Jack Burgess writes: "The coupler pad is the "rectangular shaped, very thin "base" cast to the bottom of the floor at the coupler box location" that you mention. Orienting the box car as it would be

Sunshine makes a bunch of 40' autocars, both wood side and steel sided. Go to www.sunshinekits.com <http://www.sunshinekits.com/> , click on Flyers by RR, then scroll down the page looking for the

I've never been to anything like this before but would be interested in learning more and see if this would be interesting to attend.  ======================= My Model Railroad

As Tom C said, I use a 2-56 set screw. If the centre raised collar is damaged/missing or the thread has pulled out/been stripped, I remove the existing collar and drill the bolster with a 1/8 drill

Red Caboose 8500/8501, with W or square corner posts respectively. Both available from RC as kits last time I checked (1/08 price list). Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla. Premo >

Armand Premo asked: "I am looking for a kit for a 40' steel Autobox. Something to use as a starting place for several different roads. Any suggestions?" How about letting us know which roads you

I am looking for a kit for a 40'steel Autobox.Something to use as a starting place for several different roads.Any suggestions?Armand Premo

The coupler pad is the "rectangular shaped, very thin "base" cast to the bottom of the floor at the coupler box location" that you mention. Orienting the box car as it would be on the rails, the top

Another thought on this problem: If you would use a flat headed screw it would solve all of those problems. The cone of this head acts as a centering device. It doesn't matter what size the hole

I've been using 2/56 screws with all of my trucks with no problem. I've never heard of sanding the pads off the bottom of the car and putting a cut up KD box in it's place. Tom

I've been working on a Sunshine SP B-50-14 box car. It comes with a very slick instruction sheet but with few construction photos and...to me...an extremely misleading instruction. Soooo, since I may

As promised some weeks ago, I have uploaded to the FILES section of the list a pdf file of the 2008 Ackert Industries catalog of specialized detail parts. As Roger Ackert said to me, he "is not

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the STMFC group. File : /Ackert Industries Catalog 2008.pdf Uploaded by :

Dennis Storzek wrote: Maybe they could just mark it with a large stamp, "INOPERATIVE." Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

There is another way to do this: Make a thin "washer" which fits inside the "cup" of the bolster, and in the center of that make a clearance hole for 2-56. Then put this on the screw shaft

Jared, the only plastic HO scale model that's even close in dimensions and proportion is the Athearn "chemical" tank car, and aside from the crudeness that characterizes all of the early Athearn

If it fits the 2/56 Im fine.   Bill Vaughn

I just came across an issue of the June 1995 Model Railroading with a photo of St. Joseph Lead Company PS-2 covered hopper #301. According to the caption is was in P-S lot 8914A of January 1958. It

FWIW, a 2-56 thread has a .0813 - .0854 major ("outside") diameter. Kl

Thank You Steve, Just what I needed!