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NW & predecessor freight cars

Would anyone happen to have information about the any of the following freight car series? I'm primarily interested in any rebuildings, renumberings, dispositions to NW or other roads, and

By stephenr37 <gmayberry@...> · #45411 ·

Fruit Growers Express 52680-52799

I am working on my Naperville presentation on the steel 40 foot cars owned by FGE/WFE/BRE and there is one mystery I have yet to solve, the series numbered 52680-52799, which is noted in the ORER as

By lnbill <bwelch@...> · #45409 ·

Photos Uploaded 17 SE 05

Photos of a pipe load on a flat car for your inspection and comments. Comments, critiques, suggestions, and Ideas are solicited. I am not exactly sure where the photos went, since after uploading

By george30045 · #45408 ·

Re: Sunshine mini-kits

Mike: I got in on the Monon mini-kits and they are great. I'm sure we can work out a purchase arrangement. How many children do you have and when was the first one born? Mont Switzer

By Montford Switzer <ZOE@...> · #45407 ·

ingoldsby cars

I am working up some HOn3 Ingoldsby car kits. there were a few standard gauge railroads that had them also. is there any interest in a standard gauge car kit? eric/riograndemodels

By eabracher@... · #45410 ·

B&LE freight car roster

I apologize in advance for a long posting, but I've been working on a B&LE freight car roster and would like to solicit additions and corrections. I'm interested in number series, builder, build

By stephenr37 <gmayberry@...> · #45406 ·

Stereolith / Rapid Prototyping (trying again)

This is very intriguing. So if one was to turn a form for a tank car body on a lathe, with appropriate ends, and a recess along the main diameter to allow for a wrapper, one could rapid prototype

By Rob Kirkham <rdkirkham@...> · #45405 ·

Re: Stereolith / Rapid Prototyping (clarification)

I wrote: The bottom of the part doesn't have to be in one plane - the honeycomb support structure will build up to meet the contour whatever the shape. You just can't have small projections on the

By pullmanboss <tgmadden@...> · #45404 ·

Re: Railroad Press Magazine

Google it, Ed. I've seen it. It's published in your area, western NYS. It's a pretty nice magazine, with what seems to me to be pretty high quality printing, and some interesting

By Schuyler Larrabee · #45403 ·

Re: pattern making

Jeff et al: King Mill Enterprises at http://www.kingmill.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=40 Jack Boren

By John Boren <mccjbcmd@...> · #45399 ·

Re: Stereolith / Rapid Prototyping (trying again)

Jeff Aley asked: Gee Jeff, I'm not sure I want any insight into your personal fantasies! CAD for RP is neither easier nor harder than CAD for injection molding, just different. For starters, your

By pullmanboss <tgmadden@...> · #45398 ·

FW: Recent Health Issues

Justing, got this message from Gene the other day. He is doing very well. Doug Harding Iowa Central Railroad http://d.harding.home.mchsi.com <http://d.harding.home.mchsi.com/> Sent: Wednesday,

By Douglas Harding <d.harding@...> · #45401 ·

Re: BLI vs. Walthers express reefers

Scott wrote: should we care? Is it a different prototype than the Walthers model? They look almost identical. The Broadway version costs a couple dollars more.<< Bruce wrote: AFAIK, they

By Greg Martin · #45402 ·

Re: pattern making

Mike, I didn't go to Cinnci but the name of the business is King Mill Enterprises. They have released a very nice kit of the N&W depot at Green Cove (made famous in an O. Winston Link photo) as a kit

By James F. Brewer <jfbrewer@...> · #45397 ·

Re: A point of order - war board cousins

Actually, by ca. 1930 there were only two tank car manufacturers in the U.S., AC&F and General American, (plus one in Canada, Canadian Car & Foundry), and the two tank car designs that were being

By Richard Hendrickson · #45396 ·

Re: pattern making

Jeff, The only thing that comes to mind after hearing this is that one could potentially have custom flat car decks and roof walks. It sounds like the technology might allow that, but not the

By Michael Aufderheide · #45394 ·

Re: pattern making

This is an interesting thread and, since it does bear on the possibilities of bringing production and semi-production freight cars to market, I think fairly relevant to this list. A group of us have

By Charlie Vlk · #45393 ·

Re: pattern making

Mike, I had Chris Jesse, owner of King Mill, make me a Deck for a SN3 PBL flat adn had him bore 168 holes so I could put Tichy rivets in to simulate carriage bolts. Very nice.He claims that he

By Charles Hladik · #45400 ·

Re: pattern making

Mike, I've seen the company's website, and I was very disappointed. They require you to use their proprietary software, which is VERY restrictive, and they will only cut wood. Their software only

By jaley <jaley@...> · #45392 ·

Re: NP 83750-83999 stock cars

Thomas Olsen asked: "The other question here is whether Ben Hom ever got his car order from Aaron from two years ago? Ben was the last one waiting for Aaron to send him his car." I did, back in

By benjaminfrank_hom <b.hom@...> · #45391 ·

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