Offered with power brake or vertical brake staff. Crown trucks a first for "O" scale. Which power (hand) brake? Will you or can you make it available separately? Gene Green

Thanks to all who replied to my questions about NP Pig Palaces and stub-sill tank cars. I knew you guys would know! Larry Lee Auburn, AL

Please help me compile a database of hand brakes used on freight cars built between 1937 and 1960 inclusive. Column headings are listed below. If anyone can contribute information I would be much

Ed; I happen to have one of the MDC WP cars with the automobile doors on the A end, but I believe MDC also makes a version without the end doors. The B-end is a 2(3?)-3-3 inverse Dreadnaut end. The

What kind of an end does the MDC 50 ft. single sheathed auto car have? Is the roof a separate part? The roof is the same as the Westerfield MP/TP auto cars (and Wabash single sheathed auto box

a PRR be I found a late shot of one on the PRR freightcar page: http://prr.railfan.net/freight/freightphotos.html? photo=PRR_F41deck.gif&fr= (To head off complaints, you will have to cut and paste

Max, you missed the point. Reducing the TE necessary to haul the hoppers by reducing both the starting force required, and the rolling friction once moving, can have a significant effect on how many

The problem was not the hoppers. It was the hard chrome plating on the driver's tires! After that was machined off, with no other changes to the loco, the results were as mentioned with the same

Garrett, at least some of the F41's decks look somewhat different as far as the steel parts that are not covered by wood decking. I have a shot of one car that clearly shows this -- but on the other

Tony: After all these years, I still TYPE nickel with wrong spelling. Sorry! You are right of course about my slightly confused message re:determining material to be stainless. Been a bunch of

Re: 53' 6" GSC Commonwealth Flat Car from the Walthers and OK, I will bite, what modifications are needed or errors are present in using the Walthers or Tichy car as a F41? Thanks- Garrett

Tim O'Connor asks: Who makes a true "Code 88" wheel, Mike? I think the NWSL fine scale wheel may be. I have one somewhere. Mike Brock

Who makes a true "Code 88" wheel, Mike? Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> -->> NOTE EMAIL CHANGE <<-- Sterling, Massachusetts

Not wanting to let a misunderstanding to remain misunderstood and, gulp!, I guess I will have the last word on this topic, let me quickly respond to Schuyler and Denny: Schuyler says: "As I said,

Rich Yoder Models is importing a very nice Brass "O" scale H21a. Offered with power brake or vertical brake staff. Yes this is a plug for my car project. It is being produced with Crown trucks a

Mornin' all, They might pre-date this list but I'm trying to find plans for a three-truck overly-long boxcar that I once saw - maybe 60'. I thought the plans were in MR back in the mid 50's but I

The number I had heard a few years back was about 1 out of every 100 are prototype modelers. Numbers were based on a manufacturers survey that I can't remember was done by. Having been in the model

cepropst@... writes: Acording to the editorial in the latest MR, 10% of layouts are strictly prototype, 40 % are freelance and 50% are protoype-based with "flexibility." As to the

Gene, Look under disciplined! Clark Gene Green wrote:

Lewis does not cite a source but my guess would be railroads' annual reports to the ICC where a great deal of detail on assets was, and still is, reported. The reports would not contain the exact