At this point I wish to remind those who are aware of; and those who may not have heard of Jack Spenser's Mylar corner sill steps (terminology). He uses various thicknesses of Mylar, which cuts very

Scott, .005” is just about a half-inch in HO, so it’s really pretty accurate. Granted it LOOKS too thin, but it is to scale for things like stirrup steps, the supports at the end of roofwalks, so

Scott, I have the website of an outfit in Lichtenstein that offers what you`re looking for. It`s on my home computer and I`m in Montreal for the weekend. I`ll try and remember to dig it

There is a custom builder that constructs switches in a very similar way. I got a double crossover from him and it's a work of art (grin). -- Jon MillerFor me time stopped in

My favorite Simpson products were the switches, laid on circuit-board ties, especially the No. 5, a generously dimensioned switch which fit beautifully in a number of places on my layout. Luckily all

The now closed hobby shop I favored stocked flat phosphor-bronze strip[s of that sort from one of the Diesel Detailing HO companies. It might be Details Associates….. or Details West. I can’t find

I use the Yarmouth steps too, But they don't have one with the double step, like you see on reefers. I have some of the special shapes product as well, But I was hoping to find something .010" or less

Schuyler, and Al, I have a small shear and can make strips for my own use, if and when I run out of the Simpson product. I was hoping to locate a commercial available source to recommend to others.

The Yarmouth stirrup steps are exquisite. Special shapes sells 1/32 (.030) X 1/64 (.015) inch milled brass "bars" and Detail Associates sells something similar. Brass shim stock can be cut with a

Frank Hodina made most of those masters for Sunshine, now has his own resin car company, and occasionally haunts this site. Have you asked him about reproducing a few of the rebuilds, or

Scott, I have that same product and find myself hoping I can find more of the same. It’s great stuff because the twist that usually comes from shearing is minimal and the strips are relatively

After Russ’ death a customer of ours who had purchased a commercial sheareroffered to cut brass for us. If the new owner of Westerfield hasmaintained that contact, perhaps he can help. – Al

Robert and Tony, Thank you both for the additional information. My interest is in 13 of these cars converted by the M&StL to snow plows. I find it interesting that the Southern Pacific and Chicago &

I have a couple of packages of a product from the 1970's IIRC, by a company called Simpson, from Pacific House, CA. They are brass strips, .006" (actual) x 3" (HO scale). The package shows them as

I purchased on the the ExactaRail 40' flat cars after their presentation at Naperville. This is a 40' car that uses the cast underframe that was coming in about that time. These underframes are

Staffan Ehnbom Can you please contact me offline? tgregmrtn@... Thank you, Greg Martin Eventually all things merge into one and a river runs throughit. Norman Maclean

Try the NYC message boards on Yahoo. If you belong to the NYCHS you could post on that Yahoo board too. I have unbuilt 64.1 and 64.3 but I do plan to build them for my circa-1953 NYC-themed layout.

Mantua, I believe, offered a very old HO scale Erie gon that was used in coal service. I have seen pix of those cars on the Central Avenue pier in Dunkirk NY ready to be dumped into a lake boat. I

Mark Rickert, Thanks for posting the link to your web site. The manuals you have collected - and made available to us in PDF form - related to "how the RRs worked with respect to cars, loads,

Robert Bowdidge wrote: My understanding is that a railroad buyer could go to a builder, Pullman, say, and order the Rodger cars they wanted, and expect Pullman to make arrangements with Rodger