sides Roger Hinman

Brian, this is all very good news. The trucks you've done so far in HO have been superb, and the forthcoming trucks will represent a significant advance in accuracy and detail over what is

I recently acquired a NYC car inspector's log book from the mid-40's, apparently from somewhere in central NY state (based on destinations listed for car mileage in back) Cars are all noted as "paper"

Keep up the good work! Sincerely, Mark Morgan

The newest HO freight car truck from Tahoe Model Works is what much of the hobby still calls a "bettendorf". I'm calling it a "Buckeye A.R.A. 50-ton Truck". The real sideframe I measured and

I am definitely not a bridge expert; but, as we say, I took a couple of classes. If my assertions are incorrect, I hope someone will correct me/them. In a steel truss, there is no reason for the

Ed I believe that NJ International did this car in HO as well as N, but it was some years ago.(Mid 80's?) Rick Dietrichson Wilmington, NC

Kurt, I also have Vol 1 and, as far as I know, a Vol 2 was never published.  Ed Sommer San Jose, CA "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed

Group, I asked this question on the PCL when this was posted there and did receive a couple of responses.  I know there are a couple of NYC experts on this list so I'll ask again:  does anyone know

Hi Rob, I am by no means an ACF Tank car expert but to my eye this isn't an ACF car. I think it's too long to be from the type 11 series which was very similar to the type 7 cars in design which I am

Yeah, they didn't get along too well... ;> Phil Buchwald <schuyler.larrabee@...> wrote:

Anything is possible, I suppose, but I tend to agree with Tim. The "$" herald with the black background was used on new steel cars built before and during WWII, even as the black background

Actually, as I recall, the language was, "prohibited from OFFERING in interchange." The receiving road could accept whatever they chose; it's still that way today with "plain" bearing journals. It's

I have seen what appears to be stub-frames at each end of 30-ton stock, flat, and gondola wooden cars shown in a 1922 C&O/C&O of Indiana FC Diag Shts package . . . which refer to channel construction

It is actually relatively rare that the track on a bridge is not level. Most RR bridges have a level approach on both ends of the bridge. There are a few bridges where this is not done but it is rare

The current AAR interchange rules are written such that things aren't "banned", but that RRs are "prohibited from accepting in interchange" cars with the particular features. I would imagine that

Guy, Was the MCBA empowered do the "banning" . . . or did it just get a consensus from the railroads and then submit that to some federal institution . . . or was there then just a right to refuse a

my aunt, an So, your grandmother was with you too? ;^) SGL

I wish I could give you an exact date, but I saw several Soo Line box cars standing on a bridge in central Wisconsin, still bearing faded $ heralds. The thing that struck me, and created a