Fellas, While in the Sunshine room at Naperville(I was the one chuckling at the frenzy Thursday afternoon) I succombed to the Rock Island "spliced" flat car. Am now in process with this car, only

Richard, Many thanks. Great lead to the decal sheet, which I can use on other cars as well. How were the placards fastened onto the car? (Am I correct in assuming these were detached and stored, and

Steam era tank cars often got very grimy but were not "worn out"; the service they were in required that they be well maintained mechanically, regardless of how grungy they got. However, you're

Hello group, I want to build a model in HO scale of the flat car shown in the link. http://rr-fallenflags.org/nyc/nyc-f7.gif I only have a blueprint in the Train Shed Cyclopedia from 1919 but

which show (apparently he Jack, That same ARA standard drawing was included in every CBC through 1946. The dimensions for the pipe centerline and projection are shown as a table, with different

There should also be placard holders on the side running boards. These held printed cardboard warnings of what dangerous product the tank car was loaded with. If empty or loaded with a non-hazardous

Hi All, I have a pretty generic tank car with a built date of 5-30 and want to adjust it to fit my 1945 branchline service, central New York State. It is a nice model, but was lettered for a western

The Jackson Street Roundhouse Museum is in St. Paul, I believe ... Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla. I'll

Jared wrote, regarding brake hoses angled to 30 degrees: There are several photos in Volume One of "Focus on Freight Cars" which show the air hoses/cocks on an angle. Although I no longer have the

Did this only apply to freight cars? Doesn't seem like it would, but photos of Santa Fe doodlebug M.177 at Travel Town in LA, and historical photos of the same show the angle cocks and hoses hanging

We have all heard of "cinder block," right? Well, it was made from . . .aw, you guessed it! Dang! However, the block used in building today is NOT "cinder block." It's "concrete block."

Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 9:00 AM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] new Bob's Photo address Anthony Thompson wrote: Tony, The most important thing on the card is his e-mail

Ed: I think you're confusing ashes and cinder. Cinders are the particles of coal burned but not reduced to ashes. These were what railroads used as fill/ballast (usually on secondary

Has anyone tried casting the Branchline Part in brass?? I have a fair share of Denny's efforts, which I will be using, but I agree that a proper bracket would make them even more useable.

This poster failed to include the city in which this event is taking place. I attempted to reply to him privately to avoid embarrassing him. But my reply was directed to his spam box. So, since he

FWIW, I did an article on these cars, in the red paint, in Mainline some 15 or 16 years ago (don't make me look it up). While the article is incorrect in some details, particularly the number roof

Stan's kits it is a huge diadvantage to the modeler to not have the decals included, great models but at $30.00 they are still incomplete, not having the decals is a pain... Add the decals and charge

The best thing would be a brass hose w/ strap bracket cast with it. Resin and plastic brackets (such as the beautiful Branchline parts) are just too frail. Tim O'Connor

I am mortified that I did not mention in my last post that Chad Boas made up several very fine resin castings of a strap type of air hose hanger or bracket- to be of some possible use as a pattern to

Brian, They both are... the side ladders need to have the .010-inch styrene rungs installed but that is not beyond you. As I said in Naperville to you about Stan's kits it is a huge diadvantage to