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GN 40' box car question

All, Could someone tell me what type of brake wheel is on the car on the bottom of page 38 of the four ways west GN freight car pictorial, vol 1 (GN 18598)??? And is it available in HO

By Matt S. · #84937 ·

Re: CofG Covered Hoppers

Clark, I believe the problem was with the rrpicturearchive server, as it is working now and I didn't change anything. I'm glad you enjoyed the site. I wish that more people would "adopt" a

By Lee Gautreaux · #84936 ·

Re: Sunshine ART ktis still available?

Of course it would have helped if I'd included the URL www.sunshinekits.com/sunimages/sunnumericlist.pdf Jim

By Jim & Lisa Hayes <jimandlisa97225@...> · #84935 ·

Re: Sunshine ART ktis still available?

Jerry and others, the most recent list can be found here. It's in reverse numeric order. If it's on the list, there's a near 100% chance it is available. If it's not on the list there's a near 100%

By Jim & Lisa Hayes <jimandlisa97225@...> · #84934 ·

Ted Culotta/Larry Jackman MIA

Anyone seem or heard from him? News of the double sheathed book? How about funny man Larry Jackman?

By ed_mines · #84933 ·

Re: Modeling UTLX type X and V (was Blackstone Models UTLX tank cars)

Dennis wrote: Bruce's description is right on the money... Jack Burgess www.yosemitevalleyrr.com

By Jack Burgess <jack@...> · #84931 ·

Re: PFE reefer colour schemes

It appears that most major roads post-WWII had at least one experimental aluminum-bodied or aluminum-sided boxcar. CN had only three out of a fleet of over 40,000 steel 40' boxcars. I need a lot of

By steve l <stevelucas3@...> · #84930 ·

Re: Commonwealth steel combined end frame and body bolster castings

Rob, Take another look at that Royalite car on pages 268 - 269 of the 1922 Car Builder's Cyclopedia that we were discussing the other week... The car was built by CC&F in 1921, and the cross

By soolinehistory <destorzek@...> · #84929 ·

Re: Sunshine ART ktis still available?

I have a 46.9 "steel" and a 14.1 wood side kit. Both are ART reefers. Sorry I don't have the numbers that you're looking for. Don Worthy

By Don Worthy · #84932 ·

Re: Commonwealth steel combined end frame and body bolster castings

Likely built by Canadian Car & Foundry, although some earlier tank cars were constructed by CP at their Angus shops. Ian Cranstone Osgoode, Ontario,

By Ian Cranstone · #84928 ·

Re: CofG Covered Hoppers

Lee, nice site... good info! You have some coding errors on the photo links, though... Clark Cone

By Misc Clark · #84927 ·

Re: Modeling UTLX type X and V (was Blackstone Models UTLX tank cars)

Hi Dennis, I have built 6 of the Precision Scale frame less tank cars. They are very good models. You should buy the version with brass details if you like to avoid fragile details. The parts

By Roland Levin · #84926 ·

Re: Modeling UTLX type X and V (was Blackstone Models UTLX tank cars)

Dennis Storzek wrote: My exact strategy with Tichy tank car bodies <g>. The frames can be used for other tanks. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #84925 ·

Commonwealth steel combined end frame and body bolster castings

I'm working on a model of CPR 389000-389049 series tank cars. These were built in 1923 and carried 12,500 gallons. They have a lot of similarities to the Athearn single dome tank, although I'm only

By Robert kirkham · #84924 ·

Re: Blackstone Models UTLX tank cars - now modeling PSC cars

The truck is/was a bowser single spring PRR caboose truck- looks like the vaunted "bettendorf" with only one spring under the bolster. I gound out the single spring, then glued in some KD#78 knuckle

By Joseph · #84923 ·

Re: Modeling UTLX type X and V (was Blackstone Models UTLX tank cars)

Dennis asked: The castings are nicely detailed. The tanks are molded in 3 pieces, a bottom and 2 side/top pieces. This results in a seam down the top of the car, which is made worse by the rather

By Bruce Smith · #84922 ·

Re: Modeling UTLX type X and V (was Blackstone Models UTLX tank cars)

Bruce, You posted while I was typing before. I'll keep your comment about the "narrow frame" car being a better starting point for a standard gauge class X car in mind. Since you and Jack have both

By soolinehistory <destorzek@...> · #84921 ·

Re: IM flat cars

Thanks, Bruce (and Brian Carlson, off list). SGL E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.1.0.447) Database version: 6.13330 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/

By Schuyler Larrabee · #84920 ·

Re: IM flat cars

Schuyler, I posted that removing the deck and the tape holding it on and sanding it worked great. Regards Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

By Bruce Smith · #84919 ·

IM flat cars

Hi, I've been away for a while, close to a month. When I left, the new IM flat cars were the subject of heavy discussion, mostly related to the excessive thickness of the applied deck. Mine

By Schuyler Larrabee · #84918 ·

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