Brian, the flat cars in the 2700-2849 series weren't AAR-design cars, though I'll settle for photos of them if they're all I can find. What I need are photos of the 3000-3049 series, or of the

I think there are three important numbers involved: - Rail to top of truck bolster. - Bottom of body bolster to coupler box mounting surface. - Coupler box mounting surface to centerline of coupler

Clark, Being from the model airplane side of modeling, I'll throw in my 2 cents. MOST mfgs of kits w/decals and aftermarket decal sheets show a drawing of the aircraft with colors and decal locations

I thought I'd continue with the gondola saga now that I decaled them. The Westerfield decals were no surprise, normal stuff that comes with Al's kits. Nice decal set. But, no reweigh dates

cj riley wrote: CJ is quite right, except that he should have said "USED to apply only to interchangeability . . ." <g> Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906

Well, so they do. I stand corrected. They must have started stocking more than just old stock and the PSC catalogs again. Here's a direct link to the Walthers PSC listings sorted for "brake wheel".

To clarify, discussions about developing standards for models of steam era frt cars that then might be proposed to the NMRA or any other organization is within the scope of the STMFC. One of the goals

Keep in mind, NMRA's work with conformance applies only to interchangabilty issues, not to conformance with prototypes or other issues. It's obvious from this group that protype conformance is a big

Why not ask the manufacturers to list this information as a first step? I drop my depth gauge through the truck center but this doesn't work well for sprung trucks. Also sometimes I forget to

Hi: Check Ebay completed auctions. This will give you what they are worth, i.e., what someone is willing to pay. For example, a 2-10-10-2 recently went for over $650. KL

I'm thinking of selling my brass locos, not having run them for 20 years. Many are freight haulers (mandatory content) but have no idea what they are worth. They include an Erie triplex and 0-8-8-0

Mike Brock wrote: The page says "revised 1-90" but since I don't know what it looked before 1-90, I can't tell if this is significant. I can't find my NMRA Standards book at the moment, but IIRC

Richard, the NKP had 4 series of these cars all very similar, but built at different times, the 2700-2724, 2725-2774, 2775-2849, 3000-3049, do you have a preference? Brian J Carlson P.E. Cheektowaga

Tony Thompson notes about DCC standards: "it's not only the only thing they've done in standards since about 1960, but even it is the subject of considerable ongoing controversy, most of which is

Didrik A. Voss wrote: You have our best wishes, Didrik, but you will find a lot of people with a pretty uphill track on taking the S&C department seriously until it actually does something,

The discussions about couplers, bolsters, and various other items associated with frt cars are, of course, entirely within the scope of the STMFC. Discussions about the value, competency, and future

standards/recommended practices we can make a lot of this stuff a lot easier. If you would like to volunteer in developing a new set of S&RPs, I would be happy to review your work. I am still

cj riley wrote: Uh, huh. We hear this with each new head of the "technical" department. If you don't mind, I'll wait and see. If I were the NMRA, I'd say less about the famous DCC standard: it's

Joshua, I presently have a small number of steam era freight cars equipped with Sergent Engineering couplers. Four, in fact, plus the tender end of a small steam loco and one end of an accompanying

Group, I have both Precision Scale and Cal Scale(Bowser) catalogs if anyone needs to find a part number.HTH Mike Farina