Hello to all: I recently joined the list. I am in the Early stages of kit manufacturing for the Texas & Pacific 41'6" gondola. It was brought to my attention,that this car is very similar to an

This is more of an open-ended query than my last post (involving CRDX boxcars) was. As for that thread, I'm going to be going out to the Illinois Railway Museum this weekend to take photos and

Gang, I drove to Yosemite Nat'l Park a few days ago. We took CA highway 120. Those familiar with the area know that 120 crosses the Sierra Rwy near Chinese Camp. You may also know that there is a

Dear friends, On my recent trip to New Hampshire, I stumbled across some interesting steam-era freight cars. I have posted four photos to share with the group for your enlightenment, entertainment,

Can't help you on the boxcars, but the trucks were certainly cast for the PRR. It was and still is not uncommon for a customer to specify slight variances in ASF's standard designs. Further, when

I've responded on the FC list, so I'll repeat myself here as I see the original questioneer is present. A measurement over the coupler length isn't very useful. If you can get the 3 interior

Jon, in relation to this subject, I recently acquired a Green Bay & Western kit which, as it turns out, has 1930s/early '40s lettering rather than the simplified Gothic scheme which was adopted for

Talk about quick. I received the following reply from Bill. Looks like he needs to fix the web site<VBG>. Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has stopped in 1941 Digitrax DCC owner, Chief system NMRA Life

I realize that I should really have some photos on hand... I am going to try and take some photos of these cars soon and post them online (somewhere). I'll be sure to let you know when I am able to

Garth - Thanks - John

Which part number goes with the 1930 paint (gray cars). I've been told by a dealer that either the boxes are mislabeled or the web site is incorrect. Are either of these statements true? Also when

Yikes, Thats not too much to go on...any chance of some photographs? The closest I come is the X43 class, built by Greenville, 12/50, with a coupled length of 44'4", 100,000lbs capacity.

I am a volunteer with the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois (www.irm.org), and I am currently researching the history of a trio of boxcars we have been using for storage. They are CRDX

John, Nice photos. Thanks for sharing them. TP&W 5038 appears to be a rare 10' IH PS-1. Note the lower height in relation to the other PS-1, and the lack of the small top rib on the ends. Without my

Larry, I have a photo of a car reweighed in 4/53 and stenciled "AB brake" that was taken in Oklahoma. No date on the photo but the paint and lettering were relatively fresh. The car was CN

I bought the Chooch O scale kit for the CP 30' dominion boxcar first, and then did some research. The Paul Clegg articles in the June and July 1985 issues of Mainline Modeler seem to indicate that

I've posted a few more photos, courtesy of Clark, in the Clark Propst Photo Album section off our web site (http://www.union.rpi.edu/railroad/index.html) - John

That's the problem, Jon; the prototype for the MEW model was structurally the same but too small. At one point, I had thought about trying to splice the parts from two MEW kits together to get a