I'm sorry, I missed the second part of your question. No, no angle. D bits (also known as single lip cutters) work by the straight edge formed by grinding half the diameter away scraping a tiny chip

Does not look familiar to any American car. Can not really see trucks. How European do they look? If you want to work it because it is unusual? Americanize it as much as possible and letter it for a

Definitely NOT close to any PRR car Regards, Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

Tony should be credited with being responsible for the creation of Broadway Limited Imports as well. Together with a Korean builder and QSI, he was behind the New York Central J3a and N&W Class A

http://www.toytrainrevue.com/mth-wins.htm -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Here is a Reading drop-end mill gondola with its load, a 90' steel plate girder made by the Shoemakersville Bridge Co. for an overpass being built for grade crossing elimination on Staten Island. I

I think Armand of The Caboose bought out Oriental's surplus. One year in the late 1990's at the Springfield show in Massachusetts he had a HUGE display of brass "stuff". I bought

Thanks Bill.  There are single 4 axle trucks under the car. It's 81 scale feet long. Jeff White Alma, IL

The PRR had a 4-wheel trucked flat car class FD2 but it was quite different and quite a bit larger. Most American cars with 8 or more axles used span bolsters and 4 trucks.

Don’t know about Pennsy. Not really familiar with their extensive fleet of speciality flat cars. It does have some bits similar to the ATSF’s FT- 14 class. A single car numbered 90015. I can’t

I bought this car on eBay because it looked like something I could kitbash into a usable car in the era covered by the list. All metal European prototype.  Someone already removed the buffers and

Photo: Reading Drop End Gondola A photo from the Cornell University Library: https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:20434265 This photo can be enlarged quite a bit to get a good look at the

Works both ways. When Gail and I lived in New Jersey and were driving to Colorado for our two week vacations, a co-worker told me that his family was going to be vacationing "out west" too. When I

Mont Switzer wrote: Ah, yes. When I was a kid in Southern California, a classmate in elementary school was moving away, going "back east." Her family was relocating to Denver. Tony

Jared, a and stute when combined is astute. He was a good business man. Mont

I also have been using Excel for the roster of the freight cars in the layout fleet. This spreadsheet is searchable by category and major work to be done. Additionally, each freight car has a record

What is a stute? Jared Harper

I have used Excel for 30 years at least. Works for me. Jerry Michels

Andy and all, This reminds me of Overland Models venture into Monon Steam. They ran 3 variations of the Monon's 4-6-2's at the same time. It was over a $1,000 to acquire all three. I think some

I use this Xuron hard wire cutter for most piano wire cuts: https://www.micromark.com/Xuron-Hard-Wire-Cutter Jim Brewer