James D Thompson wrote: for NYC Accurail. David, I respect your knowledge of hopper cars, but are you sure about what you stated? I just checked Al Kresse's book on C&O hopper and gondolas

Vince, I am not sure but I believe your original post was regarding this Atlas Trainman hopper and correct me if I am wrong... _http://www.atlastrainman.com/HOFreight/tmho70tonhopper.htm_

Ted - Thanks for the information. Have you ever seen a photo of one of these cars as a composite car? Their very early built date might indicate that the middle group of diagonal side braces were

--- rwitt_2000 <rmwitt@...> wrote: Vince, I purchased one last month. I am modeling one in Southern series 70300-73749 / 281000-281299. The model is almost a spitting image of the AAR design

Kiesel's patent was filed in 1922 and it was awarded in January 1924.

The Atlas car is basically a hybrid welded/riveted car that AC&F built for C&O in the early and mid-1950s. The Stewart cars were: a late-1950s NYC ribside triple adopted as an alternate AAR standard;

Vince Altiere wrote: were panels. I have searched the archives but me?? > Vince, I had the wrong group. I and Jim Mischke discussed this model on the B&O Yahoo Group. In my recent post on the

I imagine Vince meant Accurail and Bowser, but the issue still remains that searching for "atlas hopper", "atlas trainman", or "atlas triple" doesn't uncover the earlier archived messages discussing

According to Atlas site the 9 panel 70t AAR open top hopper is a reccomended AAR practice from the 1930's which "fell out of favor by the 1950's" Rich Orr **************************************

I've had the same experience with this "Myth" --- at least the Goo version. I had a HO plastic flat car which took on a very "John Allen" shape due to the contact cement holding the wood lumber load

Just to add fuel, what about water based contact cements. There are a few out there or at least there used to be. Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has stopped in 1941 Digitrax, Chief/Zephyr systems,

Bob, Thanks for the info. You have been very helpful. Vince A. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Denny Anspach replied to: Denny, you make this statement ASSUMING contact cement was applied "properly," though no one really knows how long to let solvent evaporate to be "dry enough" and in

Tim, Sorry for my error. I forgot about the Bowser/Stewart strait side hoppers. Anyway, I'm still trying to find find out which roads would be appropriate for the Atlas /Trainman triple

????????? Stewart produced several exterior-post ("ribbed") hoppers. And we're not talking about Accurail in any case. Bowser now owns the Stewart product

Does anyone know when Pennsy first used their 2D-F8 freight car trucks? Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

The following is my experience in the use of lead and should not be considered as more than my opinion. A few years ago, I was responsible for running an automotive battery manufacturing plant

The Shadow's theme was from Omphale's Spinning Wheel by Saint Saens. - Al Westerfield

As has been discussed thoroughly for some time, and presuming both tape and cement have been applied properly: Sticky tape is just fine except that no one knows exactly how long these sticky foam

Tim, As you probably know, the Accurail and Stewart triple hoppers were of the offset design,while the Trainman model has straight side panels. I have searched the archives but found