I need a few photos of the very earliest pressure spec tank cars, eg. 105 or better yet Type V. A 104 or Type IV would also be nice. Does anybody have any they could scan and send, or refer me to

What Tim relates below (as he acknowledges from the book "Rockefeller's Secret Weapon") is the birth of the modern, stub sill, class 111 tank car, far and away the most common tank car today. I am

Thanks for that good info Ben. I've posted the two incorrect numbers as JPEG's in the files section in a folder titled CPR Wheel Report images. Looking at them at 200%, I now make them out to be

Now I hope I'm not taking liberties with my good friend Pierre Oliver who brought this matter up, but I have a copy of the print mentioned which shows DL&W converted stock car 50242 in the

Richard Hendrickson wrote: In 1953, UTLX began to develop a frameless car again. This one they called the "hot dog." It was a controversial design and, thus, was subject to many tests. The 1953

Rob Kirkham wrote: "Here is a list of all the U.S. RR cars - no guarantee I've read the initials correctly. Some I list as illegible. My familiarity with some of the lines is NIL, and I haven't

ian@... writes: Ian, thanks very much for posting it. In fact, if you don't mind, I'd like to share the link with the Lackawanna-oriented lists. That's the first time I've seen

The B&O's version of the Duryea differed from the ATSF (and others'). I cannot recall all the details but in general the B&O used solid underframe members where other roads' versions used an open

Dear Scott, I don't want to sound patronising but you have made a common error - 1:87 is the linear scale, but since you are converting volume you need to cube it, to give you a multiplier of

Brian, both kits are for narrow gauge cars as used on the D&RGW 3' gauge lines in the 1930s through '50s. There is also a standard gauge kit for the frameless car, which is essentially the same kit

Railroad Model Craftsman December 1995 Article by Richard Hendrickson Yes, you MIGHT be able to justify one in 1957. Scott Pitzer

Based on Mike Aufderheide's and Fred Swanson's replies, it seems that my eight 44' beams would be somewhere around 120,000 lbs., so I think I'll go with that. But I also tried mixing parts of other

I was looking through my new Precision Scale HO & HOn3 Passenger and Freight car Super-detailing Parts and Kits Catalog and on page 45 I came upon two UTLX tankcar kits. Kit one is a frameless tank

Not only would I like to see a photo of a converted DL&W converted stock car but I'd like to get a silver halide print. Where did you get the original? What size? Do you know anyone who can make a

Try Dave Barlow 603-432-5054. He has a lot of freight car info and was very good friends with Harry Frye who was a living encyclopedia of B&M information. He may know if Harry had any photos of them

The cover can be T---- Pink for all I care, always great content is what counts and no-one delivers better! Clark Propst <cepropst@...> wrote:I too noticed how close the color of this cover

I've just quickly thumbed through the one report I have from the CPR dated January 1943, in the Quebec/New Brunswick/Maine area, where there was a connection to the BAR. The mix is slightly higher

I too noticed how close the color of this cover is to others. But, I remember at the last Naperville either Ed or Pat asking guys (and maybe myself) what color they would like to see on the next

Ed, a great issue keep them coming!. Any thought of releasing the out of stock ones, I need Vol 2. Brian J Carlson P.E. Cheektowaga NY

-A w40x326 is 40" tall by 326 pounds per foot and is 17.91wide. So that would make one beam 44' long 14344lb. This is the largest 40" beam that I know of. I hope this helps. Fred Swanson go in a