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B&O N-37 war emergency hopper details

Hello everyone, A couple weeks ago I picked up a Proto 2000 B&O N-37 war emergency hopper model. It's a ready-to-run car, and upon close investigation when I got it home, I'm somewhat disappointed

By Mark Heiden · #39557 ·

Re: Coal Traffic to South -West Wisconsin

The Milwaukee Road received the majority of its coal from central and southern Indiana over a line it purchased which ultimately made its way to Louisville. There was a major yard in St Bernice,

By DIllini1@... · #39573 ·

Re: USAX 38005 heavy duty flat

I'd love to see this loaded on a flat! http://www.missing-lynx.com/gallery/modern/dmt28.htm -- Thanks! Brian Ehni

By Brian Paul Ehni <behni@...> · #39556 ·

Re: USAX 38005 heavy duty flat

As a side issue, isn't this what became the M103 heavy tank? -- Thanks! Brian Ehni

By Brian Paul Ehni <behni@...> · #39555 ·

USAX 38005 heavy duty flat

Hi Folks, Here is a link to images of loading an experimental heavy tank (T29, T30) onto a flatcar circa 1949. http://www.afvnews.ca/cgi-bin/web-bbs/webbbs_config.pl/read/60976 The car is USAX 38005.

By Bruce Smith <smithbf@...> · #39554 ·

Re: Suggestions for decaling a spare IM USRA Composite gon?

I wrote: "One nice thing about this model is that it's weighed vice being too light." Tom Madden replied: ????? Out of the box, the model is within NMRA RP-20.1 for car weight, which is more than

By benjaminfrank_hom <b.hom@...> · #39553 ·

Re: Suggestions for decaling a spare IM USRA Composite gon?

larry kline wrote: <snip> "There is a photo showing part of an as-built Frisco USRA composite gon on p84 of the Polaritz P&LE 2-8-2 book. The Jan 53 ORER lists 385 of the 1000 Frisco USRA gons

By rwitt_2000 <rmwitt@...> · #39551 ·

Re: Intermountain NP Reefers(NOW PFE REEFERS)

The 49 PFE will be assembled. We have a hard time getting InterMountain to ship us kits because they are doing all the painting and lettering in China now. Thanks for your inquiry! Tom

By Tom Jones III <tomtherailnut@...> · #39552 ·

Re: Suggestions for decaling a spare IM USRA Composite gon?

Ben Hom: ????? Tom Madden

By pullmanboss <tgmadden@...> · #39550 ·

Re: Suggestions for decaling a spare IM USRA Composite gon?

Eric Petersson asked: "What happened to the Proto 1000 car? Are they still available? I can't find them even mentioned on Life-Like's website." This model looks like it has come and gone, though the

By benjaminfrank_hom <b.hom@...> · #39549 ·

Re: Suggestions for decaling a spare IM USRA Composite gon?

Stefan Laine wrote: I guess the other question is, how realistic is it for my late 1940s to mid 1950s era SP California layout to feature such a car? Would Frisco gons have been seen off line much

By Larry Kline · #39547 ·

Re: "at great expense",

Ted Cullotta wrote "I believe that they are still $25 per print." Indeed!

By ed_mines · #39546 ·

Re: Coal Traffic to South -West Wisconsin

"Richard White" wrote: <snip> I have got Daniel Lanz's book "Railroads of Southern and Southwestern (sic)Wisconsin" but it has no photographs of coal cars that have legible road names. To the

By rwitt_2000 <rmwitt@...> · #39545 ·

Re: B&O Wagon Top Box - Model RR Warehouse?

Thanks! I've seen the magazine ad for Mount Clare Shops years ago, but didn't know they were still available. Question: I've read here that the West Shore M-53 is slightly smaller than

By buchwaldfam <duff@...> · #39544 ·

Re: Suggestions for decaling a spare IM USRA Composite gon?

stefanelaine wrote: Assume for a minute that the SLSF gon would appear on the SP in California only if there was some commodity could be loaded on the Frisco that somebody in California wanted. Who

By Tim Gilbert <tgilbert@...> · #39543 ·

Re: NYC 40 ft Sheathed Boxcar (X-29)

No, Tim, Lot 439-B (capital "B", pleases) were regular USRA steel cars. For non-USRA steel cars, I don't know where anybody got the idea that NYC had anything other than the 100 cars in Lot

By Jeff English · #39542 ·

Re: Suggestions for decaling a spare IM USRA Composite gon?

Rob Adams wrote: "Railroad Model Craftsman ran a Martin Lofton article in their October, 1990 issue that featured the Frisco's rebuilt USRA gons. I don't have access to it right now, but I recall

By Eric · #39548 ·

Re: Suggestions for decaling a spare IM USRA Composite gon?

Ben, I guess the other question is, how realistic is it for my late 1940s to mid 1950s era SP California layout to feature such a car? Would Frisco gons have been seen off line much by this time? Or

By oliver · #39541 ·

Re: Suggestions for decaling a spare IM USRA Composite gon?

Paul, Thanks for the heads up about the Sunshine kit. I didn't realize that he offered these cars. However, my original query was more with respect to what I could do with this spare undecorated IM

By oliver · #39540 ·

Re: Suggestions for decaling a spare IM USRA Composite gon?

Aidrian, Well, I was thinking about the MP cars that Ben Hom mentioned, but now I am intrigued by the Frisco cars as these seem to offer much more potential for conversion with the IM kit. I model the

By oliver · #39539 ·

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