Answering my own question - There's a builder's photo in Kaminski's P-S freight car book, p. 51. Car has seven-rung ladders and conventional double truss coil-spring trucks. Ron Merrick

Can someone point me to a photo of the PS-0 cars from CGW 90000-90049? I set out to build one of the F&C kits and the CGW color guide only has photos of the later ones with round-corner ends and

What year were these cars built? And, are there any decals available for Diamond Alkali (DAX)? Dean Payne

Years ago I got a Champ set for Diamond Alkali. It even included "Painesville, Ohio. I do not recall the set number. Chuck Hladik

I saw the MTH reefer in a hobby shop this afternoon (Sat the 12th). I saw two cars, individually boxed, not the 6 car set. I suspect the shop owner split up the set. It is a nice looking car, fine

Will Ted please contact me off list. Thanks. Denis Blake Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

Jim: 4 packs are $99.99 list single cars are $29.99 list. List prices are in-line with IM, Kadee, and others. until I see one I can't say for sure there are the same quality, but if they are should

I should add... A couple months ago I stated on this list that I can identify the USRA twin hoppers in the MTH catalog photos as being Accurail products. The close-up photos showing wire grab irons

So what exactly makes this PLASTIC car worth $100. Jim

Jon Miller wrote: Perfectly stated, Jon. No more need be said. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

The box cars shown in the MTH catalog are actualy Model Die Casting (now Athearn). I can't see the trucks clearly, so don't know whose those are. In the last years of MDC we made new tooling for new

MTH is a different and militantly (some say litigiously) independent toy train company that is well known for keeping their own counsel, while studiously ignoring all others, not the least industry

Norm Interesting, but it could be (1) misinformation or (2) disinformation. In business salesmanship, it's generally considered a huge mistake to tell your customer that product A will be replaced

. I'd like to see one of In general MTH is a toy train company and make what they believe will sell to the toy train market. I would never buy sight unseen . -- Jon Miller For me time stopped

Hi, Tim. A little over a year ago, I emailed Athearn regarding upgrading the A.R.A. 4-bay similar to the MDC upgrades. There was no response. Finally, I caught up with the product engineer (can't

Bill Keene says: " Although the PRR in Panama is a very interesting railroad I doubt if it ever saw an NYC boxcar." Not only that...it is out of scope of the STMFC. Note that the STMFC's scope is

Hi Richard, You are correct. We have wandered a bit off the topic. Although the PRR in Panama is a very interesting railroad I doubt if it ever saw an NYC boxcar. Happy modeling, Bill Keene Irvine,

Hi Fred, The PRR had a gauge of 5'-0". All of 47.5 miles long. The first transcontinental railroad. Built in 1855. At the cost of about 10,000 lives. The Panama jungle is a tough place to build and

Fred Freitas wrote: There was indeed a PFE Class R-40-2 (and you can build quite a nice model of it with the Tichy kit). The MTH announcement seems to show wood sides and ends, 6-hinge

Brian, Mea culpa! However, I did not respond to a digest copy. I do not receive the digest version. I responded to a response to a digest. The original responder failed to change the subject as