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Enhanced HO kits for post-war KCS 40' box car

Hi folks- I have 2 of the following kits made with parts gathered together to more accurately model a KCS 40' AAR post-war box car. KCS 18014, photographed in 1952, is pictured in RPC #8 on page

By Andy Carlson · #140183 ·

"AB" Brake Help

Dave wrote: "AB Valves. Just the dimensions that make up the boxy shapes would probably do as I’m pretty sure I’m just going to plumb the pipes right thru the sides w/o worrying about the various

By Guy Wilber · #140182 ·

Re: NYC USRA DESIGN STEEL BOXCARS

---In STMFC@..., <mark_landgraf@...> wrote : I would recommend that you visit wabtec.com Then go to documents Then search on freight car products There were a couple of AB valve service and shop

By destorzek@... · #140181 ·

Re: NYC USRA DESIGN STEEL BOXCARS

I would recommend that you visit wabtec.com Then go to documents Then search on freight car products There were a couple of AB valve service and shop manuals that I found within a couple of

By mark_landgraf · #140180 ·

Re: NYC USRA DESIGN STEEL BOXCARS

AB Valves. Just the dimensions that make up the boxy shapes would probably do as I’m pretty sure I’m just going to plumb the pipes right thru the sides w/o worrying about the various fitting

By Dave Nelson · #140179 ·

Amherst (Springfield)

Speedwitch will be at Amherst, selling Steam Era resin freight car kits and accessories. Location info (and a teaser of something coming soon) at: speedwitchmedia.com -- Ted Culotta Speedwitch

By Ted Culotta · #140178 ·

Lumber movement

Some time ago there were messages on the movement of lumber. One was from Greg Martin. I'm doing some work on this subject for the CNWHS Modeler and would like to get in touch with people that have

By ron christensen · #140177 ·

Re: NYC USRA DESIGN STEEL BOXCARS

Bill, We don't sell the as individual drawings. Too much trouble for not enough money. I did send you the drawing to your email address, however. The NYCSHS is here to help any way we can. Thanks,

By Noel Widdifield · #140176 ·

Re: Maine Central Boxcars ride above the rail

Hi Gary and List Members, This is the only image I have ever seen that showsLong Island class G24 USRA composite gondolas! Sadly only a partialview... Claus Schlund

By Claus Schlund \(HGM\) · #140174 ·

Re: NYC USRA DESIGN STEEL BOXCARS

Has anyone a dimensioned drawing of a triple valve they can share? Any era. All sides. Even a couple of photos of drawings will help. Dave Nelson Dave, are you looking for drawings of

By brianleppert@att.net · #140173 ·

The Amherst Rwy. Society Show

Hello All, Please excuse the cross post but I needed to get this out to everyone who might be interested and not yet have decided to attend the Amherst Railway Society Show this weekend at

By Don Valentine <riverman_vt@...> · #140175 ·

Re: NYC USRA DESIGN STEEL BOXCARS

I seem to recall thet the WABCO catalogs had dimensions of the brake cylinders... but one general illustration covered all of one type, with a table of dimensions. In fact, the illustrations published

By destorzek@... · #140172 ·

Re: NYC USRA DESIGN STEEL BOXCARS

Bill, when you go on the NYCHS website push the red button to contract Tom Gebracht and see if he can help you For Dave Nelson, Dennis’ response about vendor parts is dead on. The resource you can

By ROGER HINMAN · #140171 ·

Re: NYC USRA DESIGN STEEL BOXCARS

Thanks Dennis, I was afraid that was the case. I do know where I can find the equipment to measure… I’m most certainly not looking forward to laying down under a car to do it tho. Perhaps I need

By Dave Nelson · #140170 ·

Maine Central Boxcars ride above the rail

Perhaps, these boxcars have steel under frames and were empty at the timeof the incident...I have no information about the photo:

By gary laakso · #140169 ·

Re: NYC USRA DESIGN STEEL BOXCARS

Thank you for your response Noel. When I log into this website I can find a CD of freight car drawings, however, I do not find any access to individual drawings. I really just want to get drawing

By WILLIAM PARDIE · #140168 ·

Re: Freight car fleet considerations

Guess most of us have had thesame problem.I continue to refine my roster.We tend to overemphasize the roadsand types that we like best.Armand Premo

By armprem · #140167 ·

Freight car fleet considerations

Freight cars are an important component of our model railroads. A couple of recent questions made me think about my 1926 freight car fleet and what should be part of it. It seems many recently built

By Eric Hansmann · #140166 ·

Re: NYC USRA DESIGN STEEL BOXCARS

The NYCSHS has engineering drawings available in our Society store (Collinwood Shop). The store is accessible to anyone at: Welcome to NYCSHS - The Collinwood Shop. Thanks Noel Noel

By Noel Widdifield · #140165 ·

Re: Machining car end?

Brian, Glad to see you are still at it. When I've had the time to set it up (an all-nighter for me) I've been using CamBam for my CAM and loading the G-code into DeskCNC for machine control. DeskCNC

By hockenheim68 · #140164 ·

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