---------------------------- 40' PS-1 box cars with 8' doors #16000-17999 were delivered starting in late 1950, with yellow lettering (sans-serif.) (#16249 blt 12-50; #17099 blt 8-51.) The yellow

A.T. Kott wrote: Someone closer to the current state of the collection, such as Larry Kline, will know more than I do, but I had the impression that the great bulk of the Charles photos WERE

John Greedy wrote: I'd agree that the draft of the model sideframe is the best thing to remove, as it's usually rather excessive compared to a prototype truck. Tony Thompson

Steve - Thank you very much for pointing out the H21b photo to me. I purchased a copy of Teichmoeller on Amazon and just received it. The photo is a great help! When PSC imported their "O" scale

Phil - I just received the Teichmoeller book, and the two photos of H21e's on page 158 do indeed represent the "O" scale model that Bob Parri made. The only difference is that Parri's model has the

In my effort to upgrade my Red Caboose CGW X-29 style boxcars with the new TMW Dalman trucks I have a problem. It appears that the TMW Dalman truck side frame interferes with the carbody bolster by

What wondering were I forgot to add that the later class P-31, the current lettering from InterMountain, used 70-ton spring-plankless trucks as seen in this photo from the Elwood site. FB 9719

Bob Witt wrote: Provided, of course, that the trucks were still the owning railroad's trucks. I've seen plenty of counter examples. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

I think Jim Kinkaid is working on two tank car books for Morning Sun. They are due next year. Scott Chatfield

trucks prototype if Yes, it is clear from the photos on the Elwood site that the trucks were 70-ton spring plank trucks. FB 9432 <http://gelwood.railfan.net/bo/bo9432akg.jpg> - Newark NJ - 08/07/83

wrote: The press steel bracing show signs of repairs where they trapped water and it received A-B scheduled brakes, but without any paint or stenciling visible the owner remains a mystery. If the

--- In STMFC@..., Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@...> wrote: But it turns out I have a Soph Marty photo of an identical C&NW car > As a pitch, Mike Moore will be showing some of Soph's

Tim, Thanks for the insight. Do you have any idea about the yellow on red car versus the white on red car? Thanks, Matt Forsyth Modeling the D&H Penn Division/ Erie Jefferson Division in "O"

The "For Progress" slogan was applied from early 1948 on.

The good news is that both the Canton Tank Car Co. and Globe Oil cars are based on prototype photos. The bad news is that both companies were absorbed by others well before 1953 so the prototypes

Group (and C&O Mavens in particular) Can anyone advise as to when the C&O first started lettering box cars with the "For Progress" slogan, and in addition, when they started using that slogan on

IM lists an 8K tank car stencilled for Canton Tank Car Co and another for Globe Oil. Are there prototypes for these models and while I gather Globe Oil was an oil producer or distributor, what did

Rob, I'm sure you are correct. I hadn't considered the C&NW cars because they were not as tall as the USRA cars, and the proportion of length to width is hard to judge in the photo. But it turns

I picked up one of the new models. I understand the deck issues. What trucks were these cars fitted with when built. The B&O Modeler has one prototype photo of a P-25a and it has 70 ton spring plank

Thanks Rich: Do you have any photos of these cars. Unfortunately I don't know how to take the technical (Correct) side frame designation and convert it to the terms I know like ASF Ride Control,