Tony, Reversed, "flipped" is modelers jargon that I have seen in gondola articles.   Rich Christie

How so the reweigh sets contain the shop date and the separate date allow one to pick whatever date they want? The are not as bright as I'd like but weathering helps that. Brian J. Carlson,

I'm not sure what you mean here, Tim, but the Champ reweigh data sets were based on photographic evidence, as well as input from several members of this list, and contained for most RRs (including

The bow almost seems exagerated in that photo; there's another builder's photo of a car from the same series on the Wikipedia articlel for MDT which I beleive is also from the Detroit Publishing

Gene, Soory about the miscue; here's the poultry information for fresh, not frozen poultry. Additionally, the AAR information is circa 1940. During the latter part of WWII and into 1947 the AAR

Gene asked: Gene, I don't know how much the following might help, but here is a bit of information. The AAR's Freight Claims Division Rules used the USDAs average freezing points of fruits and

Richard, Thank you for your reply. All your points are valid and you reached the same conclusion that I really wanted to make is that a RTR model of the B&O M-53 wagon-top would meet similar

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