Jeff: Actually they are white lettering. Yes they could be produced in a larger scale. My guess that the price would be approximately double and I would expect you to buy at least 4 to 10 sets to

Mike Brock speaks of the interrelationship between wheels and wing rails... drop at track What follows are links to three photos in the abpr archives. Please note the credits on each page once it

When did wooden vinegar cars become obsolete and what kind of tank car replaced them? ----------------------------------- Dave Nelson *** New E-mail address: muskoka@...

Mike . . . Better save your nickels . . . I'm sure pennies won't do . . . Since you have to buy three at least, two for Bill, and one or more for yourself . . . http://www.divisionpoint.com/ Enter

Sorry, Jeff, but the decal set is white (for black cars), not black. However, enlarging the artwork to 1:64 wouldn't be a big deal, and maybe you could team up with some other S scalers to order

<<.... However, the code 110 wheel actually doesn't drop at all. The reason is that the turnout frog/flange gap dimensions for track standard S-3 matches the code 110 wheel. As I think I may have

Tim O'Connor observes: Sure there are, Tim. I laid some of those, and I know they are No 10 or larger. And on the new section, when I did the CAD layout of the tracks, I used No's 5-12. You are

Bill Welch writes: I will do masters of one HO house car (36, 40 or 50 foot) for two "Divison Point" Louisville & Nashville Berkshires, one of each from Lima and Baldwin. Bill, thus, ensures that he

Jon, your credit union may not do conversions but mine does. I just walked in and asked for a check in pounds sterling (Scotland) and they did it. No questions asked and no charge. I ususally just

Jack Wyatt says: They actually have at least two functions. Even the prototype. To quote from the Track and Structure Cyc of 1955: "The wing rails, in common with the point, serve to carry the wheel

Jack Wyatt writes: until Well, to be precise, the drop occurs when the wheel...let's say heading from the frog towards the moving points...rolls along looking for something to support it. Now, if you

When I was a teenager it was one L = $5.00 Not so bad to day Thank you Larry Jackman "Beckert, Shawn" wrote:

Sorry you mis read my post. If I remember the way they assembled was a round rod on the back od the side frame snapped in to the bolster like the Intermountain trucks. I said nothing about spring

I wanted to send a check to Canada for 100 dollars Canadian once. I went to the BANK OF AMERICA and bought a bank check for 100 dollars Canadian for 2.50 dollars and sent it. I do not remember what

Can anyone comment on the accuracy of the HO B&O M-15k wagontop boxcar offered in MR? Shows one piece body - are the sides straight. Is it worth the $32.50 asking price? Thanks Charlie Duckworth

question so The key answer here is Richard's "YMMV". Anything less than prototypical length is a compromise. Each person has to rationalize his or her own compromises and decide what is

Ted Culotta wrote: I've been buying books about, and photographs of merchant ships (my *other* hobby) from outfits in the U.K. and Australia for several years now. None of them will take American

No, it is as easy as it sounds. Use your Visa card. The banks will figure it out and the transaction fee will be the lowest you will find. BTW, why are we talking about this anyway? Dave Nelson

Any chance of getting these in any scales other than HO? Obviously, I'm looking for S-scale, but I'm not the only one who wants other-than-HO. Since these are pure black, wouldn't they lend

ljack70117@... wrote: I own a genuine SSA tank car, and the trucks that came with it sure as hell don't have anything remotely resembling spring planks. Likewise, after Des Plaines