Francis, here is the list of Mark's decals with descriptions. The set you asked about is the "P" set. The sets marked "**" were originally available from George Drake, DDS. Tim

Answering a little for Dennis, Athearn blue box kits have been discontinued. And Accurail kits have always been a step up from Athearn and more accurate. They may not be craftsman kits but with just a

Dennis, I have a question. Is it worth the chance and expense to put another car on the market that has been done more than a couple of times before. It is already known that some shortcuts

Bill, Not at the present. The tooling was originally designed so it could be done with changeable inserts, until we realized that that would leave an objectionable "witness line" across what is

Rob I could not find this item on the GMM website or a part number similar to it Bill Welch

Dennis, does Accurail intend to offer this with heap shields? Bill Welch

Well, glad someone finally noticed we are releasing a twin hopper. The prototype is basically the AAR standard car as illustrated in the 1940 Car Builder's Cyclopedia, although we actually used

Does anyone know what is contained in decal set MEVP 60' Con-Cor Auto Parts Car? Thanks! Francis A. Pehowic, Jr. in Sunbury, Pa.

Chris, sets E-2 and E-3 each have the flag etc that you want. Each set has NJI&I reporting marks for only one car, as does the E-1 set. Tim O'Connor

Dave, When looking at the various 50-ton AAR hopper cars that were built, one of the key features I look at to distinguish one version from another is the shape of the side sills. The earliest

OK that is an easy one. I am employed as a Carman for Kansas City Southern Railroad in Jackson, MS. As to the difference for than and now, I can say that there is probably very little.   Basically

Based on Al's description, it sound like the Atlas, Kadee, and Athearn offset twins are the long-taper design, while the drawing on Accurail's site would suggest the "short-taper" design. The RPI

Al Kresse wrote: ARA/AAR transitional end side-panels being used: AAR Kiesel)? ARA licensed by Wine)? The descriptive terms of "tapered" and "step" have been used to described how the off-set side

Although I would have appreciated something with separately applied grabs, this could be useful if they do the versions with heap shields also. Bill Welch

Not being a modeler . . . I believe there were basically three types of "patented/licensed" ARA/AAR transitional end side-panels being used: 1) 1928 Enterprise and Wine designs 2) 1931 Kiesel

Bill, you can just go on their web site and check. You can order there also. They are quite efficient in filling oders. Joe Lofland

Like Tim said "whahoo yippee ky-ay". We really need a short tapered twin. RPI mentioned a kitbash with the Athearn Quad, but it would be difficult because the middle seam would be difficult to

Thanks, Chet and Ed. Your answers solve a number of small mysteries that had been bothering me, and confirm what I had come to conclude shortly after my posting, that this was a nonuniform series.

I'm hoping perhaps someone on the list has purchased some of these Gold Medal Models parts - they look suitable for a tank car I'm modelling. While I could use the HO version, part 3500, the HOn3

Al, Actually my interests lie a little further north, the OT, if you have a GN time table, does it not show the ruling grades?, the one steam era one I saw once did. GN was known for trying to