John, Nice photos. Thanks for sharing them. It is always nice to see photos of prototype equipment details taken by modelers for building a scale model. Will the model you build be in HO scale or

John: As always, I defer to Steve Hile in all things UTLX, but I do know that his database shows the last X-3s being built in 1937. So, if the trucks are from 1948, they are replacements, not

The Northern Pacific rostered 500 refrigerator cars with a double hinge door. Lester Breuer shares his work in building a resin and plastic kit for these prototypes in the latest Resin Car Works blog

The Santa Fe acquired controlling interest in the D&RG (later the D&RGW) for a short period of time in the late 19th Century. Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA On Monday, January 9, 2017

Gents, FWIW, I have a bunch of X-3 photos on my blog at https://railroadprototypemodeler.wordpress.com/2016/11/10/utlx-x-3/ including photos of the brake gear installation. This car is "preserved"

But the Colorado Midland was always a standard gauge railroad. Howard Garner

I have sent some photos to a new Album on the website, X-3 details. They will be available when approved. __________________________________________________ J. Stephen Sandifer

I agree, not "optical quality" - However, I wonder if I had afine window mesh (perhaps N scale?) if it would make a nice "glass brick"window - not clear, but definitely translucent. I may try

Hello Jack, I've tried that before & still have some, but the windows have come out "wavy" & not flat & perfectly clear like "acetate" does/is. Unless I didn't do it properly enough. Guess I might

Paul... Micro scale has a product called Kristal Klerk which call be used to create clear windows and it dries clear in an hour or so. The first time that you try it, it can be frustrating but

I think they owned the Colorado Midland for awhile Tom Birkett, Bartlesville, ok Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2017 7:55 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] Clear Resin Castings

Chuck, I thought of doing something like that but I'd rather have full windows. I think the Santa Fe was actually considered a "short-line" the first day their construction started, but it didn't end

Paul, Without actually seeing the piece, I suggest that you paint "the post" the caboose color and trim it to look as though it's open. By the way, is this Santa Fe some sort of short line or

I'm assembling some Walthers Santa Fe 1300 class cabooses (way cars) and find the clear, cupola side-window castings to be rather poor. The back part of the casting stops in the middle of the 2

Steve, Folks, Having been able to pull out the photo and look, I can say that even without the photo, Steve nailed it ;) And I must say that I fee MUCH more confident in my UTL minutia due to an

These should help from UTLX 54679, an X-3 preserved in El Dorado, Kansas. What you see in Ted's book are these stampings which support the break cylinder and triple valve as well as the running board.

Without having the picture in front of me, I believe that Dave in correct. When the X-3's were converted to AB brakes, the air reservoir and AB valve are supported by a pair of heavy stampings that

Lester, In the Tank Car Color Guide, Vol. 1, on page 9 is a photo of a Warrengas car. While not an X-3, it shows a very similar arrangement. I thing what you are looking at is pair of thin-walled

Lester: I would defer to Ted or to Steve Hile, but my take (guess) is that there is a pair of those "flaps", one on either side of the reservoir, and that their purpose is to support the reservoir

I don't have that book, but didn't all UTLX tank cars have square platesmounted on the running boards (4 plates, facing all 4 directions) for mountinghazard placards? Tim O'Connor