Rich, I think all of the roofs for the 40' cars are in one mold. This was how they could cost-effectively give you all of the roof and other options in an undec kit. A new mold would greatly increase

Tim, Branchline had not made the 40 ft overhanging roof. They do have a 50 ft overhanging roof from which 10 ft can be removed. I have been hounding them for at least the last 3 years to make the

Tony Is there anything wrong with the Microscale decals (87-911)? I haven't checked for 50' capacity data in it but the rest of the lettering and emblems looks pretty good. F&C actually does two SP

Thanks Ed. Add B&O M-66, M-67 (PS ZU eave), NP (combo doors) to your list of 40 ft box cars. Many rebuilds received ZU eave roofs too but that was after 1960. What class of new PRR box cars received

John Golden wrote: Bill Welch said he was doing the F&C kit of the SP 1-1/2 door auto car, HO scale. It's one of F&C's best moldings, but as Bill says, does not offer the T&NO reporting marks

Tim, BT offers a 50' ODP, but not a 40' ODP. There were a number of series of 40' box cars having this type of roof built from 1950-1953 including 3 series for P&LE, 2 series for NYC, and one

Guys, what model is are you discussing? Who makes it? John Golden Bloomington, IN

Ed Oops, nevermind, I was thinking of P&LE 20000-20999 lot 800-B built a year after 5000-5999. By the way, CDS set #458 is exactly right for P&LE

Badger also sells an equivalent single action to the 155, the 150. I have one of those, with a "crown" style tip which supposedly was designed specifically for the water soluble paints. You can see

Ed, I didn't think that Branchline made a 40 ft overhanging diagonal panel (ZU eave) roof. Did they? Jeff English once commented that this group of P&LE cars were the first box cars on the NYC system

Gordon Andews wrote ... is anyone (at a minimum) tracking articles related to specific railroads? ---------------------- I think it's safe to say that several thousand people are doing this. Are

I agree that *Set Up Running* is a great book. I coulndn't put it down either. Another book with lots of great information on railroad operations is *Working on the Western Maryland,* a book of

Thanks, Ed. I'll check at my LHS and see if they've got a copy amongst their back issues. Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC Ed Hawkins wrote:

Another on of those Pay to Play sites. Greg Martin

Yea, verily. Great book. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

I'll enthusiastically second Schuyler on this one – and I'm certainly not a Pennsy fan. It's the best account I've even seen of a career in engine service during the steam era, full of fascinating

During this recent thread, I mulled over the many books I've read over the years, and I have another candidate as the best railroad book I've read: _Set Up Running: The Life of a Pennsylvania

WrightTRAK will be arriving at Naperville on Thursday. Thursday evening, after the buffet at Rons, we will be having suite sales at the hotel. We do have a new product that will be there and we will

Dear Jerry: I notice one of your sets is for the big F&C Southern Pacific 1/12 Auto car. This is one of my favorite models. I did mine stenciled for the TN&O. You might consider this variation as

I've used Jerry's decals on two recent USRA (Tichy) boxcars I've finished used both his P&LE and his ACL sets. Both are well research, no short cuts on using computer fonts. They are thin and go