List, At one time I too had these brake/air hose problems, I started using PSC valves and the insulation of from micro bulbs (or whatever is scale appropriate) along with PSC glad hands. Heck

Denny wrote: I hear you there...and uncoupler bars are in the same category. However, now that I have enough cars to operate, future builds will include both details....<g> I had not realized until a

For me, two of the great breakthroughs in the past few years in HO prototype scale freight car/train modeling have been the introduction of and the ensuing spread of more near-scale width .088"

Thanks. Jay Bingham the

Oops I missed the RW&B part of Marty's email. Sorry the photo I referenced was of the older cars. Brian J Carlson P.E. Cheektowaga NY

The reason there is no RW&B is none of the BAR reefers carried this scheme, only the RBs which probably were of little use in California traffic. This may have been the reason the blue and white

Chuck, They were used on local orders. Just considered as part of the general pool of empty 40' cars. They had no different status then any other 40' box car. If there was a greater need somewhere

Rob, David Braun, formerly of PSC, now owns The Back Shop and does brass investment casting from plastic masters. He has a complete site with lots of stuff on it, but also has a page that answers a

Thank you very much, Richard. Here are the revised percentages and numbers for the Milwaukee, with Richard Hendrickson's data included: Sheathing type for box and auto cars, MILW, January

All three series were double wood sheathed with Bettendorf underframe and wood ends, built in 1907. All were cars of the same design as the three series above except that they were built as auto

Jay. the trucks were AAR self-aligning spring-plankless double truss with five-spring clusters. Closest HO scale truck in appearance is the Proto 2000 AAR truck. Hand brakes were of drop-shaft

Marty, Not quite west >>Albany GA to Boston LA << LOL !!!! Fred Freitas who grew up watching 4-6-4T's and other steam power in Beacon Park Yard cvsne <mjmcguirk@...>

That's easy. In HO scale, the old Ulrich cast metal triple hopper kits were exact replicas of the B&LE 70 and 90 ton hopper cars. Richard Hendrickson

Hi Folks Here are the DS/SS/Steel splits for box and auto cars in interchange service on the IC, NP, and MP for January 1945, April 1949, and July 1950. Illinois

Thanks again Richard! Now my next question, what did you use for the B&LE hopper? The Am Flyer S car needs mucho work especially on the ends, cutting of all the cast on supports and re-doing with

I've listed a few resin freight car and caboose kits on ebay that may be of interest to the members of this list (I will be adding more tomorrow) -- search under my seller id "cvsne" Marty

No, I meant, and quite deliberately chose, "B&A" -- as any good New Englander will tell you!!! "Boston & Albany", hmmm, that's one of those western railroads, isn't it????? Marty

<snip> Similarly, the Southern Pacific used: "B-" for Boxcar (AAR "X") "C-" for Caboose (AAR "N") "O" (as in Oil) for Tank Car (AAR "T") Shows where their business came from! and "W" for ??? (I

Thanks Tom and Dennis, I'm not sure about the gon model, but have interest in lost styrene brass casting for other projects. But I think it worth observing that the Back Shop is a quirky company. I

Tim O'C. writes- During the '50s (c. 1953-7) a vivid stand-out memory for me were the seemingly almost pure-BAR fruit blocks being worked eastbound across Donner Pass by struggling pushing/pulling