The majority of M.Dale Newton's Red Ball stock was lost in a catastrophic fire at his Medford, OR "plant" in c. 1943; the result being that production of so many of his original kits, printed sides,

Jim, I've found most of the RTR cars that I have are pretty well done -- of course that is why I bought them. As far as modifications go I tend to use the same technology that I used on

A real good starting point is Richard Hendrickson's article in RP CYC 4. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

As Richard already commented, there isn't but Carbuilders Cyclopedias contain builders plugs on their own equipment plus a section on parts details. Not all inclusive nor that readily

Mont, When you are ready to try to "de-glue" a car let us know, we'll come help with the ice cream. Chuck Hladik ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at

Denny, Do you (or maybe someone else) have any information regarding what prototype this kit was supposed to represent? The diagrams included in the instructions show build dates of 1935. I don't

Thanks, Dennis. I already have several pair so that really makes my shopping easy <g>. Now, related to your reply, exactly where would I look, or what book(s) would I need to have, to be able to

Oak lumber for the switchboard cabinetry shops in Newark NJ and Cicero IL...??? While these did exist... the Red Ball kit car is -not- actually a lumber car, but a conventional 40ft flat with a load

Some of our favorite vendors are going over to producing built up cars only. I don't believe I will ever out a car on the railroad straight out of the box. Even Kadee boxcars, I add a little

Richard Hendrickson wrote: Transporting telephone poles? Tom Madden, Bell Labs 1960-1994

Does anyone know where I can find photos on the web of VULCAN trucks? The only photo I've been able to turn up isn't clear enough to get good details from. Or maybe someone has some drawings of

Richard, the stock number indicates that this was a kit dating back to the 1940s when Red Ball kits were produced in California by M. Dale Newton. Those original Red Ball kits were certainly crude by

Is this system going to transmit the decoder signals via the track or a wireless application. DCC and signals aren't the best combination because nickle silver and oxygen=oxidation and the spells

There is no such book, Paul, though there should be. I've sometimes considered producing one myself, but I already have a number of other publishing commitments. Richard Hendrickson

All Last evening I was digging -way- too deeply into my unbuilt kit closet... and happened upon a well-worn kit box mailed to me in 1972. (45¢ postage!). Direct from Howell Day, in Dunellen, NJ,

Is there a book which has attempted to contain all of the various freight car component descriptions, such as Murphy roofs, Duryea underframes, Youngstown doors, etc., etc., all the myriad types

Central Vermont's 41000-series boxcars were regularly used to ship firetrucks. Dwight Smith has a great photo of one being loaded in Claremont, New Hampshire. Marty McGuirk

We will be launching the Santa Fe Sk.N/P Caswell stock/dump car as built at the convention as our 25th anniversary car. Although most of the cars were rebuilt numerous times (and we will offer more

40' end door cars were used for many loads that would not fit in a non-end-door car, whether 40' or 50', and for which a car 40' long was adequate in length. There is a photo in my book on Santa Fe

I am told that a new system will be presented at Detroit, m-RPS for model Railroad Position System, with JMRI support. There was a presentation at a Regional meet in CA. It is supposed to be like