One of the features mentioned on the Gold Series boxes is separate grabs. Yet the ballast hopper, ore car, and USRA hoppers don't seem to have them. They should have said "and sometimes even

Denny: Ever since I saw this model on the table at Naperville, I have been scouring ebay and the other likely places looking for a kit of it to no avail yet. I hope to find one in Springfield, but

Brian Carlson wrote: "...all the other Gold Series, (funnel flow tank car, USRA Gon, Autorack) cars I've seen have been Walthers products, wonder why they are offering built up Accurails?" Same

Max Robin wrote: "Yes, the new "Walthers" USRA hoppers utilize the Accurail bodies, but not the underframe and assoc. detail." Out of curiosity, what are the changes? Ben Hom

Ben, thanks for the correction, all the other Gold Series, (funnel flow tank car, USRA Gon, Autorack) cars I've seen have been Walthers products, wonder why they are offering built up Accurails. I

Yes, the new "Walther's" USRA hoppers utilize the Accurail bodies, but not the underframe and assoc. detail. Max ----------------------------------------------------- email:

Ed Mines asked: "The new MR advertises Walthers USRA hoppers in 6 packs. Are these assembled Accurail hoppers?" Brian Carlson answered: "Walthers gold series cars have to this point been assembled

ed, Walthers gold series cars have to this point been assembled Walthers kits. Therefore I am inclined to believe these are the older Walthers (old T-M) 2-bay hoppers. However, I'd love to be told

The new MR advertises Wathers USRA hoppers in 6 packs. Are these assembled Accurail hoppers? Ed

While searching online for freight car photographs I came across the Syracuse University Library, 222 Waverly Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13244 at

As Ben Hom's sharp eyes noted, the very early Walthers hopper is not 34' (as I claimed without measuring), but has an interior length of '30 on the nose, with an OA length over the faces of the draft

Ben Hom wrote on Wednesday, November 17, 2004: Thanks for the plug Ben! These kits are indeed available, as some of you have found out. Also, we have just added our data sheet, which we call the

Brian You can contact Stan Rydarowicz through me. I go to Naperville with Stan and John Greenof Bethlehem Car Works. I see him most Saturdays and I'll tell him what you want

<elden.gatwood@t...> wrote: know who UTLX I (Black Cat) make a GATX decal set that several on this list are pleased with. The Sinclair set is in testing. I will have a UTLX set eventually as well.

Freight Cars website and it doesn't list these ends, do you have a newer listing which shows these parts, or were just getting my hopes up. Brian, Stan does sell these ends. I have built cars with

Brian, the list shows "Pullman Standard 5/5" and "4/5" ends... I think those are the ends you're interested in.

Tim, I looked at the list of stan's parts on Ted's Steam Era Freight Cars website and it doesn't list these ends, do you have a newer listing which shows these parts, or were just getting my hopes

Ben Hom wrote: If it's a 33 ft IL car, it's only good for two roads: AA and WAB. These cars were built new as panel-side cars in 1948. All other panel-side cars were rebuilds of either USRA cars or

I have a blister panel hopper, a USRA standard 7 rib hopper and a 65 ft. mil gon, all in HO from Railcraft and made from a zinc-like metal. I don't have it in from of me, but I believe that the

I have decided I don't need 6 of them, so... FOR SALE : THREE, BRAND NEW, Undecorated USRA 55 Ton Hoppers by Accurail. See this link for reference to the Seaboard model (the undecs have the same