Chuck, I usually chuck the drill bit in a pin vise with most of the bit exposed, and I start with a bit that is too small (#80 or #79). Create a starter dimple with a scribe or pin, then gently

Just a a note, they also ran on the Coast route to Vandenberg AFB. I saw many there. Jim Scott Lompoc, CA ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Wednesday, February 11,

Those of us on the FAR West Coast have the luxury of knowing that the helium cars did run regularly (albeit not in large numbers) out to the military and aerospace installations in

Steve Hile wrote: Those of us in the West are eagerly waiting for the opportunity to run unit trains of these cars . . . <g> Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906

Back in June of 2007 there was a flurry of messages surrounding the possibility of a quality model of one or more phases of helium cars along with separate decals. Jay Miller did a terrific

Thanks for the advisory. SGL

Unfortunately, about all I can see on Rich's website is shiny plastic. See if you can get a better image from him of these trucks. Barber Stabilized trucks, both S-1 and S-2 types, were

Jason, I have one and I used a Westerfield set I bought at Desplaines Hobbies some 20 years ago. It may have been the USRA set. I used a copy of the Ambroid instruction sheet for placement and

Rob, There must be a typo or something on the SP&S car number, all there tank cars were in the 38000 range My guess is the initials are wrong. -- Allen Rueter StLouis

Richard - I only have a poor photo of the model trucks on the RY Models website: <http://www.richyodermodels.com/rym_trucks.htm> (Scroll down to the seventh truck). I am only interested in them if

Thee were several different versions of Barber Stabilized trucks, and Buckeye probably made all of them under license, so without seeing the trucks it's impossible to say. Richard Hendrickson

List, How does one drill the center sill and crossmembers on steam era freight cars, particularlly the resin kits? I've been building these for some years and have yet to find a really

Guys - What date were these trucks first introduced, and what freight cars were they under at that time? (I suspect they were under some N&W cars). An importer has them available in "O"

Hi folks, I have some RTR Intermountain Tank Cars which were special purchased. They include Frontenac, Southern Pacific, & Pan Am oils. These assembled 10K gallon cars would be great candidates for

Ted Culotta makes doors and decals for the AF-3. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla. wrote: 5 found cornered

Armand, I did an article on these cars in the Jan. 1998 Railmodel Journal. Most 40' double door cars were 10'4" to 10'6" high with 5-5 ends, and thus can't be modeled with the RC kits. However,

What are the prototypes for the Red Caboose 40 ' Auto Box cars?Armand Premo

Schuyler, Save your time on Choo Choo. Released in 1932 it opens with a Santa Fe steam engine pulling a passenger train to a stop but never finds anything for this lists subject matter. While there

Vince: We hardly qualify as a group so far! I assumed the organising of this event on Sunday night and so far it's been a busy few days but a website. Hmmm.... Stephan

Does the group have a website? .vp