The spring arrangement is certainly Dalman, but otherwise the side frame configuration of these ex-Red Ball trucks is, well, weird. I don't doubt that there was a prototype for them somewhere, as

Brian told me that other commitments has him holding off work on the Dalman tooling until late February. Once he resumes work, he will contact me with an ETA. Along with Dan Hall's doors, I will be

There are also cast-metal Dalmans available from *Bethlehem* Car Works, in their "Kitbits" line. I *think* these are the old Red Ball trucks formerly available from Cape Line. BCW assemble them

I'm not at liberty to disclose that information yet. Richard Hendrickson

Arnold, the models have the placard boards in the locations called for by the builder's original specifcations. Owners often had their own ideas about where the placard boards should be located and

Ben, Thank you very much, due to all the re-numbering of these cars it was very difficult for me to follow them through the ORER's I own you a Beer or two if you ever make it down here. Thanks

Who will manufacture the new Dalman trucks? Arnold. wrote: "slippery" in a two until

They're made of styrene, which is both less durable and less "slippery" as a bearing surface than the engineering plastics used in most HO scale trucks. But they're all we have at present. As I

The list is at the link below. These are EXQUISITELY detailed parts. You will love them. There are others in the works,

Andy, For those of us without access to a hobby shop will you or someone else post scans of the various doors somewhere so we can see which is which? You mentioned you will sell them mail order. Any

Arnold ECW trucks are ordinary styrene. You have to fool around with Reboxx wheelsets to find the correct axle length for them. Paint/weather them first, including the wheels, because once assembled

Pat, here is the link to a September 1999 message I posted on Dan Hall's Superior doors. If the link does not work, go to the Freightcars list search page and search for subject = "Superior doors".

Dan does not wish to sell direct, he would rather you go to a hobby store like Desplaines Hobbies, Whistle Stop, and other large MRR retailers. I believe Desplaines will send items via mail purchases.

Will the Eastern Car Works Inc Dalman trucks do it? http://www.walthers.com/exec/search?quick=dalman&quicksrch_butt.x=21&quicksrch_butt.y=9 What are they made of? Arnold van Heyst.

And as for the placards, on the proto cars the placards are on the corner at a fixed place. But on the photo's you can see they where also near the ladder on the left or right. Was this

Andy - how does one purchase the Superior doors that Dan has on the market?? Do you have a phone number or address for him? Does he have a website? Variations? Prices? Thanks. Pat Wider

To put the question another way, if I am modeling 1951, is it possible that my M-26A would already have a Superior-style replacement door, or did such replacements begin later? Thanks again. Rob

One of the STMFC listers reported that two of the Unicel cars were purchased by ACL , painted, lettered, and apparently used as revenue cars. I have not heard more about this, but would be very

Hello everyone, Thanks to all who have answered my question concerning SAL decals for 40ft PS-1 boxcars. Your advice and suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mark Heiden

Hi John, Thanks for the advice on decals and the tip about the roofs covered with car cement. That was something I didn't know. Do you know what was done with the roofwalk? Was it too covered with