John and friends, I can't speak for all railroads, but I know how they shipped coils on the Western Pacific and Sacramento Northern in the steam/electric era: in open gondolas. To find out more, drop

Ever since Dennis Storzek said in effect the emperor had no clothes back in April '82 RMC regarding the mainstay of the hobby, the Athearn car with its undersized doors and CLAWS, I can't see past

The coil steel cars like the Bachmann and Walthers seem like an obvious solution to the problem of shipping coiled steel. It is so heavy you have to load with a crane and you need some sort of

The 1937 AAR box car has been available from MDC/Roundhouse for about a hundred years... Athearn's kit is an accurate (and as yet, unavailable in any other form including resin) rendition of the 1940

AAAAhhhh - The King is dead - Long live the King! Finally a replacement for the standard Athearn box car, in terms of similar prototype (the Athearn prototype is still questionable, but in

Jeez, with an intro like that how can I resist.... :>) The Branchline "Yardmaster" series kits ("E-Z" has already been taken...) are a new series of kits aimed at the "mass market". They will have

On Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:56:26 -0800 (PST) Jeff Aley - GCD PE <jaley@...> writes: ATTENTION ALL. Coming soon to this list will be Mr. Bill "we-haven't-shipped-that-yet" Schneider, chief

On Wed, 17 Jan 2001 12:56:05 -0600 "Bruce F. Smith V.M.D., Ph.D." <smithbf@...> writes: Bruce, MR published a drawing of a Troop Sleeper converted to a service car several years back. I

Here's the s-mail address and ordering info: RP Cyc Publishing Co. PO Box 451 Chesterfield MO 63006-0451 Each issue is $20.95 post paid. Ben Hom

A friend of mine has a July 52 ORER he wants to unload, asking $75, but I think he might take a bit less. I will relay any offers anyone cares to submit through me (off list, of

Does anyone have any details on the Branchline EZ Kits? Is this based on their Blueprint tooling, but with cast-on details? And what about their "Yardmaster" series? What's the difference

Guys, For those of you wanting RPC #5 with the article on troop sleepers, you can probably order right from their website if you don't have a hobby shop nearby. They're at:

John, You replied: I'm a little foggy on what you meant? (I'm a little foggy PERIOD, but thats another story!)...Were you referring to additional photos of the cars? I can supply some info on the

Ben wrote: Hi Ben Great! Could you let me know how and where I might get this publication? Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith V.M.D., Ph.D. Scott-Ritchey Research Center 334-844-5587, 334-844-5850

I host the Iowainterurbansandstreetrailways mailing list. I will ask there and see if anyone has information on what type of deck the gun-flat has on it. In all my years of looking at it, I never

If anyone has this, I'll be glad to post it on our site for future reference. - John

Ben, Is it possible toorder a copy of this publication? Thank you very much. Warren Dickinson

Bruce, the latest Railroad Prototype Cyclopedia contains a comprehensive and well-illustrated article on Troop Sleepers and Kitchen Cars. Ben Hom

Hi All, I was wondering if any of you might have information regarding WWII era Troop Sleepers and Kitchen cars manufactured by Pullman and ACF respectively. I have seen the available info at the

Paul, The photo of MC&CL #104 sure looks like a PRR 30' flat car. The shape of the side sills is right, as are the number and spacing of the stake pockets. The trucks also appear to be PRR Class