I am looking for Bill Welch's Plastic Freight Car Builders, Part I. Could someone please send me a copy. Thanks. Jared Harper

Hi List Members, Image of tank car SDRX 25149 built by GATC from Petroleum Age July 1926 pg 60 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

I was going to recommend that as well, I’ve got an handheld that takes 3 AAA batteries and my ratio of broken bits dropped significantly -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

I took the BLI floor and tossed it, replacing it with a Tichy box car floor. Trucks mount properly and it looks fine. Otherwise I completely overhauled the car's body and replaced much of the coarse

Ken Hahahaha!! Sometime about 30 years ago I realized that if I bought a good drill press it would eventually pay for itself in tiny drill bits !! It's been pretty

Ken, You should invest in a motorized drill for small bits. I haven’t broken a bit for three or four years. I use a Holland can motor outfitted with a small chuck. I use a 9v battery for power.

Really nice. Again I like the body FCR which appears a more "rusty" color. As I am confined to acrylics I'll have to do some research to match. I need to differentiate foreign road cars from the

Hello, My newest and 24th shippers guide reprint, is from the Illinois Terminal RR .The 70 page book has a traction orange cover. The St. Louis industry listing is 20 pages long, listing both online

Wanted to buy: Chooch sugar beet loads - HO scale If anyone has old Chooch sugar beet loads (HO scale) that they no longer need, I'll be happy to purchase them and take them off your

(Edited) I put my Brown Company car on Tahoe 215s. A much better match than the factory trucks. Sorry for the confusion. -- Dave Parker Swall Meadows, CA

I'd also be interested in the mounting protocol. BLI seems to have taken an alternate course on how it secures trucks to cars. The NYC USRAs are particularly annoying as the trucks really are

Nice car! AL B.

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Thanks for the remarks; I got this kit on the afternoon of May 2nd and finished it last night (almost a Clark build). Mrs D is out of town so had no interruptions 😈. -- Charlie Duckworth

 Oops! Thanks... Claus Schlund

I put my Brown Company car on Tangent 215s. A much better match than the factory trucks. -- Dave Parker Swall Meadows, CA

Claus, you are looking at ORER listings. We've been talking about the CBCs. -- Dave Parker Swall Meadows, CA

Claud asked: “Dave, can you give me some hints on locating this?” Search; “Car builders' cyclopedia of American practice” There are six issues available; 1879 to 1925. Guy Wilber Reno,

Simply amazing!! Mansell Peter Hambly COQUITLAM, B.C. Sent from Mail for Windows

Nicely done as usual. Thanks for sharing George Toman