt, and Tim O'Connor for their help, and especially the photos! Now all I have to do, is figure out what "handsomely rewarded" means. Perhaps I can

I've always thought that this technique was more about artistic interpretation than actually trying to duplicate reality. I'm reminded of the various techniques we use to represent brick structures,

Greg Martin wrote: No, I don't "just not like it." I think it is unprototypical. I do not say it can't exist, nor that it isn't subtle, only that I do NOT see it in prototype photo after photo.

Well I didn't want to jump in here as I don't regard this technique as a"weathering technique" but as I have always explained it as a shadingtechnique. If you note Tony never refers to this as a

---In STMFC@..., <randy@...> wrote : "I beg to differ. S-4.1 (http://www.nmra.org/standards/sandrp/S-4_1ProtoWheels.html) specifies the Standard (not an RP) for Fine:HO. This is the standard that we

Ed, As always you insight and help is greatly appreciated. You make my bashplausible. I just wonder why at this point in time that they wouldelect to keep the original ends as other roads that

Ebay keeps a record of completed auctions for some period of time. Currently for example, you can search the archive of 185,000+ railroad photographs for whatever your heart desires. Sometimes you

Scott Pitzer asked: "Maybe rebuilds of USRA double sheathed boxcars (40 ton) with no change in IH (9'0")?  Did any road do some like that?" Yes - ACL/C&WC and SL-SF. Ben Hom

Heh heh heh -- how much of a reward?? I have two photos... Tim "finally a hobby payday!" O'Connor

Maybe rebuilds of USRA double sheathed boxcars (40 ton) with no change in IH (9'0")? Did any road do some like that? Scott Pitzer

A pessimist says the glass is half empty An optimist says the glass is half full An engineer says the glass it twice as large as it needs to be Randy -- Randy Hammill True Line

You'll have to go earlier than 1940. Not theeeither. Eric

Gary, In the April 2014 St Louis Union Station News (published by the TRRA Historical Society), there just happens to be a multipage article about the Jerseyville & Eastern. The