Dave and John, I have Western Pacific Circular No. 167-E, a list of all shippers on the WP, SN, and TS, plus other roads where there might be local interchange. My copy is circa 1957. Cudahy Packing

Gene, You're correct it is a spoiler. Dennis' answer is correct, but what he didn't mention and I would presume he thought we would have realize is that you need an interchange nearby or a small

I know of a fellow who was looking in to getting a resin floor made for these shells. Last I heard the project was moving along. If scratch building one doesn't interest you, I think I would wait

Kurt Laughlin wrote: There's so much BS on the internet, that it would be merely prudent to distrust anything until you can corroborate it. Oh, sorry, Richard Hendrickson already said that.

red_gate_rover wrote: When LifeLike Canada first produced these cars they screwed them up. Some came with incomplete lettering. They responded by supplying complete new shells. Stores were allowed to

Kurt Laughlin writes: "Nothing close to it, eh? Here's some recent quotes, selected quickly for relevance and not to pick on anyone:" "About all it takes to be "a expert" on the internet is to buy a

Ed, Thank you for the information and the reminder of the great info that you and others have compiled on the site. I just visited the site and enjoyed reviewing the info there. Allen

8 rung ladders! I missed that. Built the kit at a show this weekend and the RMJ was here at home. Darn. Going to have to fix that. Brian J Carlson P.E. Cheektowaga NY

Apparently, at least 10 were owned and operated by the Federal Government (Dept. of Commerce), but were largely replaced by trucks in the 30s and were out of operation by 1947

Self-aligning, spring plankless, double truss 50 ton trucks. The next truck from Tahoe Model Works. Did you put on eight rung ladders? Brian Leppert Tahoe Model Works Carson City, NV trucks.

Mike, Check the archives. Specifically a thread beginning with message #19373 (May 22, 2003) and another beginning with message #72470 (May 6, 2008). I remembered those because I started both

AAR self-aligning spring-plankless. Yes. I have photos of them after rebuilding and renumbering in the 1960s and they still had wood running boards. Richard Hendrickson

Thanks, wow, pretty late for trucks with spring planks. However, I have seen other NYC 1950's era 50' cars with them. They must have reused them off older cars since these cars were built by

AAR cast steel with spring planks. In HO I'd use the new Tahoe Buckeye trucks. Richard Hendrickson

Bob, Check out http://www.smallparts.com/ and look at filters. They have an enormous assortment of filters, and you should be able to find something that would work. Time stopped in November

I think what we're missing is this was likely initially imposed by the ICC, most likely after some railroad refused to participate in a tariff where they were severely short hauled, and a customer (or

Exactly what I was talking about. Except I think that GN had some of their own. You're right though, the car I was thinking of was owned by the Pennsylvania Department of Fish and Game, or

Hi Jim, This car is actually a model of a CP car rather than a CN. I don't know what type of lettetring CP was using in 1929 but there is a CP sig where you could get such info. I model CN (1959) so

Gary, Schuyler,                         Fish for your dining table in reefers. Shellfish in express reefers. Live fish traveled in Pullman type cars, usually owned by the state

Nothing close to it, eh? Here's some recent quotes, selected quickly for relevance and not to pick on anyone: "I wonder where I did get the bogus information? Oh, I remember! Off the internet.