New this morning (Mar 17). Useful for locating/understanding history of major industries and their products. Amount of detail info varies considerably, from none to some. I've not seen one this

AHM / Roco had a heavy duty fishbelly flat in HO similar to the car in the picture. I don't know if the car has been offered in the recent decades but it did exist (along with the more familiar

If the CB& Q had these cars, do you know if the C&S or FW&D also had them. I would be interested in diagrams and will have to see if I have the #15 Bulletin. Thanks, Steve Fuchs Charlie Vlk

I haven't cross-referenced them with the NP equipment, but I know that the CB&Q built flatcars using a NP design that, at least generally, looks like the models being discussed here. This is the

Jim: Yes, I believe they are. I had these on the radar before I had heard about Aaron's plans. For the time being, I won't expend the effort on them. However, if Aaron has the same problems with

Undecorated HO Kits I am offering for sale. RED CABOOSE '37 AAR 6' SD w-corner posts (Have 13) $10.00 ea. Mather Meat Reefer (1 only) $11.00 IMWX '37 AAR

Ted, is this the same NP flatcar Speedwitch is doing? Jim Hayes Portland Oregon

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

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,

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Ben Hom: ????? Tom Madden

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

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

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

"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