Where is the fine line between LCL and REA in the handling of a few packages at a station? I know at a freight house a LCL car could be dropped off with the car almost full, but the load could be made

Folks, Not sure if these are to new for this list? But I'm looking for plans/drwg's of Southerns 100 ton 2bay hoppers. Has any ever been published in one of the mag's? If so can anyone tell me

Has anyone encountered problems applying Floquil paint to Tahoe Model Works trucks? I have a customer who is brush painting Floquil and getting a shiny finish, instead of flat. An overspray of

Boy, every time I get involved with an air brake discussion, I end up spending hours looking for diagrams I know I've seen before. It's a shame that Westinghouse didn't have ONE all encompassing

Hi Clark, As you are modeling a medium sized city, Mason City Iowa. The LCL car could have many dozens of packages to unload each day and would delay the through freight too long. So the car would

Howdy,        We are doing research on this group of boxcars.         Do any of you reading this list have any images beyond those found in MAINLINE MODELER, May 1991, pp.82-85?       

I saw this UP A-50-21 box car slide http://tinyurl.com/ybmbokr for sale on eBay, but can't make out the car's number. Does anyone know the UP number series allocated to the A-50-21 class? Thanks in

Just curious, Dennis. Is the "wig-wag" valve for graduated release located on the pipe bracket (I'm assuming so), or near the brake cylinder? Suggestions for modelling this if it's a visible feature

AB equipment is enjoying a certain amount of popularity with tourists railroads these days, using it to re-equip coaches where valve portions, gaskets, and testing services for the original equipment

I am looking for two Sunshine kits and wondering if anyone on this list has examples they have decided not to build and would like to sell. # 39.7 IGN/NOT&M 40-foot Howe Truss boxcar, wood door,

Steve Lucas wrote: Exactly, and in fact, the SP cars did have AB-1-B gear. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

I'd imagine that the same brake gear could very well have been used. Troop sleepers used two sets of Wabco AB-1-B brake gear. It is similar in appearance to freight AB gear, the only difference

Sounds good   Bill Vaughn

Bud Rindfleisch1 wrote: I don't have a drawing for the SP cars, Bud, but as far as I can tell from photos, the brake gear is LOCATED the same as on a freight car. You're right, the brakes had

Group, This should open up a giant can of worms especially since I do not have something to start this idea off. After the discussions of mini-kits, how about having a mini-kit folder in the files

Elden, My mistake on the designation. H30A should be the one. And many thanks for the replies. Very glad to hear this kit is still on the way. Eric Mumper

I would not rule out resin kits at Trainfest, Sylvan has been there for the last two years or more. I for one would look for any of the resin manufacturers and would definitely buy something from

You guys are talking about the Railshops H30A covered hopper kit, right? Not the H31A composite hopper? Or is this a new class? Elden Gatwood

All, While the debate revolves around repainted vs. reweighed vs. blt vs. new, et al., I'd just like to mention that I asked Greg if he'd send me the photo off-list, which he kindly did. The UP

In my research on the FGE/WFE/BRE companies I have managed to find what I would characterize as some highly specialized and technical books that have been digitized as a part of the ambitious