Last night I watched the movie "Picnic" with William Holden and Kim Novak shot around Salina, Kansas in 1955. There's a fair amount of good views of 1955 Union Pacific and Missouri

Many trucks have foundry symbols on them. Kurt Laughlin compiled a WORD document for foundry marks in the 1940 to 1945 time period. He wrote it in 2005. It covers

Ha, you got it Charlie, lots of MoPac bias. However, just to note, our museum is recreating the Santa Fe Railway across the Texas Panhandle. Whether MoPac or Santa Fe, your results, in my opinion,

Thank you I now have the instructions Paul Doggett

Hi Has anyone got the PDS and instructions for Sunshine SFRD kit 16.2 please Thank you Paul Doggett

Brian how do you engrave microscopic lettering in metal molds? Do you have some kind of laser etch it in? Scott McDonald

Notice the four different journal box lids. Mark

I think Accurail trucks have the raised “Bettendorf.”

The CNW Historical Society commissioned a Superior Brake wheel set almost 20 years ago when they commissioned a special run of the MSTL 53000 series boxcar kit. These cars were repaints and were all

When I worked at Alstom Transportation in Hornell, NY, we had a substantial collection of old trucks, mostly roller bearing types, from different freight cars that most likely had been scrapped

For the group; Jerry and I have been friends and fellow Mopac modelers going on 35 years so you’ll have to take his comments with a little MP bias. 😛 -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

If the side frame was cast by Bettendorf, then it might have that raised lettering. Attached are two photos of a Bettendorf caboose truck under a Santa Fe caboose at the Orange Empire RR Museum it

convinced ? :-) On 9/21/2022 4:03 PM, WILLIAM PARDIE wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Ken, also, I don't know if my work is too modern to be of any help, but for what it is worth: http://www.railgoat.railfan.net/other_cars/bm_cars/index.htm Goat

Ken, have you tried either TVRM or NMRA in Chattannooga, TN? I believe they have a large collection of ORERs and will scan or print specific pages on request, or at least they used to. Also, there

Since Bettendorf exited the truck business in 1941, if it’s a later truck, then obviously not prototypical. Now that one’s beyond my ability to answer. Tony Thompson tony@...

We have been spoiled in recent years with the numerous versions of HO trucks with raised lettering. This morning while reviewing my truck stash I came across a set of trucks with the raised

On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 12:56 PM, Tim O'Connor wrote: I really think the end needs work!This is going to be a problem with 3D printing. Up to this point there were only a limited number of sources for

Great-looking model, Joe....3-D printing is making its mark! Question: Is that 40 links-per-inch brake chain going to the wheel, or is it smaller? Chuck Greene St. Charles, IL

I think as kids many of us had the Lionel HO version of the dynamite boxcar. And the rocket launcher with which to explode it! Bruce Hendrick Brea, California Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail for iPhone