Once, Quality Craft (tells you how long ago this was, doesn't it?) offered etched brass roofwalks, which were .025" thick. They looked >right<. They had a rectangular hole, and I've always wondered

Hello Is this one of the cars which the WAG purchased from BM? --- Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@...> wrote: ===== Keep Smilin' Len Allman "one nation under

To which Tim "misteaks are my specialty" O'Connor responds: Yes, unmistakably. For one thing, the car had an NP circular roof, a design which only the NP used. Aside from that, the MP cars

Hi Tim, Thanks for the reply. I assume you're talking about the Westerfield 1900 series kits. It looks like a close kit but the ends are different. Mark Heiden

Hi Don, Do you mean the 4500? Those ends are the problem (I think it's Murphy on the Accurail). I'd want to take a closer look at it but it might do as a "three-footer". Mark Heiden version

some heavy another pair, I had a run in with the now infamous DT&I cars. All the well known problems, so I will spare everyone. I wrote them a nice (i.e., not bitching or nasty), well detailed

Quoting Eric <newyorkcentralfan@...>: My Lord, Eric, wherever did you get that impression???? I do not know of ANY industry that offers such generous terms to distributors/wholesalers.

Did the MoPac use Z bars or hat section framing? For a quick version one can rework an Accurail car and come reasonably close to this WAG car. Don Valentine Quoting Tim O'Connor

Ed, How about sharing Jack Spencer technique for thinning out BT roofwailks so they are see through. Paul Lyons Oceanside, CA

Brian, Bruce's Train Shop is a hobby shop in Sacramento, California. They do some custom stuff, mostly for SP fans. Their web site is http://www.brucestrainshop.com/ . Regards, -Jeff -- Jeff

Brian Carlson asked: What's Bruce's Trains this is a new one to me? Bruce's Trains is a hobby shop out in Sacramento: Bruce's Trains 2828 Marconi Ave Sacramento, CA 95821 (916) 485-5288 They have a

What's Bruce's trains this is a new one to me? Brian J Carlson P.E. Cheektowaga NY

Don wrote: "I think you misunderstand something, Eric. With a normal 50% plus 10% distributor discount structure the manufacturer gets 45% of the suggested retail price." I was under the impression

Andy and Brian, Regarding the HO scale running boards, both Kadee's and Branchline Trains' running boards best represent the Apex Tri-Lok, which was the most common type used during the 1940s and

Bowser made styrene see-through walks for their ACF hoppers that are pretty good. And the ready-to-run resin SP freight cars from Bruce's Train Shop include a hopper car with see-through resin end

I am having trouble accessing www.steamfreightcars.com. I can only see the top 1/2 inch of their pages when I try to view their files. What am I doing wrong? Thanks Paul Searls

Sure looks like another Missouri Pacific car to me. I think this is one of the cars available from Westerfield.

Manfred, the Plano parts are .010" or .87" HO scale. A prototype APEX running board is 1.00" thick. If you can see a 1/8" HO scale difference then you've got much better eyesight than me! I think the

--- In STMFC@..., Garth Groff <ggg9y@v...> wrote: Friends, Bruce and Richard's excellent comments on dome platforms brings to mind a tank car need we've had for a long time: castings

Mark Heiden wrote: I think the WAG's gondola fleet was a collection of one of a kinds (or a few of a kinds). We can say that about their entire freight car fleet, or for that matter, the freight