The brake regulators on the Santa Bx-44s were Royal Type F, and I have a Bx-44 photo that shows how they were installed which I'll send you off-list. Richard Hendrickson

wrote: Richard, He might mean the tall ca. 1930 cars that were drawn in Mainline Modeler fifteen or twnty years ago. A number series would be helpful. Dennis

Thanks Dick, Rick Dietrichson Wilmington, NC

Rick, the HO scale resin kit was actually a Don Valentine conversion kit with new doors, etc. to kitbash an Accurail single sheathed box car. I have a photo which shows the end and I'll send you

Hello everyone, I'm looking for photos of the Royal Brake Regulator as used on some Santa Fe and Burlington boxcars. The cars in question are ATSF 138700- 139199, class Bx-44, and CBQ 17000-17799,

Hey all; On the SS 1 1/2 door automobile boxcar that GTW ran, what type of an end did this car have? I believe that a model of this class of cars were done as a resin kit in HO, but I'm doing in N

What has "making the case for self-tapping screws" got to do with the NMRA? PLEASE change the subject line. Roger Robar _____ From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On

There's an in-service B&W photo of a well-weathered CGW 705 in RMJ 12/03, p 12. The caption refers readers to the Morning Sun CGW color guide (which I don't have). There's an in-service B&W photo of

Hi, I've done at least some of the requisite pre-request-here web crawling at the usual suspect sites, but have failed to uncover some photos I'd like to see for the purposes of guidance on

Thank you! Anton Smolka wrote:

Yes, many of them lasted in revenue service through the 1960s and some into the '70s. A Texaco distributor would have received products either in TCX cars or in GATX cars. Texaco sold their tank

Jon, Prior to earlier this year, Standards had to be approved by the NMRA membership and RPs were approved by the BOD. Approving changes to Standards did take up to two years. However, RPs changes

Hi folks, The type 21 8,000gal tank cars; were they commonly seen in the 50's? if so, would a Texaco fuel distributor receive cars with GATX, UTLX or SHPX markings or would they use their own cars?

Did the size of the NP Monad applied to box cars change over the years? Brian Carlson

Jeff: Please contact me at bcarlson@... regarding Cocoa. Sorry if I misspelled your last name. Brian Carlson

I think you'll find that the requirement for membership voting was done away with a while back (by membership vote), leaving technical changes in the hands of those who have (perhaps) appropriate

OK, guys, I think you're right. I didn't zoom in enough and pay attention. Man, y'all caught me! Back in the hole in embarrassment. David in Orlando

Hey Mike, Thanks. Sincerely, Rich Yoder 7 Edgedale Court Wyomissing PA 19610-1913 610-678-2834 after 6:00PM est until 10:00PM www.richyodermodels.com

You're right, Colton is the place. I got them confused, though I've been to both. ....Mike

Hi guys - I just wanted to let you know, for those of you who are interested, that I have started a new Yahoo Group dedicated to steam and early diesel era weathering subjects at