Some Walthers Amtrak cars have inside bearing trucks. That might give you a starting point. Though I've heard they don't roll well. Jim Hayes Portland OR

Or an email to get to him. Sorry for the bandwidth. TIA SGL

of pea, so much of egg for type what would the reasoning characteristics of the boiler Perhaps the mixing of coal sizes was something peculiar to starting a specific type of boiler up from cold. The

Bill Lane writes: "I know that many of you are avid and very skilled modelers. However, I can't remember the last time I saw an "I just finished" or "I am working on a _________" posting." I

rules in Assuming equal sized coal would a faster base here? I can't find the reference book I want, but I think you're at least in a rundown between first and second . . . The usual formulas

Eric: I would guess that one of the most important rules in chemistry and other sciences is at work here. Assuming equal composition, for equal weights, the smaller sized coal would have greater

Pennsy had a group of quad hoppers equiped with them. Railroads didn't want them in interchange at the time because of lack of parts. Walt Stafa - In STMFC@..., "Dean Payne"

Hi All, Here is my recently completed S Scale PRR H32. http://mywebpages.comcast.net/billlane/S_Scale_H32.jpg Unfortunately after about 7000 photos my camera is starting to show its age with the

OK, here's a really odd one: is there any way to make an inside- bearing freight truck? The Timken Company made some inside roller bearing trucks way back in the 30's, and put them on a few

Marty & List, When I posted this morning, I mentioned "I know that making photo links is not possible for everyone." I meant that there would be no photos posted to the STMFC sites. The member would

Marty wrote: "As I understand it the dealer would mix these in the truck (so much of pea, so much of egg for example) and sell that as a customized blend." What would the purpose of this be? If the

Ted Culotta wrote: I have a slightly different angle on Marty's New England coal discussion. I am more familiar with the New Haven. The NH received lots of anthracite in foreign road hoppers via

According to the C&O Hoppers and Gons book, vol 1, C&O rebuilt lots of their USRA 2 bay hoppers (number series 62000) (ala the Tichy kit, accurail, etc) during WWII. But it really doesn't discuss

I think it all boiled down to price when it came to anthracite sizes being mixed. For home heating, the larger the size the more it cost. My folks always ordered a mix of sizes. Think the larger

The WM was an active participant in the alphabet route, which might explain some of its rolling stock being found up in NY during the diesel era. The alphabet route included: WM, P&WV, Reading,

-Bill, I think this is a fine idea, but we may need to engage in a little File area clean up before it will be possible to post pictures. I know I had to cut down the size of the train images I

Armand, I think (I need to check this first) that the grain-hatch equipped 40000 cars are just a little late for me. I do have several 40000 cars, two of them in dedicated LCL service on the

Bruce Smith told us: Apparently the web site provider had a major brain fart and deleted the Many ISPs do not provide backup, and it is often up to the content provider to do so. I certainly hope

Anthracite from Pennsylvania was sold all over the country, and exported to other countries as well. It was the fuel of choice for home heating. Quite a lot of it was shipped in box cars. Considering

--- In STMFC@..., Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@c...> wrote: Anthracite from Pennsylvania was sold all over the country,and exported to other countries as well. It was the fuel of choice for