Hi Folks Ever since finishing the transcription of box and auto records from the July, 1950, ORER into an Excel file and making it available to you all on the STEFA download site, I have been adding

Richard Hendrickson wrote: That would be the T&NO, and yes, they did buy some after the war, but the first of the T&NO classes of those cars were built in 1944, which last time I checked was

List, Sorry guys, forgot to sign that answer regarding Mainline Modeler magazine and what it will take to buy it! Tom Olsen 7 Boundary Road, West Branch Newark, Delaware, 19711-7479 (302)

Not that I'm aware of, with one odd exception ; more on that later. The 41' gondolas were the least popular of the WW-II era AAR recommended-practice designs; actually, I believe fewer cars were

Schuyler, There is one big problem for anyone taking over the Mainline Modeler. Bob Hundman wants to sell it with the stipulation that whoever buys it has to honor all the present paid

I did drawings of an ERIE steam locomotive. It was very late one night when I was checking dimensions to be sure that everything was what it should be when I came up against an error of a couple of

pierreoliver2003 wrote: I believe that the Simplex truck was a Life-Like Canada product and thus is now a Trueline Trains product and thus is not available from Walthers under the P2K name. Bill

SGL. Lets all hope this comes about and if it does lets support the effort if it is all he claims it will be. Dave Powell Iowa

I do know one publisher of model and railroad magazines who is fairly interested in acquiring the magazine, and carrying it on with an even better quality of production. One hopes that the

And that would be incorrect. Standard PRR brake gear of that era had the ends of the levers and the brake rods to the trucks between the centersills and rod between the levers outside the center

Kurt: BLT is Branchline trains. Ed Hawkins covered these cars in RPC 1 Brian J Carlson P.E. Cheektowaga NY

Hi: Is there a suitable HO model of a riveted CNW 40-ft PS-1? (At least I think these series are riveted: 6200-7398, 7400-10098, 86300-88298, 106600-108598. Corrections welcome.) In the archives I

What you say is true. Having had the shipyard experience I can say that drawings are made and that does not necessarily mean they will be followed. They try but as obstacle arise parts must be

Pierre and List, I bought a dozen pair of the Life-Like of Canada Simplex Bolster trucks when they came out in the fall of 2004 from Canadian Model Trains Inc. in Mississauga, Ontario. The part

I don’t want to make this a personality issue but in defence of Bob and draftsmen worldwide I though I would add a few comments. I have also commented on some mistakes in drawings in the past so

wrote: Richard - I agree! Here is the entire link to the photo of the model: http://www.kohs.com/PRR%20G22b%20pages/G22b%205sample%20model%20photo% 2008.html It is a photo of the pilot model -

at Richard - thanks! The Frisco car will soon be in service on the Bagnell Branch. Charlie

of those cars (specifically the CV vans) look like, I'd avoid them. Marty, I believe that preproduction model photos of the CN vans are available on the Canadian Model Trains website:

That's gotta be wrong. Not even the non-standard railroad of the world would mount a cylinder on a sheet steel floor, where the repeated heavy thrust of the piston being actuated by brake