Dave: If you don't mind a reply from me instead of Richard, try going to the Walthers website, advanced search, HO, trucks and couplers. There you will find lots of trucks, some precisely labelled and

I believe it is also included on Oddballs set 270 for a Missouri Pacific car. Jerry Glow

Try the below site. It gives a lot of info. _http://www.trains.com/mrr/objects/pdf/mr_pi_5-06_freightcartrucks.pdf_ (http://www.trains.com/mrr/objects/pdf/mr_pi_5-06_freightcartrucks.pdf)

One exists at the Arizona Railway Museum in Chandler Arizona. A former Rr-W rebuilt to Rr-23.  www.azrymuseum.org   Joe Jacques 

Gentlemen, I'm finishing one of the F&C HO scale IC single sheathed box cars, and I could use some help on the color. Does anyone have any suggestions? Brown? Oxide? Red? A mix? Color of underframe

CDS dry transfers had them .Armand Premo

Not being that knowledgeable with what they look like it would help in locating additional photos and the trucks in H.O scale. Regards Dave S. > > >

In 1973 the XM-33's of the CBQ #s21154-21235-21378-22371-22810 were assigned to hide service---jim young

The only decals I've found are Champ BRH-31 that have this stencil. Anyone found any other examples? Tim O'Connor

CGW stenciled their hide service cars, painted them black and noted them as hide sevice in the April 1960 ORER. There is no such notation in the 1953 ORER. Sorry, but I don't have any intermediate

Thanks Armand. That's about what I thought, but thought I'd ask. Clark Propst

The roads with which I am most familiar simply stenciled the cars,"For Hide Service Only" or similar wording.They did not distinguish them in any way in OERs.They continued to be listed with the rest

I read all the notes for 1950 for MP listings (I know they had some) and did not find any reference to the fact. Others may come up with a way. Jerry Glow

Not having really given the phosphor bronze wire a fair trial yet, I will now. Thanks for the advice, Steve Lucas.

Do any of the ORER experts know if there's a way to find cars that were in hide service? Too bad the pages aren't scratch and sniff. Clark Propst Mason City Iowa

Jerry Glow2 wrote: Well said, Jerry. I was thinking along the same lines: "Someone doesn't need to be invited back." <g> Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906

Try the phosphor bronze before missing with the stainless. Trust me, it is much easier to work with and holds up much better than brass. If you need something stronger, you or someone is mishandeling

The most common trucks in the 1950s were plain journal ASF A-3 Ride Control and Barber Stabilized S-2. There were numerous others, but those two were by far the most widely used until the

Xuron makes several hard wire cutters e.g. 410HS/691/2193/2193F. I have used them effectively w/ stainless steel wire and piano wire without damage to the cutters. But I'm only cutting stuff

Wonder if someone might know what the most common freight car trucks were in use during the 1950s (and into the '60s) - type, wheelbase, manufacturers? Thanks much, Brian Brian Chapman Evansdale,