I have tried to stay out of this, but . . . Being a purist and using exactly the same term the professional railroaders and engineers (desk type) used is perfectly fine. Unless: A) they didn't have

Mm, a conundrum: "corrugated" is a better term (conceded), except it's also been applied to ends that are quite different, which would seem to render it ambiguous. What if we put "Murphy" in quotes,

englishintroy wrote: Ahhh, so it's ALL YOUR fault Jeff! 8-) Any suggestion for the PS corrugated ends? Dave Nelson

Only if it's an SRECo product. Other people also manufactured corrugated ends, which may be a better term. Then, of course, one has to be watchful for the early days of Dreadnaught ends, when

Jeff English wrote Google turns up 14 uses of the term Dartnaught.... and 47 of the term Dartnot! :-) Tim "Dart? NOT" O'Connor

That Allegheny/Garratt would presumably have four articulated joints -- two where a Garratt has them, and one more in each "Mallet" section -- and could go around a street corner. Its minimum radius

See the product announcement below, from the S-Scale list, for an FD flat car model. This would appear to be one of the same GSC cars discussed recently on this list regarding an HO manufacturer's

--- In STMFC@..., "Dave Nelson" <muskoka@c...> wrote: <snip> > . . . Maybe phases or something clearly descriptive > (my own preference): PS Dartnot End, PS-1 Undimpled End,

which model trucks in HO scale ''manufacturer and part # '' are best to simulate the combine car prototype. http://railwaymuseum.ab.ca/other.html#17106 using some plates off an HO

It was nearly impossible to buy a kit at Milwaukee's Trainfest this year. Their were no Red Caboose kits and only a few Intermountain The P2K kits were under $5 ea. and almost all were sold Sat. and

this aught to be used as a convention clinic. titled "Imagineering, what if" ed_mines <ed_mines@...> wrote:Check out the third to last photo on this amusing web site to see the aforementioned

Check out the third to last photo on this amusing web site to see the aforementioned stock car. http://www.karenparker.net/PixelMagic/pixelmagic.htm Ed

Dave Nelson wrote: Excellent suggestion: practical, brief, uses a clear description. Dave is right that the "industry" term isn't always descriptive enough to distinguish physically different

Jared, Again, I think you are not taking into account the level of disruption caused by WWII. Since I am not familair with the Alma Branch, I do not know what sort of national defense related sites

bierglaeser wrote: No, Don't. At least not right away. 8-) I'm with O'Connor on this one: when the trade name fails to describe the characteristic features, come up with a better name. I can

Phil, What's the number series of the car? Thanks, Clark Propst

I'm going book and refer to it Well, at least one person used it in a book. Me! I used PS-0 in the CGW color guide. I qualified it by saying Pullman-Standard never used the term but ... I'll start

I haven't seen the entire thread yet, but the reason the GN cars had "inset" ends is because the GN's cars are simply 1925 ARA box cars built to the prevailing dimensions of the late 1930s/early

If anyone else has any insights into the use of tank cars on the Alma branch they will be appreciated. I never thought about the WWII tank car shortage and other exigencies of war that disrupted the

If anyone else has any insights into the use of tank cars on the Alma branch they will be appreciated. I never thought about the WWII tank car shortage and other exigencies of war that disrupted the