Mike and Ed, Thanks for the 47' length on the DL&W soda ash hopper, and yes Ed, I see I made a numerical error in my original post :-[ 18000-18099 is more like it! I am also wondering about

Ray Breyer wrote: Also remember that those were what we now would call "free range chickens," much tastier than today's factory product. It's no accident that poultry cars were used to ship the

Good grief! Did I really write that??? I should have said "Grain doors," not "Grain." I'm sure no one was confused but a little proof-reading isn't so hard to do. Gene thinks faster than he types

<snip> And a fifth reason might be that the car was used to deliver grain doors. Grain, as you all know, were owned by the railroads which wanted them returned for reuse. Gene Green

Go to an office supply store and look for pencil grips. They are a soft sponge tube that slips over a #1 Xacto or similar round tool, providing a soft grip area. I got mine as a package with multiple

Looking for a good side or near-side view builder's picture of the pre-WW1 Virginian 55-ton FB steel gons in either the VGN 15000, VGN 16000, or VGN 17000 series. Al Kresse

Hi guys, OK, not so fast. I just quickly went through my photo stash, and almost immediately found two photos of double door cars spotted at grain elevators. One's from the Tacoma Public Library

Hi Bud, The DL&W general arrangement drawings for these show 47' 0 3/4" over the buffers, while the top of the car from the ends of the running boards was 47' 6 3/4". The inside length is 41' 0

Joe to answer your question on the early "Super C" trains a good book reference is Joe McMillan's "Route Of The Warbonnets" as there are many pictures of that train from the test runs to the end of

Richard - any chance I can get those pictures as well? IIRC, the old Mainline Modeler article on the rebuilds didn't mention any with diagonsl psnel roofs... Paul

I use colored shrink tubing. There are lots of colors available. Mike Turner Simpsonville, SC 29681

Thanks, I'd appreciate that. I know the dimensions from the ORER but can use the additional info of a diagram. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

Like Ray, I also have a small tackle box with a subset of tools for travelling. I found it easier to just buy anoter X-Acto, bottle of glue, tweezers, and so on than to keep swapping them back and

Hi Armand, My OCD doesn't actually like color-coded tools, since they then get mixed up too randomly and the paint gets worn and yucky-looking (VBG!) I've found over the years that I rely on about

Thanks very much, Bob. That's about what I expected. I'm reasonably familiar with both Signode grain doors and, to a lesser extent, the wooden ones. But it is still good to see the Rock Island

Don't know about Micro-Mark without checking our their catalog but I have used these same triangular rubber pieces on pencils, Xacto knives, dental picks, scribers and and other tools for some

Bud, I'm presuming you are looking for the cars in series 18000-18099, 100 cars built by AC&F lot no. 4698. The reason you are finding two length dimensions is because the inside length is specified

While not sure about heat-shrink tubing, electrical tape is sold in colors, can be found in any good hardware store.    As for the triangler shaped sleeves, at one time office supply stores sold a

Sorry, just passing through, to see if I get it back . . . SGL La vita e breve, mangiate prima il dolce! E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.1.440) Database version:

Gee it's great to belong to such an august group.I am glad I am not out there all alone.Thanks for all your help gang.Armand Premo