Schuyler Larrabee wrote: "Uh, Ben? I think that's quite a ways down the list of important things for Atlas to fix." On the contrary, it's much more important than you think. If you're going to go

Rob Kirkham asked: "Aren't there two other obvious problems - or is it the angle of the photos that's throwing me off? I.e. the height of the doors - they seem short; and the upper door track is not

Thanks Ben for the further references.... A question - Aren't there two other obvious problems - or is it the angle of the photos that's throwing me off? Ie. the height of the doors - they seem

Here are the heritages of some of these surplus B&O Museum cars, to be scrapped next week at the CSX Mt. Clare BIDS Terminal in Baltimore: - Already scrapped: B&O X-9728, 10,000 gallon diesel

Uh, Ben? I think that's quite a ways down the list of important things for Atlas to fix. SGL

Bob, I only saw 2 bay hoppers carrying cement, gravel and the like. I never saw a 3 bay marked for cement and definitely never shot any. This was mainly around the Santa Fe. Just my personal

Andy Carlson wrote: "...my understanding was that their earliest artwork ATLAS sent to China had a 2 page drawing crossing over the binding, and in China, the pasted together print yielded the "Extra

Yes, my understanding was that their earliest artwork ATLAS sent to China had a 2 page drawing crossing over the binding, and in China, the pasted together print yielded the "Extra Wide" rib, which

Tim O'Connor wrote: "Is Atlas demoting some of their old models to "Trainman" status or is this a new model?" http://www.atlastrainman.com/HOFreight/tmho2bay.htm It's a bit disconcerting to see that

Tim, AFAIK, the 2 bay offset hopper and the PS-2 are now part of the Trainman line. Demoting?....nah. Same model, different box. Greg Bartek

Given recent grumbling about inadequate instructions in many resin freigh car kits--which I agree with--I thought it might be appropriate to post a really big attaboy to Mr. Culotta for his extremely

Rob Daniels asked: "Can anyone comment as to the accuracy of the new Funaro and Camerlengo X28A?" I've uploaded a side-by-side comparison titled "Funaro & Camerlengo PRR Class X28A Boxcar.pdf" in the

According to the discussion in Atlas' forum this is the same offset 2 bay hopper Atlas has offered in the past in new paint schemes and/or new road numbers. Rich Orr

Bob, In my articles in the September and November 2005 Railmodel Journal there are several photos of cars having a line on the exterior of the car and stencils stating that cement shall not be loaded

Is Atlas demoting some of their old models to "Trainman" status or is this a new model? http://www.atlastrainman.com/HOFreight/tmho2bay.htm Tim O'Connor

A word of warning; this causes my Safari browser to crash. I'm going to try going directly to the file instead. -- Brian Ehni

Brian- I'm aware of painted lines being used on open hoppers, but wouldn't that be a problem with covered hoppers? It certainly would be an interesting detail to model. Does anyone have

That worked. -- Brian Ehni

I got tired of waiting for the photo police to approve the photo I uploaded to the Photos section, so I uploaded the image to the Files section of this list

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the STMFC group. File : /Funaro & Camerlengo PRR Class X28A Boxcar.pdf