Tim O'Connor wrote: Calling them "PFE" won't do, because PFE used both styles at different times. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA

Dennis Storzek wrote: Dennis is right and I was wrong. I was confusing the shrinkage with strength data I was using recently. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

railway, transferred to the CGW. But in the corporate world logical assumptions are not always the order of the day. It is possible that the stock cars were already nearing the end of their

Garth Groff wrote: And in the old days the containers were 100% steel; such speciality containers were usually *not* cranked out at the nearest can factory as such facilities were normally dedicated

--- In STMFC@..., "Justin Kahn" <harumd@...> asked: (and need I live in the suburbs of NYCity and never have had any luck in finding a hobby shop that carried a lot of specialized

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I don't think that is it, because the items I referred to in my original response were on the sides of the cars, under (lower than) the side ladders. Push pole pocket is the only thing called out on

Well, that would appear to be item 52 on the diagram: the "push pole pocket." That's not much help, is it, since some of them don't actually have the pockets on them. Maybe after poling was banned

Checking a few more pics, I see that some designs of side stirrup steps do attach to side faces of these corner pieces.

I can't let this one pass uncorrected. You've got it exactly backwards, Tony; wood is relatively stable along the length of the grain, but shrinks and swells appreciably across the grain. This is

--- In STMFC@..., "leakinmywaders" <leakinmywaders@...> wrote: ....Some examples from HO models: they are part of the casting > on IMRC 12-panel boxcar shells and Red caboose AAR boxcar

That's not quite right either. The proper name for the NMRA RP-25 wheel that is .088" wide is "Code 88", as defined in NMRA RP-25. The NWSL PROTO:HO wheelsets are bastard mix of scale size wheels

Rich: Hmmm...maybe. I don't have access to that issue of PM, so I'll try again: They are the pieces at the outermost point of the four bottom corners of the car, on the cars that have them. They

Andy, those PFE latches are a different style. The original request was, I think, looking for the TICHY/SUNSHINE style latches which have a series of holes in them, presumably for pinning the hatches

Thanks for tip Tim. Someone on another list used this term hence my use of it (I guess that can be a bad habit). I'll be careful of that in the future. --Rich

Andy, how can I contact you? I'd like to order and try out these parts. They are HO scale? Don Worthy Ivey, Ga. Andy Carlson <midcentury@...> wrote: Jerry, The parts sprue from Terry

Jerry, The parts sprue from Terry Wegmann's PFE Reefers is also available (from me). In addition to the hatch cover latches, Ajax power brake & wheel, brake platform & support brackets, the casting

Richard, Sounds like you discovered what happened to the St.PB&T stock cars. It destroys any possibility of being prototypical and modeling a stock car lettered for the outfit on my S-gauge CGW set

Another source is Sunshine. They offer etched metal (stainless, I think)latch bars. The holes are rendered with dimples, which aren't easy to drill out. However, they look good once in place on a

Rich, if you use that terminology you're going to confuse the Proto:87 modelers! The Reboxx and other .088 profile wheels are not prototypical -- they are NMRA RP conforming wheelsets. A Proto:87