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Open House

Hello to anyone in the South Jersey area. I wanted to let you know that the Gateway Model Railroad Club is having an open house this Saturday and Sunday November 12 &13, 2005 from 12noon until 5pm.

By Bill Jones · #47402 ·

Re: Tank car dome from Detail Associates

Elden Gatwood wrote: As my feeble memory recalls, the SP O-50-13's were 12,500 gallons capacity. And yes, they were built by GATC, I believe in the early-to-mid 1940's. I don't know if GATC made a

By Shawn Beckert · #47401 ·

Re: Tank car dome from Detail Associates

Shawn; Thanks for those insights! All; All interested should also be aware that the DA dome is pretty "fat", representing a 2% dome for a large capacity car. This is NOT the dome for that 8k or 6k

By Gatwood, Elden <Elden.Gatwood@...> · #47400 ·

Re: Naperville Aftermath (ad nauseam)

Tim O'Connor writes: Hmmmm. Enlightenment coming. One thing that always bugs me is that some events seem to shut down "refreshments" except for the bar after the dinner hour. One of the few perks

By Mike Brock <brockm@...> · #47398 ·

Re: Tank car dome from Detail Associates

Bill Welch asked: While you can probably use it for other projects, I believe the original intent of the DA tank car dome was to aid in converting Athearn's 40' tank car into a closer representation

By Shawn Beckert · #47397 ·

Re: Tank car dome from Detail Associates

Bill: It can be used as part of the Athearn kitbash to create a GATC Type 30 as written up by Richard in RMJ several years ago. Regards, Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media 645 Tanner Marsh Road,

By Ted Culotta <tculotta@...> · #47399 ·

Re: Naperville Aftermath

It is most enlightening...and entertaining...to read about Naperville. Although I fully intended to attend, while you that were there were fighting each other to get to the head of the line in the

By Mike Brock <brockm@...> · #47396 ·

Re: Naperville Aftermath (ad nauseam)

Pat, what I hate about that Holiday Inn is that you can't get a simple cup of coffee (GOOD coffee) at any time of the day. Ridiculous! I once stayed at the Chicago Hilton for $50 a night (it was Aug

By Tim O'Connor · #47395 ·

Tank car dome from Detail Associates

Detail associates has a tank car dome in their parts line, cast in resin I believe. Could someone fill me on what kits this is intended for? I assume it is meant to correct a kit or make possible

By lnbill <bwelch@...> · #47394 ·

Napierville Aftermath

Hi All, Just a few comments and thoughts in response to what has been said about all the fun we had in Napierville. I am not hoping to initiate a long discussion or worse a disagreement about the

By Gerard J Fitzgerald <gjf@...> · #47393 ·

Re: "PS-Zero" Boxcar

I have an image from the Gerstley collection of late 50's color slides which is of a Nickle Plate "PS-0" 40' boxcar. Though not a Kodachrome, it is a nice photo. I believe I have offered it before to

By Andy Carlson · #47392 ·

Re: CORRECTION: CGW "PS-Zero" Boxcar Article (was PS-1 Boxcars)

WRONG. Scratch this comment about the roof. They were not the flat riveted type. Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media 645 Tanner Marsh Road, Guilford, CT 06437 info@... www.speedwitch.com (650)

By Ted Culotta <tculotta@...> · #47391 ·

Re: CORRECTION: CGW "PS-Zero" Boxcar Article (was PS-1 Boxcars)

These cars also had flat riveted roof. By the way, these ends are not "PS-0" ends. They are simply Pullman-Standard proprietary ends. Similar ones were also used on the WLE, TC and B&O cars. On

By Ted Culotta <tculotta@...> · #47388 ·

Re: new business model for Bob

--- In STMFC@..., Bob Webber <no17@c...> wrote: I have some knowledge of his business, but even at that it is a scrape in the barrel. Bob- I spoke to Bob for a couple of hours on the

By ed_mines · #47389 ·

Re: Naperville Aftermath (ad nauseam)

Tony, I agree that not all presentations lend themselves to handouts but if a presentation has any significant amount of information worth retaining, a handout is desirable at the very least. I fear

By Patrick Wider <pwider@...> · #47387 ·

Re: Naperville Aftermath

We're likely treading on the good graces of our fearsome moderator.... Having returned from Gaithersburg, I can attest that a three day (well, 2.5 days) of selling can really burn out vendors. Bob's

By Bob Webber <no17@...> · #47390 ·

Re: CORRECTION: CGW "PS-Zero" Boxcar Article (was PS-1 Boxcars)

Yup, Good article. The CGW car is really a 10 foot IH 1937 AAR car with the PS-Zero ends. Ted Culotta's web site has a list of 1937 cars and this CGW series is listed there. The RMJ article

By buchwaldfam <duff@...> · #47385 ·

Re: Naperville Aftermath

While I have little interest in modern stuff in general, good modeling is still good modeling and I always appreciate seeing it in any format. Regards, Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media 645 Tanner Marsh

By Ted Culotta <tculotta@...> · #47386 ·

H21 and H22 brake systems

I'm in the process of upgrading a few Bowser H21 and H22 hoppers and have hit a wall in finding details on the original brake system. I know many of these cars used KD brakes until upgraded in the

By Eric Hansmann <ehansmann@...> · #47384 ·

Re: Naperville Aftermath

John, as someone who puts on a meet, you should know that the models on display are what are brought and you have no control over what shows up. I don't think Martin has "limited" the display to a

By dh30973 <76523.1060@...> · #47382 ·

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