I believe it was from this same 1982 Keystone issue. There was a plate attached to the larger PRR hoppers that listed how to partially load the bays with heavier commodities. Warren Dewees

Scott – The bell curve roof, combined with the MDC old timer caboose kitmakes a very good approximation of the standard Wabash caboose. That wasthe standard caboose on my layout, utilizing the Red

Thorston, The two-dome tank car I saw was near Frankfurt, and it was black and mounted, lying, or positioned closer to the ground. Thank you for the photo. Tom Baker

Tom, a number of these cars were modified in the 1950s as a kind of presurised hopper cars for cement service. (a search for KKd 49 in google pictures, reveals a glimpse of them) After this use had

Scott, The MDC three-window caboose is fairly close to a common design built for/by the Gould-owned railroads: D&RG, WP, MP and possibly others. Many of these were sold off to

Bill, Scale? Dimensions? Photos? Regards Bruce Smith Auburn, AL ________________________________________ Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2015 11:39 AM To: S-Scale@...;

I think some of these cars may have been in service hauling sand. Probably limestone as well, for cement. Todd Horton --------------------------------------------

Hi Scott--From The Keystone, December 1982: "Many of the less dense commodities shipped in H30 covered hoppers such as pulverized coal, soda ash, and even cement would completely fill the car's cubic

Malt, along with lots of other bulk commodities that were less dense than cement. See below: Steam era freight car discussion group. The time period covered will be from 1900-1960.

Scott, The MDC caboose is a model of a Colorado Midland way car, built 1886 based on an AT&SF design from the early 1880s, but with wider side doors installed ca. 1890. The CM only had one car with

Thorsten's explanation clarifies something that has mystified me for several years. In 2000 I was leaving the Frankfurt-Bahnhof railway station enroute to Rothenburg ob der Tauber. On the way out of

Is there a prototype for MDC/Roundhouse's 30-odd foot truss-rod wood caboose? I've got one here that has a cupola whose roof has a bell-curve shape, which I've seen on their drovers caboose, but not

Given my quick judgments and unerringly wrong guesses, I cannot wait to see how this kit turns out...lol Sent from Dave Bott' iPhone

I picked up one of Broadway's Pennsy H32 covered hoppers recently. These are the long, low 5-bay covered hoppers that were slightly over 3,000 cubic feet, which was very large for a covered hopper in

Dave the Branchline kits are not RTR. Atlas is now offering the former Branchline kits as RTR, but I don’t believe they are offering the same billboard paint schemes. The Heileman Beer will be a

Dave Bott wrote: "Sometimes RTR is a boon!"

Have you tried EBAY Open up Google Translator and head to Austria EBAY http://www.ebay.at/sch/allcategories/all-categories under modellbau--Modelleisenbahn EBAY Germany has a lot of Austrian's selling

There is a car now up for bid on E Bay now. Al Smith Sonora

Well, that removes a lot of work! I can get back to my current resin kits... Let me know if they start offering a RTR Southern SU DS 36 footer! 😉 Thank you. I'll have this running before my Dad

Hello Richard, the prototype cars were built for the USTC during WW2. AFAIK, they were shipped as kits to Great Britain, assembled there and then brought over to Europe after D day. They were taken