T&NO had nothing like this. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax, (510) 540-1937;

The USRA clones seem close to the Accurail cars without doing precise measuring. With revised underframe, separate grabs and ladders they would look quite decent. Modeling the T&NO, I would have to

Technically, those were not USRA cars asthe USRA stopped functioning on March 1, 1920. Cars built during the 1920s thatmostly followed a USRA design have commonly been called clones in the modelpress.

Guessing most are still recovering from travel time home or still processing and digesting all the information gathered from seminars or exchange with others or being fired up from the event have

The B-50-13 and 14's are of more interest to me. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. You can contact me offline if you wish. Thanks, Dave

THe SP cars were exact USRA cars and were built in 1919. Some had Hutchins roofs, some did not; all had 5-5-5 ends. Can't speak for other roads. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press,

Some of the USRA-type cars built in the 1920's had 7/8 corrugated ends and Hutchins roofs like the Accurail cars. Would the basic dimensions be correct? Dave

David Ellzey wrote: As Eric Hansmann pointed out, the Accurail model has some differences. But more important for SP modeling, all its original USRA single-sheathed cars in revenue service were

There are several differences between theAccurail models and the USRA single-sheathed box cars. The ends, roof, underframe,and the truss components are all different. Eric Hansmann El Paso, TX

Can anyone tell me if the Accurail O.B. boxcar would be a good candidate for a USRA or USRA design single sheathed car? I would like to model some as SP cars in the later 50's. The ends are inverted

That would be "Skibbe" for those taking notes at home. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510)

Bill, Thank you for posting. Some really great guidelines for improving the finer details on our models. This should help many of us to become better prototype modelers. Jim Kubanick Morgantown WV

Hello Clark I assume you mean these : http://rr-fallenflags.org/grr/ga29382ajs.jpg and I believe from past conversations, these also may have been were rebuilt from the 1923 ARA cars. I think the

Clark, I assume you are thinking of GA 19500 to 19799. These were 40' 6" IL, 8' 6" IW, and 9' IH with a 100T capacity from 3098 cubic feet. A photo can be found on page 39 of

Purely as a guess I'd say some sort of automobile frame movement.

http://rr-fallenflags.org/el/frt/erie15850lba.jpg Anybody have any idea what this was used for? Scott Chatfield

Isee that the email traffic on the RPM meet is as dead as the show. I had a supergreat time as usual. If you haven’t made an effort to attend one of these eventshere’s a slap to the back of your

Good stuff Bill. You are the yardstick that the rest of our modeling efforts will be measured againxt. Fenton Wells -- Fenton Wells 5 Newberry Lane Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-1144 srrfan1401@...

Scott, I looked up Solvay Process in the 1911 ORER and the covered hoppers are not listed. Possibly they were used only for inter-plant moves and not interchanged. I hope this link takes you to the

Greetings, I have a couple of photos of the 36 foot, Georgia Railroad cars thatremained on the revenue roster after 1948. Both cars had stencils denoting the cars were for LCL service to oneof the