I think everyone in HO is envious and wishes Rich did cars in that scale, too. His C&O cars are beautiful, as are all his PRR models. Elden Gatwood

Another Offset hopper really doesn't bother me.The question I would raise is this really the most common hopper type yet to be produced? Armand Premo

Tony, I received an email from Al Buchan, the president of the PRRT&HS wanting to know what was the story regarding the door size of the Sunshine X29b that had just come out. He had received an

Gentlemen, Make it vote #4 for the AAR alternate standard hopper - but please (1) in NP, GN, etc., and (2) with wire grabs and other state-of-the-art details. No one has done this very common coal

<elden.j.gatwood@...> wrote: Indeed they have been done, and in multiples...just NOT in a "popular" scale. Rich Yoder of Rich Yoder models http://www.richyodermodels.com/ has done several

Schuyler Larrabee says about the alternative standard: Vote No. 3. I have a video showing two such C&O cars in a train on the UP in the Whasatch Mtns in Utah. To get there from the east you have to

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I agree with Bill. I use the cheap stuff found at the local hardware store. I don't use ACC in large quantities and found the Hobby Shop bottles often dried up after long periods of dis-use, not just

Bill is talking about the side sill variations of the AAR Standard car, specifically the straight side sills that make an offset toward the bottom of the car behind the side sheets vs. the version

Elden, C&O had some 27,400 alternate standard cars with many variations of end arrangements. L&N had zero alternate standard cars. Regards, Ed Hawkins

Bill; The "most common" version of the offset side twin is not the "AAR standard" version, or am I wrong? I guess we should discuss how many roads had how many of each type, shouldn't we? I thought

Not sure what Bill wants, but I want the alternate standard side car for Erie, NKP C&O. Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY

Denny, Thanks for taking the time to be detailed and explicit on your techniques. This kind of information and experience is invaluable and I for one appreciate the tips and will put your method to

The most common version did not have the ever so slight "swale" along the bottom of the side sheathing but was straight along the bottom edge of the car's side. The L&N and C&O had thousands of

Hi Ed; Thank you for the heads up on RPC Volume 19. I will be sending my remittance to you in the mail today and would like to receive my copy from you at Naperville. I look forward to seeing you

So, Bill, what's the most common version of the offset twin? Dennis

Bill The most common version? Which one is that? It seems to me there are dozens of variants -- sides, ends, hopper door mechanisms, inside length (and cubic capacity). So far we have't gotten any of

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Could someone please wake me when a manufacturer offers the most common version of the offset twin. InterMountain, Rapido, Tahoe, Athearn, Branchline, Walther Proto 2000, is

John, Ed Hawkins previously posted that 867000-867999 match the Kadee model. Tim O'Connor