Rob Adams wrote: That's kinda what I remember - but this is listed in the "New Arrivals" section at Karen's Books. Shawn Beckert

Wasn't that book originally done in the 1970's? I recall something very similar with a light blue cover. My recollection is that it was mostly diagrams, drawings and some roster info. Certainly not

List, Has anyone seen this book yet? I can't imagine why Phil wanted to do this when the subject has been so thoroughly covered in Tony's book, especially the 2nd

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Maybe I don't know how to search these sites but the bits I found had Walthers type prices of a dollar and up each. I too would like to find a source with Model Expo type prices of $2/$3 per DOZEN for

Stefan Lerché wrote That can't be right. The NP cars were riveted and had ZU eave roofs and straight side sills. The model is welded, has drop sills and a flush roof. That definitely was wrong,

Are we talking single or double door? pre- or post-1956? The B-50-34 I mentioned earlier does NOT have the late ends. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942

Thanks for the info. I think that scraping off a row or two of rivets wouldn't be a big deal. BTW, the car sides have joggles at each panel line instead of simply overlapping flat

Dave and all; I will not get that flyer. Could some post the details somewhere? I would greatly appreciate it. Elden Gatwood

I received the mailer today: Mar 6 Buena Park Mar 12: Winterrail Mar 13: Pleasanton Dave Nelson

Hi Ed, Try McMaster-Carr at http://www.mcmaster.com/ or MSC Industrial Supply Company at http://www1.mscdirect.com . Both have excellent service. Michael ed_mines wrote:

IIRC Bob Smaus used the Front Range 50' DD welded car for the 1960s era ACF built SP B-70-14 series of lumber cars with yellow door(220000-220499). There was a article in the May 1989 RMC. Not sure

Years ago when I was on the Bangor Submarine Base in Washington they had quite a few of the 50' aluminum painted steel boxcars. A number of these besides having side doors also had rollup end doors.

Not sure if anyone has seen these books or are interested in the specifics... but They have a booklet for/about the GATX corp, the Trailer-Train corp along with different railroads (Katy, WP, NKP,

My understanding of the first ammunition box cars at Concord were second hand single sheath cars, some of which went on to a third life restored to their original liveries at the Western Railroad

The Accurail 50-ft. single-door car has a slight fishbelly side sill, which would have to be removed for an SP car, such as B-50-34, which had a straight side sill. It also has a very narrow

Wow! Look on their website http://www.versalaser.com/english/laser_applications/laser_apps.html Look at the "Architectural Models". The "Hobby Models" are losers. I don't need a

Tim O'Connor wrote: Whatever happened to the Front Range tooling? Did somebody buy them or did they end up getting scrapped? I seem to recall there were a lot of politics and general bad feelings

Phil, the ACCURAIL 50 foot box car tooling -IS- from the FRONT RANGE box cars. They were transformed into one-piece bodies with separate underframes (instead of separate roofs). Accurail did at least

If this is a 12 panel instead of a 16 panel riveted car, is the Accurail 50 foot riveted car useable as a Southern Pacific car? Just asking because I have, guess what?, a couple of the Accurail 50