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Re: Norfolk Southern box car

Brian and Chuck NS 1500-1726 were reconditioned by USRE from XM5 series 27000-27249 in 1964. I have a scan of one of these cars are they are definitely not PS-1's and they were built in 1947, not

By Tim O'Connor · #77326 ·

F&C 1932 ARA boxcars for sale

I have two one-piece body F&C 1932 ARA cars for sale. One is a kit for a MEC car and the other is Clinchfield. I have started these kits by cleaning up the flash on the bodies, and I started to

By Brian J Carlson <brian@...> · #77325 ·

Bowser-Stewart Model Group

Hi All, Please excuse the cross post. I have created a Bowser-Stewart Models Yahoo Group for those that may be interested. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bowser-Stewart_Models/ Thanks and best, Andy

By hunter48820 · #77323 ·

Re: Norfolk Southern box car

Brian, I posted this for a neighboring NMRA Division. I was told that the car info was provided by the NS Historical Society. So the naswer is I don't know but will forward the question. Chuck

By Charles Hladik · #77324 ·

Re: Intermountain 1958 cu ft covered hoppers for sale

5-40 -Andy

By Andy Carlson · #77322 ·

Re: Norfolk Southern box car

Following up on my earlier email. In July 1957 the following boxcars were listed in the NS fleet. AAR Series To Qty % FLEET Model I.Length I. Height Doors (WxH) Notes XM 25000 25499 481 48.68% 0.00 40

By Brian J Carlson <brian@...> · #77321 ·

Re: Norfolk Southern box car

Chuck: I can't find these cars in the NS entries in my 1957 or 1959 ORER or in Ed Hawkins PS-1 roster. Are they prototypical cars? Brian J Carlson P.E. Cheektowaga NY

By Brian J Carlson <brian@...> · #77320 ·

Re: Intermountain 1958 cu ft covered hoppers for sale

Andy, What is the build date on the NKP car? Paul Lyons

By Paul Lyons · #77319 ·

Intermountain 1958 cu ft covered hoppers for sale

Hi, I have received my order of the new Intermountain Railway Co. HO AC&F 1958 cu ft 2 bay covered hopper. These cars are all done in the earlier square hatch with triangular side cut-outs, and appear

By Andy Carlson · #77317 ·

Looking for a photo or two - CRDX

A good friend of mine grew up in Ravenna Ohio, practically on the ballast shoulder of the ERIE's westbound main. Quite close to there, in Ravenna, I believe, there was a mill which was called

By Schuyler Larrabee · #77316 ·

Re: Polymer Corp., Ltd / Polysar tank cars

We were figuring out whether latex must be shipped in lined tank cars ... I don't know why I tried to answer based on chemistry when Kaminski's tank car book was handy. It says (p 252) latex may

By al_brown03 · #77315 ·

S scale SR waffle boxes all shipped

To those who ordered the new S scale Southern Ry. 1973 50' waffle side boxcar kit, I thank you. All shipments have been made with the last 3 going out yesterday. For your convenience, the 8-page

By Jim King · #77314 ·

Re: Pipe loads on the cheap

Hi I have found black straws here in Sweden. The straight part is about 45 scale feet. Takes away all the problems with painting. You just have to airbrush them with a dull coat. I would be

By Roland Levin · #77313 ·

Re: Pipe loads on the cheap

Etching is a very good idea. I made a pipe load with plastic straws and painted the load with Floquil (old formula) with no etching. Eventually the paint started flaking off even though the load

By Gene Green <bierglaeser@...> · #77312 ·

Norfolk Southern box car

List, The Carolina Piedmont Division of the Mid-Eastern Region of the NMRA has acquired some box cars as a fund raiser. They are 40 foot Accurail PS-1s painted by Bowser. They are Gray with

By Charles Hladik · #77318 ·

Re: Rivets

In a message dated 11/28/2008 4:05:24 PM Central Standard Time, ch00ch00@... writes: During the early 1900's, the PRR used a rivet that went into a 13/16" hole. Does anyone know what

By Guy Wilber · #77311 ·

Re: Polymer Corp., Ltd / Polysar tank cars

Guyz, Now this discussion is way over my head. The only thing I know is advertised as 'living latex' is in the ladies section of the store. Now, where did the tank car info get

By Frederick Freitas <prrinvt@...> · #77309 ·

Re: Polymer Corp., Ltd / Polysar tank cars

I should preface this by saying I'm a small-molecule organic chemist not a polymer chemist. But a colleague of mine *is* a polymer chemist & I'll check this w/him. But, he's a Dean & subject to

By al_brown03 · #77308 ·

S scale SR 1951 wood rack web link

A few of you contacted me re: Yahoo stripping the photo attachments from a recent product announcement. The web page has since been created .. there are a couple of code typos that need to be fixed

By Jim King · #77307 ·

Re: Rivets

Thank you. I would appreciate that, 1'm doing a 2 dimensional CAD drawing and I would like the rendering to be accurate. Ed Schleyer ch00ch00@... - - those are zero's - not Oh's April

By Ed Schleyer · #77310 ·

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