Hmmmm. Great Northern had a device at Minot that basically was a drop-down gate that was at the level of a flat car deck .. then a loaded flat car was pushed into the gate, which shoved the

I am not at home now so cannot check the brand, but the CA I purchased at the Cincinnati NMRA convention is still going strong. I purchased two regular and one thick in a tube. The first of the

When not using my CA for awhile I put it in a plastic bag with a desicant pack and store it in the frig. Jared Harper Athens, GA

I purchased some CA from a vendor at the Cincinnati NMRA trade show. He advised to rub vaseline on the tip of the applicator and to always keep the bottle upright. Jared Harper Athens, GA

Bob: The retarders in a hump yard were referred to as the car squeezer. Paul C. Koehler _____ From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Bob C Sent:

While I have an idea that this is an apparatus for packing freight into a box car, can anyone tell me exactly what a "railroad car squeezer" is? Thanks. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Would anyone have or know where I can find, photos and/or folio diagrams of the following Santa Fe 2, 3 & 4 bay hoppers that were fitted with roofs in 1945. I have some pics from the Santa Fe Open

Armand Premo wrote Well, if Kadee were to produce a USRA hopper, both original and rebuilt panel side, that might be more numerous than any one of the myriad twin offset hoppers. I only mention it

Charlie, Wonderful resource you linked, I enjoyed perusing all 292 pages. Thank you much for presenting it here. I have Lucas's "100 Year of Classic Steam Locomotives" but do not know about the

Years ago, Overland imported several of the C&O cars, plus a C&O triple, in HO scale.

I put three to four drops of ACC in a bottle cap (from bottled water) that sits in a piece of foam to hold it at an angle so the ACC collects at the bottom of the angled side. The tip of the ACC

Thanks Tim--that's reassuring. I'm looking at this release with optimism. NYC offset hoppers were seen in the south and all over the midwest and I'll certainly have a few for my layout. John John

Nice job, Tom! Your advice to those that have the early Sunshine kit is right on. I would also add that in the earlier Sunshine kit based on the C&BT kit, one has to widen the door with styrene

I enjoy my kit any way!!   Dennis

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