I agree that it seems like that's asking for problems. The head will then not be vertical, and when under load, this will encourage the coupler heads to slide past each other and disengage. Often

Norm Larkin asks: First, on how steep a grade are these cars used, and second, how long are your trains. The max grade is about 1.5% supposedly. Perhaps a bit more in one location. The max

Bill McCoy asks: Very few. The Northern Pacific had clones of both the R-40-23 and R-40-25 classes that were built by Pacific Car & Foundry from the PFE plans and specs. No one else had R-30-12s,

I tracked my problems down to my ISP (RR). Two of my email accounts would work and the other two would not. Said "could not log on to mail server." This was directly on the RR web site. I could not

The R-40-23 as issued by Intermountain is good for PFE and NP. The R-30-12-9 (I think that is what you mean) is good for refurbished PFE R-30-12-9s. The R-40-23 can be kitbashed into other

Account at can't get to I didn't though I missing post came <G> I was blaming my ISP because I could get any other website but couldn't get Yahoo groups as of last Friday. Today, while on the

Mike: All believeable, but I bet that your attention to trucks and couplers is quite high and I also bet that your trackwork is good, too. In my experience, while not exceedingly broad, I have found

In a message dated 12/29/04 5:39:33 PM Pacific Standard Time, shalizadad@... writes: << How exactly did the rules change after 1949? >> Rob, The AAR's Mechanical Division

Excellent thread. "Been there, done that!", (repeatedly, it must be admitted). The good advice offered by Bill Darnaby and "Jerry in Florida" about ensuring that the body bolster and coupler surfaces

Guys, For the past two days I've been trying to access Ted's Steam Era Freight Cars web page, with no success. I keep getting this message: "The Requested URL Could Not Be Retrieved". Anybody else

That will do it every time . . . schuyler.larrabee@... Thanks SGL

Hello everyone, I'm decaling some cars and have a question concerning the time span of reweigh dates. From what I understand, prior to 1949, all cars were required to be reweighed every 30 months.

For years now, I've been using lead musket balls in my cars. Two .60 cal. balls with Kadee trucks and the resin car parts comes out to about 3.5 ozs. I've got a mold left over from my black powder

As my appreciation for prototypical faithfulness grows I'm wondering how many carriers and private owners had a car that can be represented by the Intermountain R40-23 and the Red Caboose

<< Um, yes, actually these would be zinc plated steel nuts. I find that a box of 50 1/2" NC nuts will cost about $3.50 at your local hardware store and this translates to enough weight for over 16

To satisfy my own curiosity, Mike, I have two questions. First, on how steep a grade are these cars used, and second, how long are your trains. We normally run 20-40 car trains over 36 inch radius up

In my experience, they are properly weighted (at least close to NMRA specs). I have found that lead bar stock, usually called "Duck Decoy Weight" is a relatively cheap way to add weight, particularly

--- In STMFC@..., "benjaminfrank_hom" <b.hom@w...> wrote: I also considered mixing a slurry with shot and white glue, but dismissed it due to its messiness. White glue uses water as a

What car weight are folks using? The NMRA recommendations were based on earlier standards of equipment and trucks' rolling qualities. We normally have strived for about 80% of the NMRA

Schuyler, please contact me off-line; I apparently have an outdate e-mail address for you. Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland, Oregon 97520