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Re: new products (was BLI vs. Walthers express reefers)

Yes to both. Richard Hendrickson

By Richard Hendrickson · #45584 ·

Re: cars that sell; was BLI vs. Walthers express reefers

car, or a 6-dome wine tank car?< I'll vote for the wine car. Not sure how many paint schemes could be had however! But the Easterners just love the milk cars<VBG>. Jon Miller AT&SF For me time

By Jon Miller <atsf@...> · #45582 ·

Re: new products (was BLI vs. Walthers express reefers)

Tim, Where can I find the drawings for the AAR alternate standard offset hopper? I want to produce a serie of 200 exact to scale cars ( mix of resin and photoetching and brass castings ) and could

By Marcelo Lordeiro <mrcustom@...> · #45581 ·

Re: cars that sell

Jim Scott wrote: Jim, you must be thinking of the Thomas HO car of the 1950s, a dimensionally accurate model which can occasionally be found at swap meets. The AHM abomination unfortunately

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #45579 ·

Re: cars that sell; was LI vs. Walthers express reefers

Also done by PSC in brass; I have one. -- Thanks! Brian Ehni

By Brian Paul Ehni <behni@...> · #45583 ·

Re: roofs, was detail of AAR 1937 boxcar

--- In STMFC@..., Anthony Thompson <thompson@s...> wrote: Traffic people knew that the cars were rarely loaded to > capacity, so the claim of "converting the saving into revenue load" >

By Patrick Wider <pwider@...> · #45580 ·

Re: BLI vs. Walthers express reefers

Hoppers?Armand Premo

By armprem · #45578 ·

Re: cars that sell; was BLI vs. Walthers express reefers

Tim, I agree that the 6-Dome wine car would sell very well. If I remember correctly, wasn't there a Roma Wine 6-Dome car made in the 60s or 70s that was metal. i always wanted one of them but never

By Jim Scott · #45575 ·

Re: cars that sell; was BLI vs. Walthers expressreefers

Tim,After seeing the milk car I would agree.Armand Premo

By armprem · #45574 ·

Re: B&O stenciling and decal nitpicking

Can any one tell me about Rensselaer resin Gondola kits? Thank you Larry Jackman ljack70117@... I wish the buck stopped here as I could use a few

By ljack70117@... · #45573 ·

Re: B&O stenciling and decal nitpicking

Bob; So, did the M-15K get new underframes and run as a new sub-class? Did their outward appearance (aside from underframe) change significantly? What numbers were they, and when did they run up

By Gatwood, Elden <Elden.Gatwood@...> · #45572 ·

Re: BLI vs. Walthers express reefers

Guys; I didn't say I believed them, just that they said it to me. I suspect that you all are correct that there is a bit of obfuscating going on here, as they continue to make a few of these cars

By Gatwood, Elden <Elden.Gatwood@...> · #45571 ·

Re: new products (was BLI vs. Walthers express reefers)

Let me predict that -someone- is working on a B&O Wagontop in plastic. How could they not be? :-) The question remains, will anyone ever wake up and give us the AAR alternate standard offet

By Tim O'Connor · #45576 ·

Re: Aluminum Freight Cars....was....Ships vs freight cars

I can't give you anything more specific than that the cars had corrosion problems that caused them to require more maintenance than steel cars of similar type. This is from being around the

By george30045 · #45570 ·

Re: roofs, was detail of AAR 1937 boxcar

Which shows that the items most heavily advertise are the most superfluous. What was the major product advertised on the billboard freightcars? Are there any stats? Manfred

By Manfred Lorenz · #45569 ·

Re: BLI vs. Walthers express reefers

Relax, Elden. Facile generalizations about what sells and what doesn't are worthless, regardless of where they originate. It's obvious that the manufacturers of injection-molded HO scale freight car

By Richard Hendrickson · #45567 ·

Re: cars that sell; was BLI vs. Walthers express reefers

Jon, not to be argumentative, but I think a 6-dome wine tank car would not only sell, but it would sell very well, if it were done properly. Which do you think would sell more: the GA-Pfaulder

By Tim O'Connor · #45568 ·

Re: Pacific Car & Foundry Builders Photos

Bill Welch wrote: When I last talked to a friend who worked at Peterbilt (a connected company) about ten years ago, he said all the PC&F archives were boxed up and in storage. Whether that is

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #45566 ·

Re: roofs, was detail of AAR 1937 boxcar

Pat Wider wrote (responding to Randy Hees): It was well recognized, all right: by the operating boys. Mechanical departments disliked this idea, as weight savings often meant different designs

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #45565 ·

Re: BLI vs. Walthers express reefers

Tim O'Connor wrote: Some of what vendors tell you is to make your eyes glaze over and your legs take you away. Some of it is natural "protective coloration" to disguise actual intentions. And

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #45564 ·

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