Rob, Maybe you could drill and tap a few more holes. Chuck Hladik Rutland Railroad Virginia Division NMRA L5756 **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your

Another from my notes: July 1, 1925 Dave Shaw Collection - ?C.R. Littlebury photo?- CPR, Vancouver, B.C., N-yard, shows end of GN211467 - double sheathed car. Rob Kirkham

Bill, You may not have heard this, but it has been discussed on other groups and NWSL has been sold to Oso Publishing and etc. makers of several HO and O scale kits, and railroad book publisher, and

GN76001 filled with scrap steel rod in Drake St. yard, CPR, Vancouver, B.C. July 10, 1947 (does that 5 digit number make sense? or do I need to go check the photo?) Rob Kirkham

For some reason my Chopper 2 does not cut very square and it is brand new.  Anyone else have this problem?  It really stands out on larger stock.   Jason Sanford [Non-text portions of this

Bill, I totally agree. I have had the Chopper 1 and 2. The 2 is much better but I wish it had more holes for the clamps. I have been using mine to true up the sides of the 1/2 boxcar ends used on the

Rod Miller wrote: No, just intending to provide examples, and especially to make people aware that some of the military paints are quite close. Thanks for the reminder. The PBL color is

thanks John, very much appreciate your time... Bob Anson %~)

Bob, Your photos are somewhat out of focus, but assuming the end is an R-3-4 Early Improved Dreadnaught, the closest cars I was able to find are: CIL

In a message dated 9/1/2008 3:31:33 PM Central Daylight Time, stevelucas3@... writes: Likely you are aware that NMRA data sheet D9p has a short write-up on MCB/AAR coupler contours and

There were 25 GN boxcars and 1 flat car on Train #9 westbound on the Rutland during the month of December 1950.Armand Premo

Staffan; I do not have my stats at hand, but recall numerous GN cars in interchange on the PRR. Most numerous were those cars being interchanged off RRs onto the "Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne &

Hi Tony, I don't know whether you were attempting to provide a complete list of paints that match Dark Olive. In the event that you were, you forgot to mention PBL's Star Brand paint "UP/SP/Rio

Dave Nelson wrote: The Accuflex "GN Green" (paint #16-65) was an excellent match to the SP "Dark Olive" paint chip. Polly S "Olive Drab," #500850 or FS 33070, was also quite close. Scalecoat's

I don't have any paperwork from the WM but I do have Bill Price slides, B&W photos and videos of WM freight trains in the vicinity of Cumberland MD, circa 1951-1954. WM was primarily a bridge

I believe Tony refers to Scalecoat GN Green, which is much darker than SC GN Empire Builder Green. I find the SC EB Green to be a good match for -faded- GN EB Green (which I have seen personally) but

I just finished scratch building "board by board" a double-board roof using the latest version of Northwest Shortline's "Chopper" and it is so much better than the original. The new version has an

Am currious: which one? Dave Nelson

The car appears to be a 50' 16 panel 8' Single door boxcar. I am having problems viewing the end photo. The door is bizzare, for a 4/6/6 improved Youngstown door would typically come on a 10-0 IH

Bill Welch please contact me off group? Thanks. Mike Brock