To Richard Hendrickson, Thanks for all the fine and inside info on this subject of roller-bearing trucks, just what I've been seeking for, as well as apparently others. However, I find it unusual for

Link to photos of the GHQ N scale preproduction models: http://www.railimages.com/gallery/martinmcguirk/aab Marty McGuirk

Both AC&F and the Standard Tank Car Co. (then the largest producer of tank cars in North America) built tank cars of standard design with high running boards until ca. 1915, and Union Tank Line Class

Dean Payne wrote: "Any photos of these cars [NP 14000 series boxcars], prototype or other scale?" Ted's Steam Era Freight Cars website is still there, you

The only traditional express reefers that the Milwaukee owned with two series of distinctive low slung cars built by the Milwaukee shops fortheChicago Milwaukee & Puget Sound,and they were lettered

Richard Brennan wrote: I am not sure why you think platforms are more "modern." As I understand it, they are just a reflection of what a buyer orders. Before World War II there were not very

Hello, Kodak are not the only suppliers on Planet Earth who manufacture and supply photographic paper. For b&w, I only use Ilford products. A search for Ilford on Google, for a start, came up

Mont is, as usual, correct. Immediately following WW II, several railroads equipped freight cars with roller bearings for on-line service (e.g., the Union Pacific's Day Livestock Service stock cars,

Re N Scale NP 7 CN resin cars: --- Dean Payne <deanpayne@...> wrote: You are right, the F&C car is the same car that GHQ will be offering. I have some slides of the 14000 series NP boxcar,

All Browsing through Kaminski's AC&F Centennial History book; the last ACF tank car builder's photo I see with high walkways is circa-1915, and the first with a modern (or should that be moderne?)

Ed, I don' know where your second question came from, but you must have me mixed up with somebody else. I've never been in the business to make Fowler box cars. Regards, Ed Hawkins

Any photos of these cars, prototype or other scale? Is the reefer the same one Funaro and Camerlengo makes in HO? http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/279-5131 At $30 ea. less trucks and

Maybe there will be more discussions on freight cars there than here<GG> So as not to be off topic, has anyone converted a tank car with the low walkways into one of the older cars with the high

Given that there is some interest in listing and discussing railroad associated meets, train shows, and gatherings, I have created a new group: RREVNT@... expressly for such purposes. To

Does anyone have an email address for Dr. Muff of KCS fame? It's freight car related, Mike.... Regards, Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media 645 Tanner Marsh Road, Guilford, CT

Ed: It's Harrisburg, not Pittsburgh. It was delayed for a few reasons, but it's nearing completion. Regards, Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media 645 Tanner Marsh Road, Guilford, CT

Anyone know anything about the Pittsburgh freight car book that was supposed to be released at the NMRA convention? The Fowler box car Ed Hawkins' was going to produce? Ed Mines

We are entering kind of a lull for obtaining freight car photos. Some of the best sources from the past no longer offer prints - Will Whittaker, Charles Winters, Frank Ellington ...... I think all

Yo Al, Is there any chance that you could scan a photo of these 1925 roller-bearing trucks and send it or post it to pictures? (Without the problem of another copyright infringement thread?) Also,

I'm just a chem major Tony, in other fields I'm lucky if my subjects & verbs agree never mind correct usage of tecknickle terms. :-) Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla. P.S. Oh, and right after hitting