Hi all; Can anyone provide me with contact info for Rail Data Services photo archives? Thanks, Elden Gatwood

Possibly not. The New Haven 40-foot PS-1's were 10-0 IH, IIRC, as were the Lackawanna's. Walt Lankenau

Possibly neither. The New Haven 40-foot PS-1's were 10-0 IH, IIRC, as were the Lackawanna's. Walt Lankenau

Beckert, Shawn wrote: The Intermountain PS-1 has "zits" in the apex of ends of the cars. Those "zits" I believe were first stamped on the PS-1's in 1950-1951. PS-1's built prior to that date had no

List, Looking over the available Accu-cal sets today, I came across this set for "McGinnis Era" paint and lettering: http://www.smp-ind.com/7032.html Note that the number series for the oxide-brown

Norm; I stand corrected, as I heard they used steel from an industry guy that may not have known better. Nevertheless, I also should have picked up my copy of "Making..." before assuming I

Good to know. So thinking about how the cars were built up, and looking at the photo, the metal truss was probably the same distance from centerline as the vertical sidewall posts on a standard AAR

Man, Some folks have ALL the cool toys! Thanks. Your wording just made it sound like you were going to modify the MDC roof INTO a Murphy roof. Best Regards, Phil Buchwald foot tell

Answering Elwood's question.... After many years of drawing plans for model magazines (with the accuracy improved as standards we all became more detail concious and standards were raised!..For

wrote: so show macro- from Thanks Jeff, A DA MU hose for the mystery hose tied under in the storage position should do the trick. Off to the work bench. Jeff Skeels Jacksonville. Fl.

Ed- Thanks for the link....there are some great photos there!! Charlie Vlk

Hi all; Aren't these cool cars? Does anyone know where Koppers got their cars? They were apparently 48'6" IL; 51'3" OL, straight sided, fishbelly underframed, and look like they had drop ends. Does

Folks; Aside from the PRR and L&N, who operated coke container gondolas using the Youngstown container (Walthers model)? How accurate is the lettering on various roads represented by the Walthers

I still like the baby power idea. regards, Andy Miller

Andy, When the steel is teemed , it starts to cool immediately in contact with the mold. The moten steel contracts as it cools, the mold expands as it heats, and the two surfaces pull away from each

This is really off-topic other than ingot molds as loads in gondolas, but anything related to the steel industry, especially in the period of this list, is of great interest to me. Almost all of the

As a convenience for those from out of town attending Winterail in Stockton, CA 12 March, the California State Railroad Museum Library will offer extended hours on the preceding Friday (11 March).

Isn't there a picture of steel making ingot molds loaded in gons in the P&LE gon book? My recollection is the picture is after the steam era but these objects don't look very high tech. Ed

Murphy, and now that I have my milling machine, I'll be able to tell you how easy it is to lop one off the MDC car and make it into a 40' version. Regards, Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media 100 14th