For some reason I cannot open this site. Dennis --- John Golden <golden1014@...> wrote: http://s-clmodeler.aclsal.org/currentissue/sclmodeler2007-2.pdf > > > >

Sorry, gang--the period got added to the address in my previous announcement. Here's the correct address: http://s-clmodeler.aclsal.org/index.htm ACL & SAL HS website is located

All, The latest issue of the S-CL Modeler was released yesterday. You can check it out at http://s-clmodeler.aclsal.org/index.htm. We're also pleased to include on our website Bill Welch's special

Tony, Pigs and sheep, which were loaded more or less at random, require only enough animals (or blobs) to give the illusion of a complete load. I think if the cattle are supposed to have their bovine

I've found some photos online, and I'm wondering if anyone might be able to provide some further details or information on these cars so as to allow models to be made? 1. Kansas City, Kaw Valley

Hello, Looking for any sources of photos or info,on the Sunset Pacific Oil Company ,which was I believe located in the L.A. area prior to WW 2. Especially of interest would be a photo of

Mike Brock, misunderstanding the meaning of "color chip", wrote: [exploration of sources and colors of such chips deleted] At the risk of taking this seriously, wouldn't an empty stock car tend to be

Tony Thompson writes about stock car weights: "Same point regarding weight: I just put it on the floor and paint flat black." Flat black? Have you studied the...uh....floor colors of these cars?

Depends on the state of your track - if you lay perfect track with transition curves it may not be an issue, but top weight makes the car unstable on poorly laid industrial tracks or authentically

Cutting the weight so it is narrower than the floor by 1/8" or so will keep it from showing from most angles. Don't forget that straw or sand bedding was placed in the cars and that would prevent a

Those "nut/thread thingies" with the round heads are called carriage bolts. They have a smooth rounded head, with a square boss just below the head on the shaft. The boss prutrudes into the item being

These were eastward and westward freights between LA and Yuma (and maybe further east, such as Tucson). Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley,

Beckert, Shawn wrote: Not in the post-WW II period, at least. Coast Line trains were low 900-series numbers. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

gary laakso wrote: Gary, this was a train carrying auto parts (mostly) and assembled autos. It was naturally heavy in automobile box cars (SP A classes), and I'd guess that is what Sunshine is

Paul Catapano asked: Without a timetable in front of me, I seem to recall that 833/834 were freight trains running on SP's Coast Line between Los Angeles and San Francisco. 833 was westbound, 834

January 1st 1962 (I'm sorry it falls out of the STEAM window by two years, but this is the copy of the train order I have at hand.) Southern Pacific Railroad Company Can anyone tell me

Indeed! Not on an Accurail kit. Our Z braces have NUTS! Square nuts just like the prototype. Even the resin kits I did years ago had square nuts on the posts and bracing. Not that anyone can see them,

RMC's latest issue, March 2008 in its new products section has Sunshine Models producing SP/Cotton Belt Motor Special boxcars .."including its connections with the PRR, NYC, B&O and NKP". I checked

Garth G. Groff wrote: But the only goal is to LOOK full. As is readily demonstrated with any stock car model, visibility is pretty darn restricted. If you want a loaded car, make it LOOK