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Re: Flat car sides

Richard, This article I authored was a way to use up the couple Revell/CON COR in my Jewells in the Junk Box. Mainline Modeler - 11/1997 pp.26-29 Greg Martin makes improvements to the model to

By Greg Martin · #166628 ·

Re: Flat car sides

Don, I'll be in DC next week and will check it out. Somewhere downstairs in my stash is an old Dynamodels HO scale sow with piglets. With an ear-ectomy I will have the proper material to work with.

By Richard Townsend · #166627 ·

Re: Flat car sides

Mainline Modeler - 11/1997 pp.26-29 Greg Martin makes improvements to the model to represent the AAR 50 ton flatcar C&O #80694; with HO scale drawings

By Tim O'Connor · #166626 ·

Re: SAL "STB" Logo on Boxcars

Not later than 1959... perhaps earlier On 8/31/2019 7:19 PM, Allen Cain wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

By Tim O'Connor · #166625 ·

Re: Mathieson Tank Cars

Hi Bruce--I think you will find everything you want to know on these

By pennsylvania1954 · #166624 ·

Re: Mathieson Tank Cars

Per Ed Hawkins handout on the Kadee site. You are good. You could do 10 cars total :) https://www.kadee.com/STL2016RPM/11K-Gal._ICC-105A_ACF_Type%2027.pdf Brian J. Carlson

By Brian Carlson · #166623 ·

Re: Mathieson Tank Cars

Friends, To close the loop on this thread, I ended up just buying a second Kadee ACF 11k insulated tank car with the same number as the first for the same bargain price of $30. I assumed there was a

By Bruce Griffin · #166622 ·

Re: Accurail part#131 36' floor parts

Thanks Dennis! Good to know! Rob

By Robert kirkham · #166621 ·

Re: Flat car sides

Actually Richard if you take a trip to the Smithsonian you can see a silk purse that Dupont IIRC made from a sow's ear. I do not know if it was transported there in a STMFC freight car. Cordially,

By Donald B. Valentine <riverman_vt@...> · #166620 ·

Re: Accurail part#131 36' floor parts

On Sat, Aug 31, 2019 at 11:10 AM, Robert kirkham wrote: Was looking at the Accurail site, and considering ordering their 36’ floors and brake sprues to retrofit some non-Accurail Fowler cars I

By Dennis Storzek <destorzek@...> · #166619 ·

Re: Flat car sides

Based on article I found in the hobby press—don't remember which magazine or date of—I used the Concor flat to create a very nice and I believe accurate, based on the article, a CB&Q flat car. The

By Bill Welch · #166618 ·

Re: SAL "STB" Logo on Boxcars

Thanks Tim, any idea when this marking first appeared on SAL boxcars? Allen Cain

By Allen Cain · #166617 ·

Re: Flat car sides

I know they are sow's ears, but I like making silk purses and am hoping for a prototype. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

By Richard Townsend · #166616 ·

Two Single Sheathed Boxcars with Spliced Youngstown Doors

While at the angle of the picture, the doors seem to be spliced, they could be door and a half. Does anyone recognize these cars? The side ladders are short with 7 steps and likely two grab irons.

By gary laakso · #166615 ·

Re: Flat car sides

Richard, Consider WP 50' flat cars 2351-2400 (PC&F, 1937) and identical 2401-2700 (AC&F, 1942). The slope started just outboard of the 3rd stake pocket, actually just about

By Garth Groff <sarahsan@...> · #166614 ·

Re: Accurail part#131 36' floor parts

Thanks Eric

By Robert kirkham · #166613 ·

Flat car sides

Both the Revell/Concor (53'6") and Model Power (50') flat cars have sides where the slope down to the fishbelly begins at about the third stake pocket from the end and reaches full depth between the

By Richard Townsend · #166612 ·

Re: Accurail part#131 36' floor parts

The straight underframe part is the same as the Fowler kit underframes. There are a few extra parts. Overall the main underframe casting is the same for the three different 36-foot Accurail boxcar

By Eric Hansmann · #166611 ·

Accurail part#131 36' floor parts

Was looking at the Accurail site, and considering ordering their 36’ floors and brake sprues to retrofit some non-Accurail Fowler cars I have. I had some questions about the parts. It isn’t

By Robert kirkham · #166610 ·

Re: SAL "STB" Logo on Boxcars

They are just a particular brand of "damage free" load devices Spartan Loader: SL Spartan Easy Loader: SEL Spartan Tri Belt: STB

By Tim O'Connor · #166609 ·

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