Buy the same thing at Harbor Freight for 1/2 the $$. Andy

We might be able to help if you'd tell us which CGW cars the kits represent. Richard Hendrickson

Here is the final answer that was posted a couple of weeks ago: However, when I needed to get some replacement parts, new grit, etc., I never got a response to any of inquiries to North

Thanks Doug, I found a map on the CNWHS site. I was curious about traffic interchange to the Wabash, and whether more of it occured at Des Moines or Albia. thanks -- ------ Allen P Rueter o0000o

I've been looking for a blasting booth for preparing models for painting. I tried e-mailing the e-mail I had for North Coast Hobbies, but didn't get a reply. Anyone know if they're still making

I think the site has the photo dated at 1944 or 45. I'm sure that bunch of photos on this site were "War Time" shots. Don Worthy "Gatwood, Elden" <Elden.Gatwood@...> wrote: Nice shot, Don!

I recently purchased a couple of Funaro & Camerlengo CGW boxcar kits. The instructions don't specify what type of trucks to use. Can someone tell me what type was used on the CGW cars in the

In a message dated 12/9/2005 7:09:36 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, fje63@... writes: been looking for a blasting booth for preparing models for painting. I tried e-mailing the e-mail I

One of the C&O all-color books shows a few 70-ton three-bay ribbed coal hoppers of the early 1950s with "low" loads of iron ore (it's a high-angle shot.) I believe it was taken somewhere around

--- Elden Gatwood wrote: ties on you know the =================================================== Elden, The image is from the Library of Congress on-line American Memory collection. That photo was

Roger- There were some photos of some other paint schemes with your MDT reefer articles in "Mainline Modeler" (like a white sided car one with light color ends). I've also seen a dark color ERDX

Andy Miller wrote: I have no argument with this description of the photo. But I'd add that hoppers in regular use can show slope sheets pretty much looking like polished iron, while corners,

Roger Hinman wrote: The rule for wood sheathing with PFE was 4 to 7 years. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Hi Gary, that chain probably had a rail tong to lift the rail. Ted Rails Unlimited Ted Schnepf railsunl@... 847-697-5353 or 5366 126 Will Scarlet Elgin, Ill.

Nice shot, Don! Thanks for that. The presence of the top chord reinforcement and interior cross-ties on those H21A's indicates that this is a pretty early picture. Do you know when it was taken?

I am looking for old stock 410M and Roundhouse model paints (big round squat bottles) so that I can better match the paints on older models from the '50s and '60s. I am particularly interested in the

Dennis, What you say makes sense. It keeps the hoppers loaded in most of both directions. But how do you account for the varied weathering patterns on the cars (other than the recently shopped,

Dennis Storzek wrote: The Pennsy generally used large "70-ton" hoppers to carry ore from Erie to Bethlehem PA interchanging with the Lehigh Valley in Mount Carmel. The ore was piled high on the slope

I was under the impression that hoppers were used for ore from the lower lakes ports; coal coal came north from the coalfields to the coal docks for shipment west on empty ore boats, the empty

Thanx Larry. Yup, that's the picture. I don't know why you had trouble with the other URL. Obviously it worked for me. regards, Andy Miller