Brian -- Once again, proving that persistence pays! Modeling looks great, and definitely a good start for a Happy New Year. Bob Chapman

Walthers # 920-2007 (sprung trucks). Kadee also makes the T-section truck with solid sides (no working springs) - # 572 and 724. The also make a leaf spring solid side truck - # 581

Photo: Condemned UP Gondola 96604 (1934) A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/61279/rec/128 Click on the double-headed arrow

Photo: N&W Gondola 101078 (1950) A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/67494/rec/163 Click on the double-headed arrow and then

Photo: UTLX Three-Compartment Tank Car 59762 (1935) A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/67212/rec/6 Click on the

Very good-looking car, Rich. I have always liked 50-ft. single-sheath cars, especially ones with lots of diagonal braces, like this one. Tony Thompson tony@...

Remember, a view block with a small rectangle of black paper or plastic behind the springs hugely improves the look of the Kadee spring area. Tony Thompson tony@...

Rich It looks really good. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Yesterday I completed NP 5418, a 50’ single sheath auto boxcar built from a Speedwitch kit. I adding Intermountain 0.088” wheelsets to the TMW Dalman trucks, Kadee #178 coupers, and HiTech

Walthers 933-1009 in the 2014 catalog. I have two sets of old Walthers 933-1003. Al Smith Sonora CA

Kadee now has these in their HGC solid side frames. #1572 HO Scale Bettendorf T-Section Self Centering Trucks with 33 Ribbed Back Code 88 Semi-Scale Wheels - HGC [1572] - $10.55 : Kadee, The

Try Walthers920-2007. Nelson Moyer

I agree, the old Kadde truck springs look poor. Kadee makes a HGC (high gravity compound) version of this truck where the springs are solid, # 571 or 1571 with the semi scale wheels. They look much

Anyone know of a HO source for the T-section trucks? I know of the Kadee version, but those flimsy springs and operation are a non-starter (plus look just silly) The T-Section trucks look unique and

All- I recall seeing such CB&Q cars in (probably) company service during the late 1950s and maybe into the early 1960s. Don’t recall the number series but it should be able to come up with them

RE: sugar beets to 3D printer. What I would do… In 3D CAD, make one or 2 individual beets (probably a “profile” spline and a revolve would be enough?) Then make a bunch scaled up/down

RE: High-platform tank cars Note that anyone modeling a WW-II period “oil” tank car train could use a couple. They weren’t many, but they did stand out in the pictures I have seen. --

I made a mistake writing my email address it’s cepropst@q’com Clark Propst Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Ray, I suspect this would need to be a labor of love. While some prototypes lasted into the 1940s, they were not common. Modelers with an earlier focus, like me and several others,

Tim, This was not my picture--I simply copied and cropped it from the earlier post, focusing more on the narrow gauge gondola(s).