Dear Clark I bet these are old NYC Lines hoppers from the 1909-1917 era.They had thousands of them.They were a lot like the USRA twin but a bit shorter and lower. Rich Burg and Kieth Retterer have

Doug is quite right about this, and I should have thought of it when I posted my own suggestion. Keep in mind, of course, that so far no one has come up with anything resembling documentation, so

I'll start with a little history. In the early 1930s, at a time when the railway appliance industry was suffering from the worst effects of the economic depression, a consortium was established

The P2K and TMW, as well as "bettendorf" trucks from Kadee and Tichy, are all attempts at replicating the "Self-Aligning, Spring Plankless Double Truss Truck" as developed by the Associated Truck

The presence of heater coils is a strong hint that these cars were used for heavy fuel oil, also known as bunker C. In the steam era, Vancouver refineries were operated to produce an unusually large

Gene, Great idea. Grandt Line does this with some of their O-scale narrow gauge trucks. So why not in HO? Kind regards, Garth G. Groff Gene Green wrote:

Ross, The likely (though not by any means the only) explanation is that F. M. Yorke's tugboats were diesel powered and the tank cars were used to supply them with diesel fuel. The advantage of

Remember that Tichy makes a truck with separate journal box lids. Only one type came with the truck but it has been done. While I think that Tahoe's Brian Leppert makes the best trucks

I need to learn to read all the messages before responding to any message. Much of what I said below was said [written] sooner and better by Dennis Storzek in message 81036. I apologize for

The freight bills of materials I have seen show that the railroads specified journal box lids as a separate item. That means, I believe, that the same truck side frame might have one style journal

If you do want to drill the stainless steel calipers, the carbide drills from Drill City will do the job. I recently adapted 6" digital calipers to my lathe and mill to give be digital readouts, and

Hello: Wondering if anyone can offer information and/or photos of the following three tanks cars listed in the 1954 OER? FMYX 101, 102 and 103. Per the Offical Equipment Register: Report movement

Jim, I forgot to put the M&StL number series in my post they were in the 64501 series. There are photos of almost all the second hand cars bought around 1940 (Like the one on RR-pictures), but nothing

Steve, Journal lids were often not manufactured by the foundry that cast the trucks, but were a specialty onto themselves. Different railroads could, and did, order different style lids. In later

All, FYI Jim Brewer Glenwood MD

My note regarding the disparity between the axle lengths on the IMRC 70-Ton trucks has generated a large number of opinions. It has been quite interesting to read the many posts regarding this

Brian and Stephan: Richard Hendrickson or Tahoe's Brian Leppert will likely weigh in, but when I asked Brian some time ago whether the Tahoe spring plankless double truss truck represented the same

Brian: I wish I were more expert on this matter myself but among the differences to notice in these trucks consider the shape of the journal boxes and the shape of the journal lids. All these trucks

Richard Hendrickson has a brief article on panel side hoppers, with a number of helpful photos, in the just-released issue of Model Railroad Hobbyist: http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/ It's free

Not to mention that each conical hole has its own axial center, and the presumption in the whole scenario is that the the opposing axial centers are perfectly coincident, perfectly parallel to the