Not sure if this new model fits our time frame here because if it came after October 1955 it does not exist in my little universe but just in case: https://arrowheadmodels.com./collections/shop Bill

Gentleman, We have just molded those parts and hopefully we can get them in stock very soon. Best regards, Doug Dolloff Senior Vice President InterMountain Railway Co

Pennsylvania Tank Line first appears in the February 1912 ORER with a picture of PTX

I am looking for drawings for vertical wheel type Universal hand brake. I would like to make it in 1-1/2" scale Thanks Tim Meyer floridatenwheeler at verizon dot net

Tim, I wrote “I believe that the water columns in the photos are of the Poage design", and then you post an image of...………..a Sheffield design asking "so where is it? Apples,

Tim, The item is not listed as in-stock at Intermountain and they have been caught in the Chinese closure mess. Check Des Plaines, Caboose, Klein and Walthers and other vendors.

When I first did the clinic, pre-wired 603s were hard to come by. Now you can buy them or 402s on ebay very inexpensively. You certainly want warm white or golden white. I use them for everything.

Yes. The Springer Archive at Temple Texas Railroad & Heritage Museum is endowed by Fred Springer with the idea that they don’t charge for services. Compare that with some museums that want $50 to

Mike I have a couple of Lofton family photos I can send if Tricia says it is OK. Here is Martin, Frank and me in the sales room at one of the Naperville shows. Charlie Slater Pattern Maker for

Mike here is one I have of Martin, Frank and me in the sales room at one of the Naperville shows. I have a couple of Lofton family shots I can send if you would like, after Tricia says it is

David has said before that PTC frames from about 1912 to 1916 lookexactly like STC underframes built beginning in 1916, when both PTC and STC changeddesigns. It's very confusing! :-) Tim O' Standard

Tony’s right - even with a responsive museum to the hobby, until someone, usually a volunteer, takes the time to inventory and catalog them and then enter them in a computer system - which could be

I'm not sure that "vacuum breaker" is the proper description of the bell shaped part's function; I always thought it was the counterweight for a relief valve that prevented water hammer when the

The USRA twin hoppers were built with KD brake equipment arranged like this. No brake diagram in the 1922 CBC, but there might be something in the 1919, which would be in the public domain. Dennis

James SANDIFER wrote: Excellent statement. There are archives that you might not be sure will retain a gift and take care of it (or may not even have a long life), and there are archives where

Wish I could help. Bill ---- Steve and Barb Hile <shile@...> wrote:

Not all K brake installations were the same. I’ve seen photos with the K brake cylinder pointed out towards the end sill and the opposite, with the cylinder pointing towards the slope sheet. Eric

In preparation for the 25th "Naperville" RPM meet this fall, I am wondering if anyone has a photo, or two of Martin Lofton, who started it all, that they could share as we honor his memory at this

so where is it?

Ron, From the N&WHS Archives: http://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=51999 Hope this helps. Jim Brewer