The manufacturer's CAD files are not files of an existing object. They are a set of enginering drawing to make a set of dies for a product. Beginning to detect a pretty gross misunderstanding of what

Dave Evans wrote: "I have submitted a photo (pending moderator approval) of just the car corner and bracket - it seems clear to me that this is not the same as the old T plate shown on the Atlas web

No, the RI did not use this special logo on any other cars. They were used on 2000 PS-1 boxcars as well as 1000 ACF welded side box cars, both 40'6" IL built in 1951 and 1952. Regards, Steve Hile

Dennis Storzek wrote: The law is pretty simple: 3d cad files of pre-existing real world objects are not protected by copyright because no creativity was used in producing the cad files. Lots of time

In 1952 the CRI&P or Rock Island Railroad celebrated 100 years of service by having a special herald on new cars. I have seen pictures which show 40' single door box cars painted this way and I have

I modified the Roundhouse cars to more closely resemble the Whiting cars used in New England. Here are a couple of shots of my models: http://www.freewebs.com/nynhh/milkcars.htm There are shots on

Fred, Many thanks for being so observant. I have a couple of Jay williams pix with N&W 90-ton gons going through Columbus, Ohio.  No more detail.  We are guessing Toledo, Sandusky, etc. for

Thank you Chuck.Quite a sizeable amount of coal for such a small road.Armand Premo

1949 Moody's says the Rutland received 244,395 tons of anthracite and 176,529 tons of bituminous. For some reason a few of the New England railroads reported in tonnage rather than car

Al,       All the photos I have seen are of N&W, and VGN 2, or 3 pocket hoppers with bottom doors. No gonds are present. The unloading was gravity, no dumpers. I wish I knew more about the RR's

The Roundhouse milk car is based on the 1928 MDT Pfaudler car. Drawings for this car are available througth the NYCHS. I have a couple of the cars but have never taken the time to check them

Ben, I have submitted a photo (pending moderator approval) of just the car corner and bracket - it seems clear to me that this is not the same as the old T plate shown on the Atlas web site for both

Thanks folks!!! Actually, it it is Al . . . . . water.kresse address came from the German word for water crest . . . kress. I presume the N&W coal cars to Wheeling had to be hopper cars . . . .

--- Schuyler Larrabee wrote: ===================== Before there is confusion, be aware the article concerned the Western Reserve Historical Society, as it related to notice posted here of the NYC

No you didn't, and yes I was. A very wise policy. However, screen shots don't give much info to critique, kind of like the pix posted of the Atlas model that's being discussed. They show enough to

I just got my flyer about the Naperville meet and Sunshine's 2010 production schedule. Right at the top, "The 16th and Final" Prototype Modelers Seminar! Scott Chatfield

Tim's put me on the hot spot to respond to this, I guess. The ELHS (including a lot of DL&W and some NYS&W material) WAS at the U of Akron. We were there for over ten years. We were obliged to

The ELHS archives as well as the NKPHTS archives are at Cleveland State University. Some EL stuff still has to be moved. Brian Carlson On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:30:40 -0400, Tim O'Connor wrote

The photo I posted in the photos section, from the 1937 CBCyc p460, shows 129534. The photo of 128436 is from RMC, 9-89, p56. The photo of 129529 is from MRG, 6-88, p17. None of these cars is listed

Dave Evans wrote: "I am posting a photo of the Atlas test shot taken Friday. Looks like the tooling has been upgraded, and it seems to address several of the criticisms leveled below: - Riveted