Ahem, when I worked at railcar builder Alstom, I was corrected to always call them 'fork trucks', not 'forklifts'. Todd Sullivan ex-shop floor inspector and logistics person for Alstom Transportation,

Careful with this: the combination of forklifts AND pallets is a post-1930 "thing", meaning that pre-Depression modelers shouldn't really have either. Ray Breyer Elgin, IL

They're older than you might think. https://packagingrevolution.net/history-of-the-fork-truck/ -- Ken Adams Covid Variants may come and go but I choose to still live mostly in splendid Shelter In

I know you're looking for straight wire, but coiled brass wire is readily available and inexpensive. You can straighten coiled wire by cutting a piece, gently running through your fingers to take most

Try Clover house Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Ken, Try Precision Scale #4869. John Bopp Farmington Hills MI Modeling the Nineteen Aughts

Try bending Tichy wire with a hollow tube or pliers. I don't remember having any difficulty bending Tichy 0.016 wire for grab irons or 0.020 K&S wire for caboose handrails. I held the wire in a

That rivet pattern is shown in Ted Culotta's spiral bound box car book

John, Beware, the CGW cars had some of the panels with "opposite" rivet pattern than the standard cars. Brian

I am looking for a source for .016 inch Brass (not Bronze) Rod/Wire. K&S apparently no longer makes it and Detail Associates supplies for #2504 or #@2505 Brass Wire seem to be no longer available.

Some of these gondola loads might be short hauls between different local mills. US Steel had a few operations in metro Pittsburgh, as did Jones & Laughlin. Low speed local hauls may not have warranted

On Sat, Aug 27, 2022 at 10:33 AM, Jerry Michels wrote: Many railroads painted doors of double decked stock cars to differentiate them from single deck carsWas there a regulation requiring this, or was

I don't consider this a 'goofy' color. Many railroads painted doors of double decked stock cars to differentiate them from single deck cars. It seems smart to me. Jerry Michels

Love how all the model versions are carefully blocked, but the prototype is apparently just dumped in the gon. Inbound as scrap, perhaps, or did someone decide that a thing that big wasn’t going to

I don't know for sure, but the highest numbered SLSF stock cars in the 43 & 53 ORERs were 47999, so it is likely post 53. That said, it appears to be a double decked car and those were a minority of

Any idea on the date of this image? Is it from after the list's cutoff date? If so, that might explain the goofy colored door. Ray Breyer Elgin, IL

Hi Earl: I would like to get four of these steps in HO. Postage is not a consideration. Thanks for your help: Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Claus Thanks for posting; given the horizontal shadows in the center of the car I’m willing to bet this is a double deck car. The Mopac painted their double deck stock cars with yellow doors to

The Kass brake step appears to have used the same pattern as the passenger step boxes also produced by the company. I discovered that Jeff English had one of the latter in his cellar when I visited

Hi Charlie and List Members, I'm attaching a color image of SLSF 48001. Note the door. Claus Schlund