Thank you to all that suggested ideas for modeling truss rods. I tried several techniques and report my results below. First I tried ACC to hold two separate pieces of line to the turnbuckle,

Thanks Tony and Tim, I have just joined the ry-ops group and will be looking up their spreadsheets on railroad freight shippers. I know I will have to make up many of my own waybills for my ops. I do

John, In 1998 I spent some time researching various Pullman-Standard correspondence files located at the Illinois Railway Museum. According to the paint specifications that were in the file for lot

Tim O'Connor wrote: Ah, the key word you use is "utility," and as with so many things, utility in this subject is in the eye of the beholder. Or, if you like, I could say that the origin and

Tim O'Connor wrote: Tim, it sounds like you're assuming they were all confiscated as empties. I doubt many of them were in that category, same as the MDT and BAR and FGEX cars. When I

Tony Might be the same raw data, for sure. I don't know, there's only so much time in the world for most of us. Railroads created paperwork because they were a business. Paperwork is not my hobby

John A 1960's Jim Sands photo of CG 7071 clearly shows the car had black ends. The roof is very peeled, but there are remnants of what could have been black car cement. The running board in the photo

Tim O'Connor wrote: Don't know if it's the same database, but the OpSIG (operations) group also has a huge listing of shippers on line, at opsig.org Tony Thompson Editor, Signature

Jan You may want to look at this group -- they have compiled spreadsheets of real railroad freight shippers. Can you say "information

Hello All, In researching Kadee's CG PS-1 #7115 (CG 7000-7299 blt 4/52) I ran across some conflicting information... First, the model (Kadee #5111) was produced with a silver roof and running board

Thanks Tim, that is what I am doing. I have copies of blank NKP waybills and also copies of some filled out waybills. I do have info on NKP industries from a 1944 shippers list. Just trying to get a

Tony, it would be fascinating to know if you could correlate the number of ART cars (which really surprises me!) with known traffic patterns for ART, like the annual peach crop from western

Thanks Steve, I did just join that group. I live near Frankfort and I am a friend of Don Daily who is a friend of Tony. Just trying to make my waybills as real as possible. I like the way car cards

Jan If you model the NKP, you will want to find a prototype waybill (or scan) from the NKP for your time period. Then print blanks on your computer, or whatever. I'm sure Tony Koester knows where to

Rich Townsend accidently wrote: ended up in FGE, didn't they? It has no overall plans, but there are several detail drawings and cross-sections. > Kenneth Chapin replied: Ken, I have a copy of that

Hi;  I would like to see this on the B & O cars,thanks ken chapin

Hi Jan--You might get some info here, but you might want to join http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Proto-Layouts/ where Tony Koester hangs out. If anyone knows Frankfort, he does. Steve Hoxie Pensacola

GUYZ,   Give the Bitter Creek Shops a try; they have many of the older style trucks in cast metal form. I've used some with satisfactory results.   Fred Freitas To: STMFC@... Sent:

Speaking of tank cars is there any additional information of the atsf Tk-G, H, etc. that was discussed some months ago? Jon Miller For me time stopped in 1941 Digitrax Chief/Zephyr systems, JMRI

Sorry. That was meant for Bill Welch. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, Oregon