To follow up on TMW trucks, it is possible to buy the trucks without wheel sets at $3.75 per pair and install your own wheels. I use Intermountain wheels. TMW doesn’t list that option on the order

lol - I guess I thought they were English because the womansalesperson who came to some RPM meets had an English accent. Doh. :-[ :-D -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

So far as I can recall, Archer was always located in NC. But then I never really paid any attention to them until someone discovered their rivet decals. That was what seemed to get the interest of

There are photos... and then there are photos that let you count growth rings on the brake platform! http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-09-11-18/X5127.jpg More goodness on the

Speaking of trucks, the B&O gon's trucks look unusual. Any thoughts? And no, I have no idea why those two panels are deeper. The car appears to have KC brakes, so it's not protecting the brake gear.

Scott, Thanks for the answer. I have never seen that before and so I suspected it was a practice/method that was discontinued due to better methods being developed. You have to admit it is truly

For the last decade... I've contacted Archer in Youngsville, NC, just outside of Wake Forest, NE of Raleigh. If Archer was somewhere else at one time... it is news to me! This is the area where the

Yes Tim they are in NC On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 11:44 AM, Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> wrote: -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

What the... ?? I just received this from ARCHER and I thought to ask here- did ARCHER relocate to the UnitedStates? If so, that's good news, but it's news to me in any case! Tim

Just my opinion but although Accurail Andrew are nicely detailed I think they are too long and on a model they are too big, especially if you have a car next to it with the Tahoe truck. On a stock car

Hello Doug, many thanks for your note. Westerfield has them listed, when I am at home I will try to order them. Yes, Accurail trucks usually are nicely detailed and run very well, but unfortunately

If you can’t find the Tahoe trucks Nelson mentioned, look at the Accurail Andrews trucks. They are a very nice looking, inexpensive and when equipped with wheelsets from Intermoutain or Reboxx they

Hello Nelson, MANY THANKS for your comprehensive reply! So I will use Andrews trucks on both cars, definitely. I am modeling the early POST-war years (I am sorry for the mistakenly written pre-war

It depends upon what date(s) you intend to represent. SM-18 and SM-18A stock cars were built between 1926 and 1928, and they originally received arch bar trucks, but they received Andrews trucks

Looks like a case of good ol' field expediency. The track arrangement looks tight, and the route coming off the diverging route of a trailing turnout immediately into the diverging route of a facing

Many of the boxcars in that string could be modeled using Accurail kits. Beyond the Southern SU car is a Canadian Pacific Fowler. While we can't determine if it has a 5- or 6-foot door, the new

Well... the car coupled to the other end is the new Accurail 36' car. While the fishbelly center sill shows underneath, the real spotting feature is the bolster ends. Dennis Storzek

Hello friends, I have two CB&Q SM-18 stock cars needing new trucks for acceptable rolling ability. The current trucks are Andrews which I guess are entirely accurate for the cars. But would it also be

The extra rail is a type of point guard. Must have had a problem with wheels picking those points. Not typical practice in the lifetime of almost all of us on this list. Point guards are usually

http://www.railfan.net/lists/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-08-02-18/X4896.jpg ...just a foreshortened view of the switch points thrown for the classification yard? -------------------- Richard Brennan