Sorry, I missed the 10K reference... Jack Burgess www.yosemitevalleyrr.com

Jack, the type V in St Louis is one of the 6K cars. The point I was trying to make is that there were larger ones. Larry King

I have been building my Red Caboose B&O red Timesaver slogan M-26b kit this weekend. I like variety, so I started looking at tackboard positions. In the boxcar world, industry standards declared

Larry King wrote: I'm not sure about one in Wisconsin but the Transportation Museum in St. Louis has one: http://transportmuseumassociation.org/freightcars.html Jack

There is a railway museum in (I think) Wisconsin that has a 10K type V. I wish I could be more specific but I know I saw pictures of it and it was definitly a type V- no center sill. Larry King

Elden-- I model a Canadian grain-hauling line in Eastern Ontario, circa 1956. I am fortunate in having a fair bit of my STMFC requirements satisfied by either commercial RTR stuff (Kadee PS-1's come

Tim O'Connor wrote: Well said, Tim. I meant to single out NMRA brass at the national level. Many local regions have "seen the light" and embrace prototype modeling, including my own Pacific

it's important to note that most RPM meets have no contests. Martin Lofton offers some awards at Naperville but they are informal.

I'm not sticking up entirely for the NMRA and their contests but you have to realize there is a certain formality in them which includes paperwork. The system was designed so a non knowledgeable judge

Hi, The only thing I can contribute on the topic is there is NO photo of this car in the Westerfield ACF builder's photo CD. Perhaps you might consider scanning the photo and posting an image in a

The RPC is silent on that, but unless the 1928 X29 copied or turned out to be the same as the 1925 NYC interpretation of the 1923 ARA design; it must be the 1924 X29 The 100 NYC cars are not detailed

Sides identical to the X29? Which X29? The 1924 or the 1928? Tim O'Connor

Elden I think if you multiplied that number by 20 you'd still underestimate the number of people who have built resin kits. Not everyone builds like Bill Darnaby (wasn't he building a kit a day at

And most IMO, its always been that way and it can get worse. I plugged into RPM with Joe Delia at the 1986 NMRA convention in Boston. I entered a kitbashed caboose in the NMRA model contest. They

Dave, Allen; Sorry, I do not know of any source for those drawings, but I have a friend that upgraded one of the breadbox cars, and found that the basic car was pretty accurate. He just upgraded the

Group; I was pretty surprised over the last few years, hearing from small and large manufacturers, and the buying public, as part of our "serving" both groups, what all agree is going on in the

Tony T wrote I have no contact with national NMRA folks, but the Boston "Hub" regional NMRA is not only RPM friendly but for many years has given talks and local meets that feature regional

Kurt, If you are a tank modeler, are you familiar with the U.S. ARMY ORDNANCE MUSEUM, MUSEUM GUIDE & REFERENCE CD? This thing has photos of tanks and other heavy metal stuff preserved at Aberdeen,

Jerry Michels wrote (replying to Charlie Vlk): I agree too. There is no more telling indictment of the NMRA than the turnout of models at RPM meets all over the country. And most of the NMRA

Hello, I have a copy of a photo of tank car E.C.X. 188 lettered for �Constantin Refining Company, Tulsa, Okla.� It appears to be the builders photo (Neg. 170141-A-1) for a car built by ACF