ford wrote: There is another photo I forgot about on NE Railfan site of B&O 295483 with re-weigh symbol and date of "RF 1-54" that had angles added to re-enforce the side

Bob Witt wrote I don't know why Athearn has upgraded a number of the old MDC open hoppers with wire grabs and other improvements and NONE of their own cars - yet - but I figure they could always do

Yeah I caught that too. Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY prrk41361@... From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of rwitt_2000 Sent: Friday, June 11,

IMO -- ugh!! Not one original (not already available) model freight car; prices way out of whack with evident quality; but mostly -- why did they bother???? Tim O'Connor

Brian J Carlson wrote: which ENTIRELY confused you are And the PRR boxcar model didn't even receive MTH "Imagination and Fun" designation. Bob Witt

I'm interested in patching and fine scale chain. I'm NOT interested in bridges, and even less interested in the Panama Railroad. How about changing the subject line, guys? Richard Hendrickson

Peter: Not sure which PRR car you are talking about but the "PS-1" boxcar, which has already been pointed out is more like a 1937 AAR car, it's ENTIRELY BOGUS. It is numbered and labeled as an X29.

Fred, From Wikipedia, citing Tom Daspit. "The Days They Changed the Gauge" . http://southern.railfan.net/ties/1966/66-8/gauge.html . Retrieved 2008-12-28 . Gauge The Panama Railway was originally 5

refers to is a bit worrisome. amaze me. Is there no critical thinking Fred, Urban legend has it that a certain burger chain, rather than doing extensive market research, would simply located at the

So in the minds of MTH a New Haven 1937 AAR 40' 10'IH box can be represented as a "PS-1"? I think not. If someone tells me the Pennsy or PFE cars are accurate I probably still won't purchase

Though they won't interest most of us, I supspect the Athearn Blue Box cars will again be available as RTR's at a higher price and therefore duplicate what MTH is doing... Maybe they should spend

Eric Hansmann wrote: iteration of meets that a Eric, I zoomed in on the boxcars and they have 4/5 Dreadnaught end with "W" corner posts so it appears to be another version of the AAR 1937 standard

Hi Bill,             The Panama RR, was it standard, or narrow ga. ? If narrow, you know there will be a car so lettered on a PRR flat headed to a shipping point. Fred Freitas admitted

Jim, Eric, & list,                           The photos do nothing for the models shown. The statement Jim H. refers to is a bit worrisome. Why they always make what has

"4-wheel metal trucks" (not 2-wheel but 4!)" Hmmm... 99% of all trucks I've seen do indeed have 4 wheels ;-) Joe Gartman Locomotive Engineer, BNSF Bakersfield, CA

Thanks for the information, guys. I ordered thirty Dollars worth of decals last Monday, and the order was confirmed on Tuesday. So I imagine the decals will be showing up next Monday or

Looking at and reading the catalog, I smell Athearn 'blue box' quality at best. When they list features such as "4-wheel metal trucks" (not 2-wheel but 4!) and "Brake wheel", and say "perfect way to

On a discussion list of NKPH&TS members there has been some discussion of MTH HO scale freight car models pictured in a new catalog. As recent STMFC discussion was centered on possible plastic

I have been in contact with Champ this week and Connie assured me they still have many decal sets in inventory. I placed my order at it was confirmed next day. They reply promptly to email inquiries.

Tom, I ordered 10 sets of LNE covered hopper decals from Champ on-line very late on 6/1 and they arrived today, 6/11. (Waited until they arrived to post this.) Tom Madden