I am looking for copies of numbers 2 and 3. If you have one or both, please respond off-list! -- Brian Ehni

Tony, They were 100-ton cars. Taller than the Athearn car. Francis in Sunbury, Pa.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Someone's always throwing that in my face! I also wish Al W. would quit writing "weather to taste." Those Bragdon

Francis Pehowic wrote: Were they 70-ton or 100-ton cars? Those are all dense cargoes. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: I remember that one... It ends with "and now put down your pencil, put your head down on your desk, and wait for further instructions from the teacher". Didn't work in the

Scott, that's why the first line of good instructions says "Read the instructions all the way through before starting to build this kit." SGL

Under this general topic, I'd like to encourage kit instruction writers to avoid this booby-trap for the modeler: Step 10-- Cement two end-widgets to the base widget, one at each end. [This is where

Ben Hom writes: Thanks for confirming my fears Ben. I agree re: the Red Caboose kits. Since the RC car won't give one the correct panel spacing either, this isn't an option unless price is no issue

The READING had larger 3500 cubic foot cars. Some of their loadings: Lime Magnesite Cement Sand Roofing Granules Ground Coal Sugar Ilmenite Limestone Francis in Sunbury, Pa.

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