Hello Rumor has it that Andy Petersen(sp?) bought the old dies for the stock car, boxcar and gondola. Comments anyone? Keep Smilin' Len Allman Trainman

Garth: You can add New York Central lots 507-G, 508-G, 526-G, 573-G and probably more. I am packing and can't take too hard a look beyond this. Regards, Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media 100 14th

Bob, Granted, TYCO's rendition of these cars with fishbelly sills was spurious, but I wonder if there were such cars. Excluding flat cars with wooden bodies applied (PRR and UP/SP Harriman cars for

Doug Brown wrote: surprise! They looked very familiar. They have Accurail parts except for the trucks (Walthers "Bettendorf"), couplers, coupler box covers, and coupler and truck mounting screws

Charlie Vlk wrote: of the Mantua Tyco line but it did not make it into the Tyco Tyco trainset line...AFAIK they used a copy of the typical Bachman/LifeLike/Rivarossi/Roco/Mehano 40' lower sided

I have seen a reference in the trade press to Atlas' upcoming Trainman line, a less-expensive 2-rail O scale equipment line. From the descriptions of the freight cars, it sounds to me like the old

I wrote: On Tue, June 7, 2005 11:26 pm, Doug Brown replied: Doug, I guess it did not get posted back here, but ultimately we discovered that this car was intended to serve as a 3rd rail de-icer,

May not have been calcium chloride, could be calcium carbide, still used today for large scale acetylene gas production for welding and cutting. Now transported in tote bins by flat-bed

Bowser still has not caught on to the mistake and that the right hand brake wheel location only applies to cars prior to the Safety Appliance act of 1911 which required the brake wheels to be moved

Roger Robar asked: "I have a friend who has a clear lantern globe with PFW&C RR etched on it. I have looked through my 3 ORER's [1932, 1949, 1954] and cannot find this reporting mark. Can anyone

The Tyco name was used when Mr. Tyler wanted to make some of his line RTR. The RTR cars were sold under the Tyco name which was TY(ler) CO(mpany). Thank you Larry Jackman ljack70117@adelphia. Shin: A

Mantua became TYCO. IIRC, the TYCO name was derived from the name of Mantua's owner. It became part of a large conglomerate and then spun off as Mantua again. Mantua's early cars were sheet metal with

I saw Walthers USRA hopper cars at a hobby shop this week. Surprise, surprise! They looked very familiar. They have Accurail parts except for the trucks (Walthers "Bettendorf"), couplers, coupler box

Welding before bottled gas. Doug Brown

Bill, When you drag the fill handle (lower right corner of cell), holding the shift or control keys changes how the cells are filled. After filling the cells the auto fill options box appears.

Although they may not open all the way, Kadee, Branchline, Front Range Products and others have found ways to have opening doors without "claws". Doug Brown

The gon under consideration is the old Mantua car. It was also part of the Mantua Tyco line but it did not make it into the Tyco Tyco trainset line...AFAIK they used a copy of the

Ben- The ex-Lindberg gon is the one in the Heavies Line by Mantua. Mantua aquired the ex-Linberg tooling and brought it out some years ago as the "Heavies" Line. They were plastic bodies with metal

Larry Jackman wrote: "Model Power bought Mantua tooling. I think Mantua also had the Tyco tooling. Check with Model Power." The only 40 ft gon currently shown on the Model Power website is not

Tom Holley wrote: "I need a large number of CG 9 and 11 panel gons; Sunshine makes a kit, but at $30.00 a pop I can't get many. At one point, TYCO made some suitable gons. Where can I find some? I