I was going to place an order for19 box cars. The price, after discount was $70 and some change. UPSground shipping, cheapest way, was $70.53 to Eastern NC. The shipping kindof kills the 75%

Might note that this applies to the passenger cars as well (Pullmans)! -- Jon MillerFor me time stopped in 1941Digitrax Chief/Zephyr systems, SPROG, JMRI UserNMRA Life member

And the price works out to be $7.99 for the Berwick cars (not steam era, though). ------------ David Fullerton Doha, Qatar    

It works now. Type KITBASH in caps and only on Branchline cars. ------------ David Fullerton Doha, Qatar  

Bill, if you mean NP 10000 series, Ted covered it in his Essential Freight Cars: 4 including pictures of both ends. Would you like a copy? Jim

I don't think wood running boards were ever -specifically- banned. All running boards on new house cars ended in 1966 and wereeventually mandated to be removed from all cars that did not require

Morning All: I am looking for a photo of the "B" end of the Northern Pacific 1000 series boxcars. I hope someone will be able to help. Thanks: Bill Pardie

Wow! When my ex-wife worked there, I could check out ORERs, bound Railway Ages, and reports of the Committee on Car Construction for 6 months at a time (her boss was the Dickens scholar so I was able

Allen Rueter wrote: You might find this Bureau of Mines /Minerals yearbook 1950

I am not sure of the date, but I believe sometime after the cut-off date for this Group. I have many photos from the 1960s of box cars still with wood running boards and some had been recently

Just a thought... has anybody bothered to check with Atlas as to whether this is "fake news"? Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA

Hello Mike and All: Westerfield Models has all of our ORER Disks available on our website. Years covered start at 1888 up to 1965:

Thanks to all who replied. I did try google a couple of weeks ago and now know why that did not work. I have sent a note to CSRM and hope to hear back in few days. Failing that source I'll keep

---In STMFC@..., <schuyler.larrabee@...> wrote : Thanks, Dennis. I have a ’22 CBC, but it’s a little delicate and I’ve never wandered through the roof section. I’ll have to check that

I was gonna say, 75% off is a smaller discount that I've seen on many Branchline kits... I've seen $10 passenger car kits many times over the past 5 years, including at the Amherst/Springfield show

Thanks, Dennis. I have a ’22 CBC, but it’s a little delicate and I’ve never wandered through the roof section. I’ll have to check that out. Schuyler Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Allen Reuter, Thanks for the pointer to the Bureau Of Mines Yearbook for 1950. Great stuff! - Jim B.

Stanford does have a copies back to 1885 but no longer permits copying. I was even told that you may not "qualify" to handle copies yourself. They are certainly fragile in the older issues and even a

I followed their directions, including inserting the coupon code word "kitbash" and after my time building a cart, the note came up that NONE of the Branchline items selected were available at the

1910 and 1912 are also on google books Howard Garner