Clark; Is it a PRR gon, SP, Wabash? An "originating" load would be very appropriate. There were several bridge manufacturers on the PRR that would make that bridge load very realistic. Do you have

Paul; You are right, of course. I wasn't paying attention. I think to make a mini-kit reasonable, it has to top out, with the base kit included, with decals, at $35-40, otherwise it makes no

If you "paint" the TP with white glue, it looks less fuzzy, and takes on a better, more "canvassy" shape and appearance, IMO. Then you can paint it when dry, with a canvas or OD color, and

Tony; How long did the G-70-8 remain in black paint? When were both repainted in the later scheme? Thanks, Elden Gatwood

Tony The correct trucks for the new SP caboose by WT are not available. We do include a nice set of Tahoe trucks, not just ordinary trucks..<G> Denis Blake WrightTRAK Railroad Models, LLC

Friends, In an Australian model train magazine I was given, used tea bags were suggested as good material for tarps. Kind regards, Garth Groff Anthony Thompson wrote:

Guys; I am confused (not that rare). Were these ex-New Haven cars all 10' IH cars? Was it in the same timeframe as the NH sold off their PS-1's, and what happened to their traffic to initiate the

Thanks for providing that info Ross. It is interesting - I was unaware of the Island Tug & Barge operation out of the Puget Sound area - that's one of the hazards of my tunnel vision on the Vancouver

Accordion to my notes, NJI&I 1400-1699 were ex-New Haven cars aquired 1962-1963. The Wabash ex-New Haven cars were 60000-60999. Some of the Wabash cars were prewar AAR (4/5 ends e.g. #60800), and some

George Hollwedel wrote: Good catch, George, I'd missed the G-70-9 part. But no, the -9 cars were 65-foot mill gons, nothing like the G-70-8 or -12. The recent Athearn 65-ft. car in HO is a good

The SP G-70-9 was a 65' gondola -- Athearn produced their AAR 65' gondola lettered as a G-70-9 built in 1953. They are very similar (the model and prototype) but not exactly alike. Tim O'Connor

Ron, OK, I'll bite - how will you get two cars out of one Sunshine Wabash 50ft double-door autocar conversion Mini-Kit (one of which is not Wabash)? I don't see how that's possible if you do the

Yes. It's my understanding that he NJI&I 1404-1699 box cars, along with the Wabash 60000-60999 series, were transferred from the Nickel Plate in the late 1960s after all three railroads were

I picked up a photo showing NJI&I 1438 in a train. Photo is not dated but the car has reweigh date of 11-63 (at Decatur) and could have been repainted at this time. It's a full-tilt 1937 AAR box,

Tony, He asked about the G-70-9, didn't they have deeper sides? George Hollwedel

Guys Once again I apologize for the screwup on the M53 instructions. At WrightTRAK we take service and our product seriously. Kurt Laughlin brought a website to our attention and we jumped on it.

FYI, I have posted PDFs to this free site: http://www.scribd.com/ so that others could download them. Seems to work fine. It did not require a big effort to register, either. KL

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WILLIAM PARDIE wrote: Extremely similar--only really noticeable feature is the brake step on the end, which was Gypsum expanded-metal style on the -8 and Kerrigan (like Apex) rectangular grid on

Dave, on the CPR you'll be looking for cars 289640-289999, which were constructed from 1936-1942, on CNR you need 209500-209799, built from 1939-1943. Ian Cranstone Osgoode, Ontario,