Tim, as far as I know, all the placement variations were with the original block lettering, and occurred during a couple month period in 1951 or early 1952. The original use of the block lettering had

Dennis, The photo is caption with a 1966 date. I can't read the reweigh, but if it agrees, then that half of the equation is complete <G>. And of course, right next to it is an example of "Brock's

What a pain to find pix. I never knew there were so many pictures of Soo Line covered hoppers in existence. It seems color slides weren't invented until all the good stuff was gone :-( The Soo Line

Joel, AFAIK, Gregg didn't make many (if any) regular freight cars for the domestic market, narrow or standard gauge. They did make full-sized and narrow gauge rolling stock for export, and some of

Ed, Years ago someone (F&C - or molded by F&C for someone else) did a resin kit for the NYC cars you're referring to. I have no idea if they're still available. I never built one, but remember

QUESTION:I have a 1952{19th edition}Car Builders Cyclopedia and theres a section with freight cars from a builder named GREGG,looks like there product line all for export,did they build anything for

Dennis I hadn't heard of "block I/II" before, but for me the spotting feature is the change from SOO LINE located close to the doors to the later style where it was moved away from the doors.

Phil, Cars built as late as 1951 received the $ heralds. Most likely, that is what you saw. A car built in 1936 would have very likely been repainted by 1964. The original question was about 1936

Malcolm, If your talking about baled market pulp not pulp wood the ratio is 1:1. Actually the paper would weigh a bit more due to additives (starch, gum arabic,etc..) and whether it's coated or not.

If you need these trucks, I have received Red Caboose T-section trucks, less wheelsets recently. Very affordable, though you will need to supply your own wheelsets. You can contact me at

Brain, I'm sure this will be of the same high quality as your previous offerings, and I'm very much looking forward to them. Now this is a truck that I can really use, with the inline with the

Brian, Thanks very much, both for the info and for the two trucks you have in the pipeline. Now, still on SP, boxcars and trucks, which is, in your opinion, the best of the available Bettendorf

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