Rich Christie wrote: By "flipped" do you mean reverse Dreadnaught or recessed Dreadnaught? We need the former much more than the latter for gondolas. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature

Jerry, I don't know if you've revised this or not since our correspondence earlier today, but the artwork in the link shows the data to the left of the door centered on the middle side panel. Photos

Tim, According to the CNW diagrams covering 71000-71998 (even), it's entirely possible that the 500 cars built by Pullman-Standard came with only Apex r/b & b/s, but the way the data is presented

generic... I've used them because that's all I could find, but besides the usual Champ issues, they are generic

I wrote Stan Rydarowicz and sent him photos of gonodla ends, no word. I agree with your choice, but I also think we need Pullman ends, Pressed Steel and flipped Dreadnaughts.   Rich Christie

What's wrong with the Champ reweight sets? HD-50-53 and HD-60-67 Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY prrk41361@... From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On

over-tightened truss rods.      Tom W.

I kitbashed a 125 ton DCFC from two Bachmann flats which turned out horrible...the end decks arch upward because I thought I was being smart and keep portions of the Bachmann curved weights in the

Sadly, there are no correct New Haven 40 ft gons. Roundhouse is "close" but 6 inches too tall and can't represent the drop door version only the later rebuilds. Cutting down the sides is

That seller was lucky, I've seen them not sell in the $145-$150 range. Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY prrk41361@... From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On

Todd Horton wrote E&P did some of them in brass -- there are detail differences between prototypes -- the decks could be wood, steel, or a combination, and some had built-in tie down devices while

Tim O'Connor wrote: Good point about the ends. I've managed to fit a Detail Associates Improved Dreadnaught end onto the F&C War Emergency gon to model T&NO's Class G-50-21 cars, but

The GSC flats were done in brass many years ago. I have two of those and they're really nice. I don't recall who the builder or importer was. It would be n eat to see them done in plastic. The C of G

Ray Breyer wrote: Ray makes a good point for railroads besides IC. Before WW II it was common to use 7-inch characters for both initials and car numbers, but after the war (I don't have the

Tim O'Connor wrote: Three good examples, Tim. I've always wondered why no one has done those GSC drop-center flats, because they not only were widely owned but are "neat" cars, and you can put

Earlier General Service gondolas (same as old Ulrich metal kits) would be very nice to have. Not to mention the D&RGW/C&S-CB&Q/UCR GS gons, or some non-Enterprise GS gons, or SOO/NP/GN GS gons. A new

Charlie Vlk wrote Why is it absurd? Consider Trailer Train flat cars for example -- not many owners, but they ran everywhere! Or distinctive prototypes that were found on almost all railroads -- X29,

Steve Good point, I'd forgotten about those! (Although I think they are Canadian style ladders with sill steps included.) Tim

John, for modelers of the late 40's to very early 50's the Sunshine reweigh stencil sets cover those dates nicely -- HOWEVER it appears even Sunshine did not include the IC in any of the sets I have,

Lou These are the only notes I have (besides what is in the spreadsheet from steamfreightcars.com). If you find out about the A/G running boards please let us know! CNW 71000-74398 -- Mineral Red