Jon Miller wrote: Jon, The owner of Tahoe Models, who uses IM wheel sets in his trucks, says that IM's axle length is 1.013". Regards, Spen Kellogg

After sanding the original carlines all the way off the roof, I decided to model the weld overlaps. I used strips, whose difficulty is their thickness. The styrene strips I found (thinnest Evergreen

The lettering looks to me like a pre-WWI C&O gondola; can't see enough of the car to suggest anything more than a high 20000s or mid 30000s series. David Thompson

We are now offering a DVD disk of the AC&F builders photos of 1899-1928 and lot list of 1899-1957. The almost 2,000 photos are printable and royalty free. More info at www.westerfield.biz. - Al

Thanks to those contributing information on these cars as well as previous owners. Frederick; I'm an active member of NHRHTA and yes, the group can be very helpful with information on matters New

Morgan's Louisiana & Texas. It was leased to T&NO in 1927, though controlled by SP since the 1880s. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA

What is the Reboxx number that is the same as IM 33" wheels. I'm guessing at 1.010 but have forgotten. Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has stopped in 1941 Digitrax, Chief/Zephyr systems, JMRI user NMRA

And it has the Klasing hand brake Richard Hendrickson described in Message #70558. Gene Green

Richard or anyone else, I have a couple more questions about this car. The 1950 ORER has a number series 30000-30988. This would include the 30600 series so apparently two or more groups of same or

Morgan's (Charles, not J.P.) Louisiana and Texas. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-0507(196906)29%3A2%3C322%3ACMATDO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-C David Thompson

Thank you, Richard. Gene Green wrote: originally had openings, the roof early

--- Revealing my ignorance, of things Espee, what is ML&T? I can surmise Texas but M&L? Memphis,Louisana & Texas? I do know T&NO. George East of the Mississippi In

Frederick Freitas wrote "How often were tank cars boarded on a float? Just because I don't recall a photo of one does not mean they never went by water. My first thought was Maybrook; and depending

Al, John Johnson a PRR fan and extremely excellent modeler uses some form of foil for his roof and seams. I've seen the results, fantastic. JJ doesn't have/use a computer but is usually at

wrote: > Richard, thanks for the info on the HPCX Type 21's. -John Hile

Thank you Richard. Rod Richard Hendrickson wrote:

Oops! Forgot to add that rosin can be used as a sizing for paper! From "Standard Tank Car Journeys"..."The greatest use of rosin is in the manufacture of soap and in surfacing writing and printing

Mark (?) wrote: "You could probably add it to your MOW fleet." Unless you have specific evidence to the contrary, this really isn't plausible for a Mather boxcar, because the railroads operating

Hi Jim, You could probably add it to your MOW fleet. They're a nice kit and relaxing to put together. Mark wrote: am late 1940s great by shops) in the

Since we are talking about the SP B-50-15. I have four Challenger Imports cars available for sale of the B-50-15. I have both wood sides and steeel rebuilds. They have the "Southern Pacific"