Kadee has not changed their wheels, but roll tests with the new HGC trucks show they perform vastly better than the old Kadee trucks - it's now "slippery plastic on slippery plastic" instead

Huh. The 47 foot length made me think they were USRA gondolas. The M-15 was 40 feet right? -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

I have had best results with Intermountain wheelsets, purchased in boxes of 100 axles. And yes, that can be a significant expense. The Intermountain wheels come in 33" and 36" diameters. Tread

Does anyone offer decals for the Swift red and white scheme reefers besides Champ HR-42? The Clover House dry transfers are for steel cars circa 1954, so the data are wrong for 2500 and 6700 series

When I converted to semi-scale wheels I went almost exclusively to Reboxx and there various axle lengths. Since their (apparent) demise I have been hoarding my remaining reboxx sets for special

Re: NWSL wheelsets. I have bought only one set (38" narrow tread). They are dramatically out of gage. To correct that, I am awaiting a "Puller" I ordered from them in March. They have assured me I

Denny, my caliper consistently finds Kadee’s at 1.020 inches. Comment? Tony Thompson

Nice photo Tim. Those B&O TOFCEE service "flat cars" were made by rebuilding the relatively new "1955" underframes from the M-15 wagon-tops. They did configurations for TOFC and COFC. Bob Witt

Model railroad trucks are not consistent precision assemblies, and if they were, we simply could not afford them. This makes a simple question like suitable wheel replacement not so simple. For a

Pueblo, CO, was home to Nuckolls Packing. Does anyone have photos of their meat reefers they can share? J. Stephen Sandifer

Yes, the Railway Prototype Cyclopedia, Vol 6 has a color photo with the new trucks in 1955 and still in passenger service and notes that the truck replacements occurred from 1946 to 1952. Gary

Rapids offers a all metal semi scale wheel set that is perfect for TMW trucks among many others Pierre Oliver www.elgincarshops.com www.yarmouthmodelworks.com

The car appears to have been demoted from passenger service. No signal line and steam connections. -- Rod Miller Handcraftsman === Custom 2-rail O Scale Models: Drives, Repairs, Steam Loco Building,

Being a 2-rail O scale modeler, I don't know a lot about HO trucks. In O you have to be careful because different mfrs trucks use different axle lengths. So I recommend that before you buy hundreds of

After the ban on the Allied trucks, were these applied soon after? -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

I am looking for someone to share a room at the Lisle RPM meet in October. Any takers? Jared Harper Athens, GA

Has anyone tried a kit from model tech studios? Just purchased a soda fountain kit with no instructions. Do I treat it as a resin or plastic for painting? Thanks in advance. RonS

Make friends with someone who can get you a deep discount :-) and buy wheels in BULK. My club for many years ordered wholesale quantities of cars and parts from vendors at wholesale prices, so club

How about this one? -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Dale There are TWO cars in the 93600 to 93649 series in the 1959 ORER. But there is no "asterisk" or other indication that this is a new entry in the