I purchased a sunshine XM 30 (kit 17.16) from a friend. It is missing the PDS, does anyone have the PDS they could send me a PDF. Email is prrk41361 at yahoo dot com. Brian J. Carlson

Other drawings in the society’s collection pertaining to the lot 504-B are Drawing X-39696-A General Arrangement 6’-0” Side Door and Drawing 60178 Lettering 40’6” All Steel Box Lot 503-B and

The New York Central drawing Q-53566 details the General Arrangement for AB Brake Equipment on the lot 504-B boxcars. The drawing is available from the NYCSHS. The photo of the brake equipment on the

Or donate to Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive in Burien, WA. www.prnrarchive.org Then anyone can publish the images, even White River if they asked. Paul Seattle, WA

Hi Jon, I just read an advertisement from RMC Magazine. They are looking to either buy and have donated slide collections, all eras and all railroad types and categories. If published, they will

Mike, I was looking to collect enough material about car pooling at the auto plants for a C&O Hist Mag article eventually. Cars got split up over multiple railroads . . . even if the plant was

Brian, Check out the Feb/Mar 2017 isue of the S Scale Resource, pages 53-57. The article includes 5 prototype photos and an S-scale model of the AB brake system. Doug Chapman

Al, Hal passed close to ten years ago. The negatives were made by a Newton resident. Mike

Hal Carstens died in 2009. Brian J. Carlson

Mike, Do you have an e-mail address for Hal Carstens? Thanx Al

I have a room with two beds at the Little America Inn at Salt Lake City from July 7 to July 14 and am looking for a roommate to split the costs which are $1,255.52 for seven nights.Please respond to

Lackawanna wasn't in the auto parts business and it served no big auto plants. We're not aware that the DF loaders were ever removed. DL&W autocars transported mostly new vehicles from factory to

Tim O'Connor wrote: "Free State made the best etched Carmer levers - not simply blobby shapes." More info on them

Hi Ken, If you’re interested in the Westerfield Carmer levers, I’d contact Andrew Dahm directly or through the Westerfield website. (http://westerfieldmodels.com/116601.html) I’ve always

Nice catch, Bob. Wonder if such tube packages for a stationary boiler use a superheater header anything like that found on a locomotive. In addition to the boiler tube load look at the T&P boxcar

Contact Westerfield. They may not list them but may sell them to you. JimH

You could etch them yourself. 😉 I'm not being facetious. I have used the MicroMark etching set with some success. The learning curve is not particularly steep... you just have to be a bit careful

Free State made the best etched Carmer levers - not simply blobby shapes. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Does anyone know the arrangement of the AB brake system the NYC Lot 504-B 100 X29 cars. I’d like to build one up to mess with my Pennsy friends. :) I only have the one photo from RP CYC 18. Brian

Ken, Plano also does Carmer cut levers: http://www.planomodelproducts.com/coupbar_scq.html Last item on the page. Good luck. Spen Kellogg