Dave, take a look under that 3/8" flap at the end of the box Ian instructions

Picked up several new Branchline kits yesterday, one of which is RDG 107157 in the 1948 as-delivered scheme. The picture on the box end (a feature I like) seems to show a black roof. The model comes

MR. REED: OMI PART NUMBERS FOR THE NKP BOXCAR CABOOSES ARE 1187 AND 1188. YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH HOWARD W. AMELING AT NKP4@... HOWARD IS RETIRED IN SUNNY FLA AND HAS THE TIME TO

Gene Green is not one to give up on a garment because of a little ware. In a recent Email he still insist that the 65001 series M&StL two bay USRA hoppers were black not red as noted in an article in

We will have the rebuilt X26s at the PRRT&HS annual meeting - Hutchins roof and either patched wood, Youngstown or X28 Creco door. When PRR rebuilt their X28 fleet to box cars they were left with

Do you have possession or can you tell me where I find diagrams for these cars? I am looking for roof detail as well as sides and underframe if available. As far as pictures do you know how I contact

OK guys I now have Michael's correct address. Michael Watnoski freestatesystems1@... 410-667-1668 Ned

Max, According to information compiled by John Nehrich and posted on the RPI club website, the first verison of the B&O "13 States" herald appeared in 1946 and was modified somewhat about a year

I've got an older resin kit of a B&O M15K which I had built and decaled with the "Links 13 Great States to the Nation" round herald and a repack date in 1951. Could someone please tell me when this

MR. REED: I THINK YOU ARE REFERRING TO THE 1300 SERIES NKP "BOXCAR CABOOSES." DIAGRAMS ALL STATE THE ROOFS WERE "WOOD, CANVAS COVERED." ALL WERE CONVERTED DURING WWII AND MANY WERE STILL IN USE

Tim O'Connor writes: I can't cite numbers (and am not interested enough to do any research on this subject), but there are rice elevators all over the place in the Sacramento valley, most have rail

Dave Nelson writes, regarding rice traffic from Calif.: Well, Dave, it seems to me that the facts you cite are revealing and your speculations right on target. Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland, Oregon

I know these cabeese are "War Babies" from the NKP and they were built from surplus 10000 series boxcars. Is there a "high quality" kit that is "dead on" or even close to the NKP 10000 series box

Dave Nelson wrote No, but SSW would. Together, Arkansas and Lousiana produced 3x as much rice as California, and the markets are much further away than they are in the Sacramento River valley where

Andy, Gene, et alii Also TSC #3 (1931 CBC reprints). I THOUGHT the MRR article was sometime around the late 1950's (Paul Larson's Golden Age). I am glad I painted my [extensively rebuilt] ScaleCraft

I have been away and am just now catching up on e-mail. As I understand it the answer to Mr. Switzer's question is that hot bearing detectors could not reliably do their job on roller bearings in

Hmmm... could be an outlet for the WestRail ART kit I never started (I was afraid to tackle the riveted belt rail, and it was based on an Athearn body...) Scott Pitzer Ian Clasper wrote: Someone has

Hey Tim Someone has already bid the asking price and there is 5 days to go !!!! You better start digging in that kit closet for those westkits !! Ian