the kit. Including photos of the protoype would be also help some modelers. It's likely that the pattern maker already has those photos. Ed

A while back, Bill Darnaby put together summaries of his experience assembling resin kits and posted them to the list. He asked if it was something the list would be interested in seeing on a regular

Manfred, then you might want to check out the article on 'working' brake hoses (using elastic strands and micro-magnets) I posted up in the Files Area a wee while back: 'brake hoses - Update

I've responded privately to Tony, and I just want to publicly say, due to the tone of this response, my involvement in this thread is now ended, and I have also seriously considered ending my

Great news Denny! Thanks to the capable modellers. So what will be the prospect of an automatic brake hose? Some ideas are already bugging my mind. Manfred very air

Through the efforts of three other members of this list, Chad Boas, Dennis Storzek, and Mont Switzer, Precision Scale is now producing a very nice brass angle cock bracket that is designed to hold

Great list Chet, Now to conjure up some routes. Sleepy, na -- Allen Rueter StLouis MO

Tony said Sunshine? Internet?? Not gonna happen in either of our lifetimes. So true. However, if anyone comes up with unofficial Sunshine kit instructions, I'm willing to host them on my unofficial

Kurt Laughlin writes: "A fine point, I guess, but wouldn't criticizing a deliberate decision by a manufacturer not to include instructions be tantamount to criticizing one of their PRACTICES, and

Richard helped me confirm that the trucks on the ERIE's "PS2*" hoppers, visible here: http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/el/frt/erie21800b.jpg Are 70 ton ASF A-3 "Ride Control" with roller

Adam Eyring wrote: Sunshine? Internet?? Not gonna happen in either of our lifetimes. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Tim Barney wrote: And naturally the PRR viewpoint is that if Altoona hasn't done it, it can't have been done much elsewhere <g> -- or probably isn't important anyway <gg>. Tony Thompson

My first S scale detail parts, Igloo water coolers, are now available. Go to this link to see pix of the pilot models … http://www.smokymountainmodelworks.com/sscaledetailparts.html. To view

Those Berwind hoppers seen on New England railroads may well have been carrying anthracite to small coal dealers for the home ehating trade. I have seen a color slide of the Susquehanna Coal Co at

No worries about the nitpicks, to be honest, I had just woken up and was still half asleep (didn't even have my glasses on yet) when I typed that up. I do remember now they were T1 tenders...my bad.

The coal traffic to Canada was largely locomotive coal originating in PA for the GTR's and later CN locomotive terminals in eastern and central Ontario, the GTR becoming part of CN in 1923. A fair

IMHO, Al Westerfield's kits I recommend to anyone that asks as the "gold standard" that all freight car resin kits are judged against. If you have not built a resin freight car kit before, start with

Just to pile on a little, the ERIE had one thousand fully welded hoppers built in 1949. 29000-29999 series SGL

I have an idea. If a manufacturer would like to supply more detailed instructions, but it would mean an extra several pages and thus increased printing costs - and possibly a larger box size - they