Kurtz Kraft PFE Reefer Prototype? Does this HO scale Kurtz Kraft PFE reefer resemble any particular PFE prototype or is it a

Bob, Cool picture. My, but how things change. Here's a couple guys whose job is to sheppard hundreds of chickens in a dirty, confined space across the distance and look how they dress. lol Roger

http://cdm16066.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16066coll27/id/8731/rec/47 Why does everybody keep making this about the coupler? It's an END STRAIGHTENER. The rod back to the knuckle

My train room sits atop my 36' x 64' 2-story structure. My two 16' RR benchworks are directy over on one of two 12"x12"x66' Doug Fir beams. This whole place was my childhood friend's family owned

So, since the banners are attached to the timbers, they are good to travel that way. Dennis Storzek

Google can be your friend, but it can take a while to find. "Rule 8 The placing of advertisements or banners of any kind upon any freight or passenger car or locomotive including permanent stakes

Photo LPTC 449 (Poultry Car) A fair quality photo from the Vintage Bentonville website: https://www.vintagebentonville.com/uploads/1/0/7/6/107671135/published/404-watermark.jpg?1519851561 Bob

Dave Parker wrote: As late as the first decade of the 20th century, posters, banners and notices of all kinds were attached to freight car sides, and I recall that those were banned (i

I don't have much experience with running trains for hours on end since my friend with a great layout moved back to the mainland. At that time I did not experience any problems with Kadee wheel

I believe it was for moving trains. Obviously there was some slack, because often big loads had placards on them, giving the builder name if nothing else, but the routine attachment on car sides did

Tony, can you define "early", and maybe provide an effective date? There are photos of Swift reefer with banners as late as 1934. Was there any connection to the billboard reefer ban, or were they

Tony, Do you mean on moving trains or on all freight cars, even those parked? Do you know when that ban happened? Dave Thursday, May 14, 2020, 1:20:39 PM, you wrote: A&Y Dave iwrote: Re:

A&Y Dave iwrote: Such banners were disallowed by the ICC early in the 20th century. Tony Thompson tony@...

A few years ago I contacted Kadee and they stated their metal wheels are made of zinc. I believe some people have had issues with zinc powder being deposited as a black substance on their track. Bob

Hi Bob, More to the point they illustrate why I stopped receiving ALL model railroad rags. My best, Don Valentine

Jeff, In the period around the turn of the 20th century, the lack of TV and other media forms led to a lot of that type of banner advertising on the railroads. I wonder if they were only used for

Fascinating. Note that this load also bridges two flat cars. Much as we discussed recently, it is only fastened at the pivot points, which in this case are near the far end of each flat car. Close

Hi Brian, I've used the Kadee .088-tread wheelsets. Yep, they're made of the same blackened pot metal as the rest of the line. I have attempted to clean the tread of the Kadee wheels by spinning the

I would say that is a coupler change. After replacing the coupler, they'll reinstall the existing knuckle and regage the assembly. If it still passes the gage, then they will replace the knuckle.

Protocraft offers O Scale & Proto 48 models of these in brass, https://www.protocraft.com/category.cfm?ItemID=1162&Categoryid=49, real nice models. They are