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Adding to what Denis and others have stated, Missouri Pacific freight car general arrangement drawings for cars built or in operation from the 1920s through the 1950s and later were typically 3' x

I have more than several sets of SAL and even acl drawings in my collection. This includes various ones such as general,brake, and various subparts as well. They are ALL very precise in their

Kadee trucks and wheelsets a few weeks ago from MB Klein. I do like the new trucks and the appearance is light years ahead of the old sprung versions. I bought some of the new model 70-ton trucks with

Gentlemen, I may be a little late on this but I ordered and received some of the new Kadee trucks and wheelsets a few weeks ago from MB Klein. I do like the new trucks and the appearance is light

practice, but the SP, UP and scale files. General arrangement I may add nor for the ones I have seen for the B&ORR. I have seen entire blueprint sets consisting of maybe 100 individual drawings that

There's a rather famous one that is to scale but contains a famous error duplicated in many, many models. But it's off topic. I've seen railroad GA drawings that were laughably out of scale.

Not signing his name wrote: Nothing propriatary here. I've been using a resistance soldering rig and an oxy-propane torch to silver solder wire. It is not a fun experience. Lately I've been

Nor for those I've seen from the Santa Fe files. General arrangement drawings for Santa Fe freight cars were highly detailed and drawn to exact scale. Their only shortcoming was that they

I for one has seen the gamut when it comes to drawings. My builder has work from 1/4" scale drawings which I also have verify with the real prototype cars. We have also worked with RR general

I must echo Tony's comment. All the general arrangement drawings I have seen were drawn to scale. Is it possible that someone has confused 'general arrangement' drawings with what is typically

Tim and those few others who might be interested, Those are not the cars about which Clark was inquiring. To expand a bit on a previous post, the 23001-series of 50'-0" flat cars built by GATX in

From: Andy Harman No doubt, but not all of us are employed in model RR R&D, nor retired and mobile to go travel to Roanoke and pull erection drawings, or chase down survivors in museums and

--- In STMFC@..., Anthony Thompson wrote [to my comment on stepped bolster tabs as an identifier for Pullman-Standard boxcars of the late '30s/early '40s]: "Not true, Dave. You can see it

Nothing propriatary here. I've been using a resistance soldering rig and an oxy-propane torch to silver solder wire. It is not a fun experience. Lately I've been

Richard One can be wrong -- because the answer is out there somewhere. There's a 1959 color yard photo in Gene Green's Morning Sun M&StL In Color (page 9) that shows 4 M&StL TOFC flats -- three are

A.T. Kott wrote: I can't speak for many railroads' practice, but the SP, UP and PFE general arrangement drawings I have seen are most certainly scale drawings, as one can verify by checking

Clark & those few others who might be interested, M&StL Specification No. 57, dated March 23, 1931 says in part, "PAINTING "All joints where metal laps on metal to be painted with one (1) coat of

I include Kadee code 88 wheelsets and #153 whisker couplers in my HO kits. Great quality and appearance, as expected. Jim King Smoky Mountain Model Works, Inc. Ph. (828)

Andy - The last project I did drawings for involved brass models made in China. I provided scale drawings (not RR general arrangement drawings that are seldom to scale) with a few measurements on