Friends, Quite a few railroads did keep Allied Full-Cushion Trucks running for a loooooong time in on-line service. The attached photo of a BAR caboose (in preservation at Tilton, New Hampshire. by

Don four photos found in a message Clark Propst posted this morning, at 10:38am Central Time Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Also some pretty nice 40 mm bofors in HO on Shapeways. I have 2 dual mounts for loading on a PRR F37 flat car, if I could only find a diagram/photo to guide my blocking and tie downs! Regards, Bruce

Tony, Maybe now that she’s all dolled up I may place her next to the Sunshine model just to see if she needs to head back to the mud ; )) Clark Propst Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Mont, Since the sunshine kit is hard to find, you can also use an Intermountain kit and Pierre Oliver's excellent roof and hatch detail mini-kit.

"Mix even a good truss rod car into a string of 100 ton hoppers, let the slack run out, and you have a lot of toothpicks." Would a railroad do this even when truss-rod cars were allowed? Jerry

I am so sorry to hear this Bill. You are an inspiration in detailing and building freight cars. I sincerely hope for a miracle and will pray for you. Mark Morgan

Re: Accurail Milw 16xxx From: Paul Doggett Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2020 08:57:39 PST Two nice looking cars Clark Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 What “two” cars guys? I

Scott, The Bob's photo I mentioned was taken in Ottawa IL, famous for it's silica sand pits. I have been told by an ex-Monon employee these were in glass service for a Chrysler windshield plant in

Yessir Eric I dun gon crazy. I do have that tee shirt😁 Fenton

Dave Parker wrote: It's important to remember that an owner could install steel draft sills and center sills on a truss-rod car. It would be all but invisible in a photograph, but allowed the car

Someone should mention, so I will, that most items "banned" from interchange service were about parts inventory rather than safety. The AAR interchange agreement anticipated that most defects were to

Just a reminder that, while the WUF ban may have been initiated in 1928, the final, drop-dead effective date was 1/1/35 (as per Guy Wilber). I can correctly run WUF cars in the summer of 1934, but

Somehow I missed seeing this post earlier. The model is top-notch, Fenton! It seems many of us have been “gon crazy!” Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

I just noticed your email address ends in AU. It might also be an international access issue. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Try a different browser. I just opened it in Firefox without issue. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

ken: that's my point exactly, rsilroads aren't going to spend a dime, unless, they are forced too (for whatever reason) or it has an effect on the bottom line (profit) ;-) mel perry

Lots of cars with truss rods also had steel center sills. The Southern had 20,000+ boxcars in the early 1920s with steel center sills and truss rods. Cars with wood draft sills were banned from

Brent; I used to hang out at several interchange yards around Pittsburgh while growing up, and if there was no car inspector assigned to the location, the crews had to. They might do a cursory

Dear Mr Chaparro. Would you please advise how one actually gets to see the photo – All I get is details of the entry but not the actual photo itself. Your advise will be deeply