Bob Chaparro wrote: "This is a negative image that must be inverted in a photo editing program for better viewing. There are no additional notes for this photo. It appears there are nine cars stacked

Looking good Bill. Nice to see something other than a box car. George Toman

Bill, Very nice, as always. Doesn’t Mike’s Train House (MTH) also make a USRA twin hopper? If so, I’ve never seen one - never actually seen any MTH freight car - wondering if it’s

Bill,I am not really a rivet counter,I prefer t just count cars.Thanks Bill,Armand Premo

There is an error Armand but not enough to bother me. Alternative is spend time carving detail off an Accurail version then putting it back on. I would rather spend my time detailing instead of

Excellent Bill. Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Bill,In the past it was suggested that the kit was not accurate because of the rib spacing was not the USRA design.Did you have a problem with that ?Armand Premo

The boys at the Clearwater Car Shops have another car ready for the Paint Shop. The NC&StL owned two groups of USRA design 2-bay hoppers that except for their trucks are exact copies of that design.

Garth: The pedestal truck wasn't "loosely called"; it is precisely defined as such in my 1912 CBC. In general, I would say these truck were rare. Among northeastern roads, Fox trucks were as popular

Why are you shouting, Don. Oh, I see... you had caps lock on and didn’t notice it. Bill Daniels

Hello Brian, ISN'T THE NAME RIGHT IN THE AD? i WOULD SAY IT IS A "CLOUD ARCH BAR TRUCK". CORDIALLY, DON VALENTINE Virus-free. www.avast.com

Of course it is, did I say something wrong? Charlie Sent from Outlook From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Bill Welch <fgexbill@...> Sent: Saturday, September 8,

Just to clear Trisha's last name is Lofton as in Trisha Lofton. Bill Welch

Friends, This discussion of the Kindl and now Cloud trucks has been very interesting. These trucks are, I believe, loosely called "pedestal" trucks, and seem to have a lot in

Mike, I have a part of the set you require, in fact most of it. I bought one of these cars built up from Pierre Oliver of Elgin Car Shops/Yarmouth Model Works. When Pierre sent the

Here is a Kindl ad from The Daily Railway Age Magazine, June 23, 1904. Brian Leppert Tahoe Model Works Carson City, NV please visit www.resincarworks.com/tahoe.htm

I think there may have been a couple of variations on this Kindl truck design. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Well, Steve, I think you nailed it! Thank you for the information and references. I am butting heads with the Illinois Central box cars at the turn of the Century and this truck pops up on many series

Alfred, Tony Thompson, others and I batted around the question of WP R-30-12 clones several years ago on the old group (or maybe it was the old old USNET group). I don't believe

Group, Please note that all of these books are physically located in Slovenia, Europe. They are duplicates of those I already have. Postage is additional. I will ship worldwide. Airmail postage