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

Thanks Bill, As Bill well knows, it is an unfortunate fact of life that advertising materials need to be sent out months before any product is ready, sometimes before major design decisions have been

I have usually seen the brake cylinder, either for an AB or a K brake, mounted on the side of the centersill of a steam era freight car. The cars in question are the prototype PRR G-22 gondolas.

KL, That's the problem with using initials (KL). Branchline Trains (BLT) Chuck Hladik

Marty, Sorry, no. I'm in no posistion to comment about the CV cars specifically. Rather I found that the art work in general on the website for all of their offerings tended to give the models a more

So Pierre, are you saying the cupolas and side windows on the CV cars correct? There's been a lot of confusion about that, and I'm only trying to get a straight answer. Marty McGuirk

Some "lifespan" info on the web page would help boost sales among the post-1947 crowd. (I see a huge number block in the ORER of January 1953, with more than 11000 cars in service.) And offering the

Tom, I think he did already... In his earlier message Dennis said: "Don't put too much stock in that illustration; it's a "generisised" copy of Hundman's C&NW drawing (used with permission, of

Marty, I've had the good fortune to see the photos of the preproduction models of the vans in question and the artwork on the website doesn't even begin to do them justice. Pierre Oliver of those

Actually, Tony, I was not aware that the Simplex bolster was a replacement part. Thanks for the knowledge. One of the perks of this site is learning the tiny details. Now it begs the question, isn't

<http://www.accurail.com/accurail/3700.htm> > The first thing Clark Propst and I noticed while observing the pre-production model of the Accurail gondola at Milwaukee's Trainfest show last November

If that artwork on the link Doug sent previously indicates what some of those cars (specifically the CV vans) look like, I'd avoid them. Marty McGuirk

The Life Like name was used under license in Canada by Hobbycraft. Some of the Canadian products stayed with Hobbycraft and are now marketed under the True Line Trains marque. Try this URL for those

Pierre Oliver wrote: Let's be sure we are clear on something (Pierre knows this, I'm certain). The Simplex bolster was a replacement part (a one-piece cast truck bolster). It is true that there

The CN Fowlers have been photographed on Arch-bar trucks, "Bettendorf" style, as well as "Simplex Bolster" trucks. Life-Like was offering Simplex Bolster trucks, but a recent attempt by my local hobby

Tom and Listers, Mainline Modeler was clearly in serious decline for several years. Bob Hundman's often meandering editorials showed he was losing interest in the magazine and that he was

--- In STMFC@..., Ted Culotta <tculotta@...> wrote: I will also add that I am offering ..... one of the nicest resin kits I have seen in awhile, that replicates the CN's most numerous