Norm, Yup, the standards for freight car drawings have come a long way since 1971 (especially since the depressed center flat article was probably originally published in MR earlier).

Thanks for the info. I'm still waiting for my MM issue. Now if the original article was in fact based on a prototype that had brake wheels at both ends, how would the motion from the one at the end

As an excuse for trying out my new bandsaw, I started scratchbuilding the depressed center flat car which is described in an ancient Kalmbach book entitled "Easy-to-Build Model Railroad Freight Cars"

Mike Brock said in passing: Mike, there were four ORER issues a year in 1954 and throughout the postwar period. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave.,

On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 17:44:29 -0800 thompson@... writes: Whoa, am I missing something here. Didn't the ORER results posted recently confirm that these cars indeed, were built (ending)

The questioner specifically excluded brass. But yes, Challenger did, as did Pacific Limited in O scale. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave., Berkeley, CA

People, In the November/December 2001 issue of "The Railroad Press" (TRP), there is a short article with pictures entitled "Indiana Railroad Remembered". The article has two pictures,

Mike, My 1954 ORER does not list these REA cars. Roger Robar

Watch out. This hotel charged me for two nights, when I only stayed one night. (this was 3/12-3/13/2000) I didn't catch this until some months later when reviewing my credit card bill. Apparently I

Tony Thompson wrote Didn't Challenger import some of them in brass? Timothy O'Connor <timoconnor@...> Sterling, Massachusetts

Dave, I am under the impression that some of the info is "preliminary" (so I won't list the clinics just yet); however the following seems unlikely to change: "Sunday, March 10th, 10am - 6pm

refering back to Jeff Aley's earlier post to the list: "Their site may be browsed at http://www.railstop.com/default.asp ."

Kevin Slark asked: At the time Walthers discontinued them, the story was that some of the dies had been damaged in a way that did not seem repairable. There was an outfit which bought all the

My question: does anyone know whom owns the Ulrich dies? Did Walthers destroy them or sell them or...? I need quite a few of these cars myself! Kevin Slark --- thompson@...

Larry Castle said: Yes, you do need them. SP bought 4250 of these cars in the 1920s. By the 1930s they were a dominant feature of the SP gondola fleet. No, I know of no other model of the 1920s

Mike Brock mentioned: That book has many shortcomings; this apparent problem is only one of them. But it is all there is, at the moment. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

Tim O'C. sez; Pretty fresh talk for a guy who wasn't even there <g>. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Andy Harman wrote: It was an Enterprise design, bought "straight vanilla" by a number of roads. The Ulrich model is not at all bad as a representation of this 1920s car. Tony Thompson

Yes he did. Richard Hendrickson did an article on prototypes in RMJ Oct '90 issue. This is the best article so far. A construction article was to follow but hasn't yet happened. My understanding is

On Sat, 19 Jan 2002 14:57:28 -0500 James D Thompson <jaydeet@...> writes: Ask Al Westerfield, or better yet buy his kit for the hopper cars. But since they were known as "Vanderbilt" hoppers,