Lester Breuer responds to an expressed need for a Kadee running board drilling template: Lester has it just right. Tiny dabs of resilient Barge cement on the running board saddles does it, and does

Lester I prefer mechanical attachments for these. Bill Welch

Lester, what type of glue do you use? George Toman

Bill, I have successfully installed Kadee running boards on Branchline Trains box car roofs. It’s pretty easy - on the underneath side of the BT roof are 6 small dimples located perfectly for

Friends, I've used Kadee running boards for a number of upgraded Front Range and C&BT Shops cars. I carefully measure the spacing between the pegs and drill small holes in the

Lester, What do you use for glue, -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Bill I do no drilling. I cut the pins off and mount/glue directly to car running board saddles. I find this method works best for me. I have had no problems with running boards applied this way

All B&O folks, and PRR folks, are also very pleased! Elden Gatwood

Friends, The Kadee people told me these were coming several months ago. I've been after Sam to do the Morton RB for years. Nearly all WP PS-1s used Morton. I'm going to order

Peter, No, I can't take any credit for the running gear, as that was by others. Paul Redmond of On-Trak may have built them. Paul was a toolmaker by trade and did nice patternwork. He also supplied

Saw these at the Collinsville RPM last month. I just wish some entrepreneur would calculate/create a drilling template to make it easy to adapt Red Caboose/IMWX. Intermountain, Branchline/Atlas, etc.

Dennis, I still have a couple old On-Trak unbuilt and “discovered” Keith’s site earlier this year and picked up a couple more that are now built. These trailers are superior to the Classic

STMFC members, The Kadee web site is now showing two new running boards for 40’-6” box cars. Both are available in 4 colors. Samples were shown last month at the St. Louis Area RPM. U.S. Gypsum

Wiseman Model Services also does and older Fruehauf 24 footer that was picked up from On-Trak... I did these patterns over thirty years ago for Walker Model service, my one foray into vehicle

Thanks for sharing the great photos. Nice job.

Dan and friends, A lot of early US O-scale was 1:45, including freight cars (mandatory content). Some models 1:45 were still available using pre-war tooling in the late

To pick a different nit, US Army Engineers spell (and sometimes pronounce) it "ponton". Jim Gates --------------------------------------------

From Rodger Hinmans MDT book the MDT bought all 85 cars in 1936 and rebuilt them and put them into the 700 series. It is unknown if they retained the refrigeration equipment but it is not likely it

Bruce, We can see at least one significant postwar change in uniforms here. Field jackets are the 1926 pattern with rolled collar and lapels, worn over shirt and tie, instead of the WW1 high collar

Those stupid “leggings” were still in use during WWII. Most by then were canvas not leather. Both USA Army and Navy wore them. Among other things, I’m a sometimes military reenactor in the crew