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Bill Welch document

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

By Jared Harper · #192510 ·

tank car SDRX 25149 built by GATC from Petroleum Age July 1926 pg 60

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

By Claus Schlund \(HGM\) · #192509 ·

Re: Westerfield NYC 1916 Modernized boxcar off the workbench

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.

By Charlie Duckworth · #192508 ·

Re: Broadway Limited 6.000 gallon tank cars

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

By Craig Zeni · #192507 ·

Re: Westerfield NYC 1916 Modernized boxcar off the workbench

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

By Tim O'Connor · #192506 ·

Re: Westerfield NYC 1916 Modernized boxcar off the workbench

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.

By Eric Hansmann · #192505 ·

Re: Westerfield NYC 1916 Modernized boxcar off the workbench

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

By Ken Adams · #192504 ·

Fw: Illinois Terminal RR Shippers Directory of 1947

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

By Ted Schnepf · #192503 ·

Wanted: Chooch sugar beet loads - HO scale

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

By Peter Hall · #192502 ·

Re: Broadway Limited 6.000 gallon tank cars

(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

By Dave Parker · #192501 ·

Re: Broadway Limited 6.000 gallon tank cars

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

By Robert Allan · #192500 ·

Re: Westerfield NYC 1916 Modernized boxcar off the workbench

Nice car! AL B.

By al_brown03 · #192499 ·

Re: Westerfield NYC 1916 Modernized boxcar off the workbench

SQ Junior

By Jared Harper · #192498 ·

Re: Westerfield NYC 1916 Modernized boxcar off the workbench

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

By Charlie Duckworth · #192497 ·

Re: 1925 recently appeared at Hathi Trust

Oops! Thanks... Claus Schlund

By Claus Schlund \(HGM\) · #192496 ·

Re: Broadway Limited 6.000 gallon tank cars

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

By Dave Parker · #192495 ·

Re: 1925 recently appeared at Hathi Trust

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

By Dave Parker · #192494 ·

Re: 1925 recently appeared at Hathi Trust

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,

By Guy Wilber · #192493 ·

Re: Westerfield NYC 1916 Modernized boxcar off the workbench

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

By Mansell Peter Hambly · #192492 ·

Re: Westerfield NYC 1916 Modernized boxcar off the workbench

Nicely done as usual. Thanks for sharing George Toman

By gtws00 · #192491 ·

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