Denny, The 'bushing", or whatever you want to call it, in a Kadee coupler box works perfectly for most trucks. Paul Lyons Laguna Niguel, CA

Well, I would certainly agree, but in my experience fabricating bushings of the proper depth and diameter is commonly much easier said than done, and it is just one more one-off part to lose.

Thank you Marty.When the Rutland ran on the CV or CN they displayed the Red and Green of the host road.On their own trackage they used Amber and Red (In later years day trains ran without lenses in

Terry Wegmann, the drive behind the N&G signal Co., has come up with an all new Semaphore-the ATSF Type S. Offered for sale, these semaphores have a 1.5V bulb and an operable spectacle which is

Armand, I have CV rulebooks for 1951, 58, and 62. Markers on all CN-family roads were red to rear, green to sides. When trains were clear in sidings to be passed by another train the stopped train

Richard, If you can get your hands on a resin kit from 20 years ago and compare it to the quality and detail of current state-of-the-art Speedwitch kits, there is a world of difference. The new

Armand, You might check eBay for time to time. Rule books from various times and railroads are offered quite regularly. Hopefully your favorite road's rule book could be found dated near your time

For what this is worth, in talking with Steve Funaro in Anaheim last Sunday, he said that he is converting everything to one piece body castings, and updating many kits. I have a couple VGN Battleship

Just a pity all the photos of the cars show modernised versions with Ajax brake wheels. Jon

You know, at first glance they don't look too bad. Really. In particular, the Central of Georgia car looks very nice--I think the car color is dead-on. John Golden Bloomington, IN

This Saturday in Kansas an estate auction will feature a real Missouri Pacific rebuilt steel boxcar, complete and in MP paint. Scroll down to the bottom to see the MP boxcar, and also an MP wooden

Sweet!! Jon

Dennis Storzek wrote: Hmm. I didn't say anything to contradict the statement that "most railroad rulebooks were modeled on the Standard Code of Operating Rules," so am not sure of the

Irregardless of what Tony says, most railroad rulebooks were modeled on the Standard Code of Operating Rules throughout the period covered by this list, and so where pretty much the same from road to

Armand Premo wrote: Before the days when most if not all railroads adopted the "Uniform Code of Rules," these matters were spelled out in each railroad's own rule book. So I would answer that in

ed_mines wrote: I may be remembering this wrong, but shouldn't this read "done FOR West Shore," etc.? The sellers of the kits may have been pickier than Steve was at that stage as to acceptable

While this may be marginally within scope of this list,what was the rule for displaying markers and who determined the colors of the lenses of marker lights?Was there a standard?Armand Premo

Atlas has posted photos of the decorated models on their web site: http://www.atlasrr.com/HOFreight/ho1932boxcar.htm# Marty McGuirk

Denny, Consider making some "bushings" with the proper o.d. rather than drilling out the bolsters.  This is a quick and dirty method to resolve the disparity between the screw o.d. and the truck

I am responding to an older post (16 June) that addresses a common problem: the commonly-wide truck bolster holes that are designed to fit over the shouldered body bolsters common to to almost all