Following this thread through several messages, I have to say I have always preferred sprung trucks, even though most springing is too stiff to actually work in smaller scales (it is more likely to

Didn't MDC do an alternate offset 3 bay hopper.?Armand Premo

I have had numerous cases of Accumates locking open. I have never had this problem with the Scale Accumates because the scale draft gear box is too narrow to allow the coupler halves to separate far

I don't believe Binkley ever made their own sprung trucks (must have been someone else's). The first sprung trucks I bought were the MDC all-metal ones, which were quite nice and cost 75 cents for

If injection mold tooling is expensive to produce did Terry Wegman loose his shirt (or a lot of time) on the PFE -21 kits? Ed Mines

I have noted Tony's caution that within bounds simply measuring breaking coupler breaking strength may not be too useful in judging coupler quality, if for the only reason that this kind of stress

--- In STMFC@..., "Gatwood, Elden" <Elden.Gatwood@h...> asked - "P.S. So, what are the real reasons no one is doing the alternate standard offset twin hopper?" I'd like to see it too; it

Reviewing my post on this subject, I did not make clear that the measured distance between the faces of the draft gear boxes of coupled cars (which is what I measured) is NOT the same as the measured

OK what is the product and who is the manufacture? Thank you Larry Jackman ljack70117@... It is said that if you line up all the cars in the world end to end, someone would be stupid enough

Hmmm...cabotage. A new word for me. I had hoped my comments would provoke <g> a good explaination and I got it. Thanks. I figured the loading of Canadian cars was probably a rules violation but I

Montford Switzer wrote: Mont, We are in agreement regarding type of cars. But what is the rhyme and reason behind the variety of car owners? Bill's data provides insight into some of the rhyme or

Tim O'Connor wrote: Full agreement, and well stated. I only meant that there evidently WERE exceptions, whether as violations or from some arrangement we haven't documented, and therefore

Gene, There is nothing in my library that records an F class built with a plow. My records do not go back further than 1919, so it may be, although I don't think it happened. What may

Allen - Can you email me a photo? - Al Westerfield

Responding to Tim Gilbert: Mont, I am unclear of what you mean as a "steady source of loads." Is this an industry or equivalent? By "regular moves" do you mean specific cars (e.g. ABC Boxcar

This was a 10 panel 1937 "AAR" design box car with 5/5 ends (resin part from Dan Kirlin/Sylvan) and "flat panel" roof (also Kirlin/Sylvan). From series 221000-223949. Not sure of builder or date. AJAX

Hi Tim, I think it's fun to identify Santa Fe boxcars, and it might help someone who wanted to include some Santa Fe cars on a Midwestern layout. So long, Andy Andy Sperandeo Executive

It is highly unlikely that violations would go unnoticed, thanks to the DAILY accounting of cars for per diem purposes. Perhaps there was some kind of quid pro quo to balance the "violations" or

There are several aspects of couplers and most of these have been discussed in the previous posts: Appearance, coupling distance, reliability, size, size of draft gear box, whether or not

Gene, Yes, this appears to be an F22 or F23. It has been discussed several times, and is the subject of an unproven legend that it was "stolen" from the PRR. See message 27798 for the