Hi Brian, I recently received eight pairs from Central Hobby Supply in Syracuse. Walt

I'm a little late on this, but the quoted language seems to imply that Cuban cars came to the US, at least as far as the Port of Palm Beach. Hmmm. With reference to the photo for WIF 106, any

WPM 2009 - Western Prototype Modelers Meet THIS SATURDAY New Date and Location San Bernardino ATSF Depot Saturday September 19, 2009 The west coast's largest gathering for railroad prototype

Clark Cooper asked: Is the Acccurail 3-bay hopper car appropriate for this conversion? Tim O'Connor answered: Yes, Accurail's model is better than the Bowser (formerly Stewart) 3-bay triple

I think Don is confusing two different groups of CN covered hoppers. The 1948-built cars were a smaller two-bay 2000 cu. ft. design -- most were converted to open-top ballast hoppers in 1982, with

Thanks Robert. I'm grateful for the heads-up. I have that MM. Steven, I was only going to use the CV roof as the core for hopper roof as it is moulded with the curve. Now that Robert has

The CV roofs look different. They are also 12+" wider than the ATSF. ______________ J. Stephen (Steve) Sandifer mailto:steve.sandifer@... Home: 12027 Mulholland Drive, Meadows Place, TX

Dave, As an alternative, if you have the August 1999 issue of Mainline Modeler, Bob Hundman describes how to scratchbuild the Chicago-Cleveland radial roof that was used on these covered hopper

Hi Brian, The CNR cars began arriving in 1948 and were amongst the first 70 Ton covered hoppers built until Pullman-Standard began building cars of equal capacity in the 1970s. They were initially

Jon Will you be bringing them to Naperville? Tim O'

Brian-- All that I've read of these cars is that their primary use was for cement service. But some CPR slab-sides were assigned circa December, 1954 to hauling nepheline syenite from a mine in

This won't help you with the early 50s, but I have a number of photos of both CP and CN slab sides at E. Deerfield, Mass. taken in the late 70s-early 80s. I'm afraid I don't know when they first

Greetings Group: Noticed some discussion on building radial course tank cars and thought this would be a good time to let everyone know about the new tank cars that are available now. 2 new versions

Thanks to everyone for their info on the hopper car roofs. I didn't realise they were still available. I saw them on the list as a Gift and though some of you may non-ATSF types may have them tucked

I asked a question a few weeks ago regarding the TLT CP slab side hoppers, but didn't receive any replies. I've read the messages regarding how nice these cars are, and I have been going through books

I am need of a pair of TLT or Proto of Canada Simplex Bolster trucks to complete a project. My two local dealers can't get them here in Buffalo. They have been able to get TLT freight cars but no

Considering the car was in California-to-California service, and had last been weighed at San Bernardino... was it really photographed in Topeka? Or did the photo just turn up in ATSF files acquired

The cars assigned to San Bernardino were for engine sand and usually went to Oceanside, Ca. for loading. Charlie Slater To: STMFC@... From: mikefrommontana@... Date: Fri, 11 Sep

That photo you took of UTLX 12283 really does show the panel shape well Dennis. It is very difficult to see anything like that in the more typical (more distant) shots of tank cars. Accepting that

Bob, I should have followed up on your e-mail earlier - can you explain what it is that Jack Spencer is trying to achieve with loose and bouncy brake rigging? I "get" how Mylar would serve that kind