Jerry Stewart writes: PFE tried out the Apex running board as soon as it came out in 1939 (on five cars of R-40-10) and must have been delighted, as the following class, R-40-14, was so equipped.

expensive resin Sunshine. I costs the has an for them. Would your opinion have been different if these particular cars were on your "must have" list, or are you just commenting that $45 is

Jim, I'm interested in both your kits, especially the B-4A since automobile boxcars are much needed on my railroad, but I do have a concern. The photos of your assembled B-4A seem to show the car

Which, and whose, N&W boxcars? Walt Lankenau expensive Sunshine. I costs has an for them.

I would rather see an AAR alternate standard offset twin come from P2K than from Atlas. But I guess P2K would have a bit more work to do to get there, starting from the War Emergency car. FWIW, the

I know of at least one example NP freight train over 10 cars, where the box cars are PRR, and there are no NP box cars at all... Tim "Bursting Bubbles" O'Connor P.S. RED SOX STILL RULE!!!!!!!

I How do you feel about the Milwaukee rib side cars?Too me,they are on a par with Accurail and Bowser.Has anyone seen the "Dominion car yet?

Hi Keith, Are the SFRD R-19 thru 32 undecorated spoken for yet? If not I would like them. Thanks. Jim Barnes keith jordan <ckjordan@...> wrote: To Those of You Who Still Build Kits, I

Well put, Tim! I had in my hands last night several examples of cars (and NICE ones at that) that have been recently completed (soon to be released) that had VERY limited presence. As you said, at

In a message dated 10/21/2004 2:54:45 PM Central Standard Time, mac@... writes: I have no idea where Vermont potatoes came from. I do, Vermont! IN the 1940s, Maine exported

Did the UP have more than one common double sheathed box car or smaller steel box car after WWII? I am familiar with the double sheathed car with corrugated ends and an end door ofered by

Ted's comments about replacing brake components found in resin kits hits home with me. I like the old CalScale sets now offered Bowser or similar ones in the Bowser GLA hopper kits. Has anyone

Now, now, calm down, Tim. Take a tranquilizer and call us in the morning. Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland, Oregon 97520

Larry: No offense intended to Al & Martin, but with their kits, I always find that I substitiute brake parts or sill steps or other things that make the kit cost more than the list price anyway.

My forthcoming Railmodel Journal article will include forth prototype and model photos of the underbody (thanks to Ted Schnepf, who has a photo of a car lying on its side, thanks to a blunder by a

I just saw the notice for the new N&W boxcars. They are too expensive for me to even look at. At $45 for an unassemble kit has the resin market gone too far. This is $10 more then Westerfield and

--- stefanelaine <stefanelaine@...> wrote: I've built a couple of the Sunshine Models kits. The instructions/data sheet contains underframe information. IIRC, you are correct about the

Can anyone provide information on the "King Patent Trussed Steel Underframe"? This is a steel underframe with truss rods, shown in a drawing in the PSC O Scale freight/passenger car parts

Yes, but likely not in the same fashion - the guns being ubiquitous enough to store on site - a lot more ships with that sized gun(s) were built, so storing them in various yards would not be unusual.

Dennis Rockwell...apparently not an old hand on the STMFC...writes about Pennsy trains: "In the "easy to spot" case, every freight train has at least one NP boxcar!" Ah ha! Brock's fifth...or