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Re: SOURCE FOR 4/4 DREADNAUGHT ENDS

Details West? I think they used to make two styles of 4/4 replacement ends for the Athearn R-40-23 reefer that might be about that height... However I can't find them listed on Walthers anymore. I

By Tim O'Connor · #85319 ·

Re: Friends of the Freight Car Shirts

The penalties are extreme: One beer for each infraction. Repeat violators are set to hard labor, sanding up a set of Sunshine floors and sides to equal length. Tim O'Connor

By Tim O'Connor · #85318 ·

Re: SOURCE FOR 4/4 DREADNAUGHT ENDS

Details West no longer shows them on their catalog page for freight car parts, but they used to sell two versions of the early Dreadnaught ends, meant to be replacement parts for the Athearn Reefer.

By Andy Carlson · #85317 ·

Re: SOURCE FOR 4/4 DREADNAUGHT ENDS

Bill, it sounds like the most obvious source for 4/4 square-cornered Dreadnaught ends of that height might be a resin model of an ARA 1932 standard steel box car. Both Sunshine and Funaro &

By Richard Hendrickson · #85316 ·

Re: Friends of the Freight Car Shirts

Frederick Freitas says: "Stop giving Mike & Jeff new ideas for Coco meet! Be careful of what you wish for, it may come to pass." What do you mean...it MAY come to pass? Tony Thompson

By Mike Brock <brockm@...> · #85315 ·

Re: When is the grain rush?

There was essentially no "grain rush" as we know it today, in the 30's. Farmers fed their livestock the grain, ie corn and oats, they raised. It was only after WWII and the need to feed the world,

By Douglas Harding <dharding@...> · #85314 ·

Re: Those Pesky Offset Twin hoppers

Has Kadee done the cars in the pre speed lettering Reading lettering yet? They did the speed lettering scheme but I have not seen the earlier version. The earlier lettering was shown in the RPC

By boyds1949 <E27ca@...> · #85313 ·

Re: Those Pesky Offset Twin hoppers

On Oct 12, 2009, at 8:00 PM, Bill Welch wrote: <SNIP> > So okay they are only doing one basic car body, especially as related > to the bottom of the side of the car. But they have failed to do

By Ed Hawkins · #85312 ·

Re: Friends of the Freight Car Shirts

Fred Freitas wrote: RIchard went as far as having fake police badges made, saying "Prototype Police," and with the slogan "To Serve and Correct." He made a great sight in his mirror aviator

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #85311 ·

Re: Friends of the Freight Car Shirts

Tim, Stop giving Mike & Jeff new ideas for Coco meet! Be careful of what you wish for, it may come to pass. How much are non-proto citations anyway ???? Fred Freitas

By Frederick Freitas <prrinvt@...> · #85310 ·

Re: Friends of the Freight Car Shirts

Al, It seems we are all a bit wider after sitting for so long building resin kits. Tony, we may need to order XL=XXL=XXXL for the next printing. Hint, hint! Fred Freitas

By Frederick Freitas <prrinvt@...> · #85309 ·

Model Railroad Open House

My layout will be open for the going home tours of the NMRA, MER Convention in Hagerstown, MD on Sunday, October 18, 2009 from 1-5 pm. The layout features N&W's Shenandoah Valley Line between Front

By jfbrewer@... · #85308 ·

Re: SFRD Reefer Questions

That's correct. Yes. The Santa Fe experimented extensively with various types of patented journal lubricators in the late 1950s. Richard Hendrickson

By Richard Hendrickson · #85306 ·

SOURCE FOR 4/4 DREADNAUGHT ENDS

Hello Group, I am at the beginning of an effort to scratch build at least six MKT 47001-47500 series stock cars. I am in need of a source for 4/4 Dreadnaught ends for these cars that have an inside

By billkeene2004 <wakeene@...> · #85307 ·

Ken Harstine contact

Does anyone have contact information for Ken Harstine, proprietor of the web site www.boxcars.us ? On or off-list reply is fine. He's got a boxcar image posted at his web site that I'd like to make a

By leakinmywaders · #85305 ·

Re: SFRD Reefer Questions

WC and WI are West Wichita and Winslow as your friend thought. There were many types of replacements for "cotton waste" -- some are listed in the CBC's but I can't find any reference to Miller or

By Tim O'Connor · #85304 ·

Re: A Tribute to Tahoe Model Works

I replaced the brass trucks on my W&R NP single sheathed box car with Tahoe trucks -- a HUGE improvement in rolling performance! Tim O'Connor P.S. You get flyers from W&R? How do you get on the

By Tim O'Connor · #85303 ·

SFRD Reefer Questions

Does anyone know the answer to the following question? Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA =================== A friend found SFRD 14970, an Rr-34, on the ground in western New Mexico recently with the lettering

By Bob C <thecitrusbelt@...> · #85302 ·

A Tribute to Tahoe Model Works

W&R, the brass importer, will be using Tahoe Model Works Dalman Trucks on its brass Northern Pacific 8000-8199 4 door auto boxcars that are scheduled to arrive in 4 versions in November of this year.

By gary laakso · #85301 ·

Re: Interesting book available for download

Brian- Same basic format, reprints from the Locomotive and Carbuilder's Cyclopedias; some photos, some plans. Charlie Vlk Charlie, Wonderful resource you linked, I enjoyed perusing all 292

By Charlie Vlk · #85300 ·

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