Not sure Gary, but if you are like me you may need to get to work! I have many kits to assemble and I know I need to get busy or they will be in my estate sale. Fenton -- Fenton Wells 5 Newberry

mark rickert writes: "So when can we expect to see dcc brakes to offset the free rolling trucks?" I'm not completely sure what Mark refers to but if it is the fact that cars have their own brake

Gee, Fenton, does that mean I need to get my Sunshine kits assembled? Okay, may just put them in the line “to be assembled”. gary laakso south of Mike Brock

Arved Yeah the Kadee mount is incompatible with many brands of freight car, and can be annoying to install. But out of the box the Kadee is better than the Kato, IMO. I bought a bunch of Reboxx 0.950

Jeff, two things, first I believe there will be a resin version of this car in the near future and second I may be able to find the underbody dwg. Let me look and I can send it to you off list. --

Beginning a kit bashing project for a Southern DS, double wood door 148000 series boxcar detailed for the early 1940s. Sunshine had a kit for these some time ago. I have been unable to find info or

So the Kadee #1562 ASF Ride Control Truck (http://www.kadee.com/htmbord/page1562.htm) would be a better choice than the Kato? I bought my first pair, but I was very close to buying the Kato trucks.

hi Rob Thank you that's very helpful. Its a Monon society intermountain kit and does have on the box 9000-9149 series. I am an SP modeler so know very little about the Monon. Regards Paul

Hi Paul; As you likely know, Monon series 9000-9449 were 10' 0" IH cars built to the 1937 AAR design by Pullman Standard in two lots. The first 150 cars, delivered in October, 1941

Monon 9000-9449 boxcars does any know what type of doors these cars had when new? Thank you Paul Doggett England

So when can we expect to see dcc brakes to offset the free rolling trucks? mark rickert Sent with Verizon Mobile Email

Nelson Moyer writes: "Maximum grade on the mainline is 2.38%. Minimum radius on the mainline is 48 inches. Minimum on branch lines is 36 inches. Frogs are mostly No. 9 on the mainline and minimum No.

Doug Harding writes: "Say it's not so! An icon of the south is to be moved, perhaps even removed forever, from its sacred resting place. I guess those photos I took years ago will become treasured

Living in Houston, we build our homes on shifting clay. Any house built here that is 40 years old probably needs foundation leveling. Many a layout has been built level, yet with good wheelsets in

The SS Soo Line decals have been spoken for. Charlie Duckworth

Mike, Sorry for the delay. I didn't have all the numbers, so I had to wait for an email reply from a club member who had the information. Maximum grade on the mainline is 2.38%. Minimum radius on the

I converted the HO Soo Line 1920 SS boxcar to a NOT&M boxcar. If anyone can use the Soo decals contact me offline. Free! Charlie Duckworth

This lively subject has a lot of tentacles (or arms and legs); and in the end, there is less science than there is art and judgement in determining ideal roll ability. As Jon Miller surmised, I do

Trevor Marshall has been testing Sergent couplers for us. He models in S scale, but his blog mentions a few problems coupling to them because he found that cars on his layout were TOO free

Might have been that someone stole the brasses out of the trucks, too, Mike! This was known to happen to stored cars in our STMFC days. Train crews and/or carmen would have a look in the journal