clinic This is great, thanks Ed. As I understand, your info gives me two ways to go with this car: 1) Renumber to 2710-2750 series and add platform that surrounds dome, change blt date, other

John, This is being answered separately since I had to do more digging to figure this one out. ANPX 2660 was built by AC&F in 4-5-48 (not 4-46). The stencils are difficult to tell apart a "6" and

Larry Grubb wrote: "While I completely share your frustration, it is not true that a company can "easily" produce prototypically accurate scale models at the level that would please most people on

John, From the AC&F bill of materials, the following information pertains to one of the number series above. ANPX 2710-2750, 5 cars, built 11-49, ACF lot 3352. Aluminum-top of casing. Black-rest

Ben, While I completely share your frustration, it is not true that a company can "easily" produce prototypically accurate scale models at the level that would please most people on this list, even

Can't argue with that Ben. Coming to CCB? Clark Propst

Thanks Ed. My 1/53 ORER does show SUYX 101-301 as ICC105A300W at 11,000 gal capy. FWIW, Ian Cranstone's web site (www.nakina.net) lists dates for SUYX reporting marks as 1/1952 to 7/1954,

Clark Propst wrote: "I visited by a very pleasant True Line rep at their display at Trainfest. Aren't Canadians pleasant people, especially now that their money is worth more than ours. Anyway, he

I visited by a very pleasant True Line rep at their display at Trainfest. Aren't Canadians pleasant people, especially now that their money is worth more than ours. Anyway, he said the response to

If you visit the Trueline Trains website; http://www.hobbycraft.com/tlt/html/accessories.html You will see that their trucks are available seperately. Pierre Oliver meet Accurail's cite a

Hi Ben, They look very much like the "Bettendorf" trucks that I've recently purchased from Model Power. Basically they resemble the Accurail "Bettendorf" but with more defined spring planks and

Tim O'Connor wrote: "I've uploaded photos of two cars John Riddell brought to the RPM meet in Connecticut last June. Note the TRUCKS -- those are the only plastic spring-plank AAR trucks out there

Thanks to everyone who provided feedback on these models, especially Rob Kirkham who provided details on the necessary modifications to bting these cars up to snuff. I have to say that I'm

My attempt directly to Earl has gone unanswered, but it may be harvest time. Can anyone advise me with Earls contact info? Bill Welch

Hi folks, The 2008 Craftsman Structure Show will be held on November 13, 14 and 15 at the Holiday Inn, Mansfield, MA. We've added an extra day this year to accomodate more clinics, and time to get a

John, The photo of ANPX 120 has a build date of 5-51. It was built by AC&F and it generally matches the Atlas model (as close as the model allows). I can say with certainty that AC&F didn't build

Those pictures of the pipe bending rig, and the rack of bent pipes for AB brakes, are worth their weight in gold.. :-) I've never seen that before. Tim O'

The B&O Railroad Historical Society Archives has scanned a B&O publication entitled "The Keyser Car Department" and posted it on the web for viewing and download. This work documents the process used

Thanks! Jared Harper Athens, GA

Gentlemen, I understand this is a rather unusual request, but the editors of The S-CL Modeler have been presented with a nice article on Piedmont & Northern freight cars for publication and I could