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Re: photo of R-40-25

Larry writes: "I have never seen a car go it the rip track for a knuckle. The train crews always replaced it. Other wise you have to chain it up to get it to the rip track. Thank you Larry

By Greg Martin · #53439 ·

Re: New stuff

Schuyler, 4 of the 8 cars have KC brakes which indicates they may be not correct for your era of the 1950's. For example the SP B-50-12's were rebuilt into all-steel cars by 1950. The latest photos I

By Tim O'Connor · #53434 ·

Re: New stuff

Thanks, Greg! And Ben, too! And since we all model the PRR . . . ;^) SGL

By Schuyler Larrabee · #53431 ·

Re: photo of R-40-25

Bruce Smith wrote Look again at the photo -- the car has no knuckle in the coupler. But there is no evidence of a collision -- so someone removed it. That car is not going anywhere until someone

By Tim O'Connor · #53432 ·

Re: Digest Number 3086

From: "al_brown03" <abrown@...> Subject: Freight car washing (was Photo of R-40-25) More generally, how many *freight car* owners washed cars at all? I vaguely recall reading, somewhere, that

By Malcolm Laughlin <mlaughlinnyc@...> · #53433 ·

Re: photo of R-40-25

moved couplers and It may also have been used to bring the car heaters into a central location for servicing and storage at the end of the heating season, and send them back out into the field again

By Dennis Storzek <dstorzek@...> · #53429 ·

Re: photo of R-40-25

Tim, I would say that the car hasn't been moved in a few days, as the wheel treads are rusty, but to assume that it is stationary and cannot be moved seems a bit a of stretch. It is still equipped

By Bruce Smith · #53428 ·

New stuff

<http://www.intermountain-railway.com/flyer51w.jpg> Asking before what was accurate saved me a lot of money . . . .what about this time? SGL

By Schuyler Larrabee · #53426 ·

Re: New stuff

Schuyler, You can trust the PRR units are correct unless they changed something since Ben Hom went oer it with a fine toothed comb... He and I even agreed on the color and I think they did a

By Greg Martin · #53430 ·

Sunshine ATSF BX-49 mini-kit?

The gift at the Spring 2002 Sunshine meet in California was a mini-kit to convert an IM boxcar to a ATSF Bx-41 or -49. Does anyone know if that mini-kit is available currently? I'm presenting a

By Jim and Lisa Hayes <jimandlisa97225@...> · #53425 ·

Re: Savannah Prototype Modelers Meet photos

Models are inspected at the door for domestic content (i.e., south of the gnat line). <vbg> But, there really wasn't much from outside the SE... Jared Harper's grain elevators from the ATSF Alma

By Frank Greene <fgreen01@...> · #53424 ·

Re: HO scale freight car trucks

Jack, Not going to happen, unless we can turn back the hands of time to an era when the general modeling population was interested in the "archbar era." By the way, this might be a good place to

By Dennis Storzek <dstorzek@...> · #53423 ·

Re: Digest Number 3086

In a message dated 4/8/2006 6:46:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, STMFC@... writes: Wheel sets from Reboxx with longer axles would take up some of that side-to-side slack but is that

By Malcolm H. Houck · #53427 ·

Re: HO scale freight car trucks

Dennis shared... What about scale width 5'-6" wheelbase arch bar trucks....? Jack Burgess www.yosemitevalleyrr.com

By Jack Burgess <jack@...> · #53422 ·

Re: HO scale freight car trucks

Gene, It's important if you intend to use any of the smaller "scale size" couplers, as these couplers have a smaller "gathering range", and are therefore more prone to miss if the car bodies aren't

By Dennis Storzek <dstorzek@...> · #53421 ·

Re: Savannah Prototype Modelers Meet photos

Frank. Is the meet only open to modelers of southeastern prototypes or was that your selection of models to photograph? <G> (I say that tongue in cheeck, because I know that the meet is open to

By Bruce Smith · #53419 ·

Re: Athearn Gondolas

Richard, Check out M. B. Klein in Baltimore, MD at www.modeltrainstuff.com Their ad in Railroad Model Craftsman indicates there is a $50.00 minimum purchase for international orders. I have no

By James F. Brewer <jfbrewer@...> · #53420 ·

Re: HO scale freight car trucks

Gene Green wrote: Yes. For CV trucks that have rivets drill out the rivets on one side and tap for 2-56 machine screw. Not every CV truck needs replacement wheelsets, though. Some have very good

By Spen Kellogg <spenkell@...> · #53417 ·

Re: HO scale freight car trucks

Gene, I have done the same for cars that need that extra bit of weight, but be careful to get the insulated sides on the wheelsets correct! We had an intermittant short during an op session, and you

By joe binish <joebinish@...> · #53416 ·

HO scale freight car trucks

I just replaced the wheel sets in a pair of Kadee Vulcan trucks with narrow-tread wheel sets (should I write wheelsets instead?) from Intermountain. The replacement wheel sets appeared to have an

By Gene Green <bierglaeser@...> · #53415 ·

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