I agree with Richard about the Red Caboose trucks, but you might want to know that Walthers makes them in plastic, too. Kadee makes them in metal with their unfortunate real springs. Richard

Hi, Max. The best T-section trucks in HO, in my opinion, are Red Caboose. These were developed for their PFE refrigerator car kits, which Intermountain continues to produce and catalog, so you might

Hi Doug, Judging from the photos, there are actually at least THREE groups of photos in this collection: one during summer, one spring or fall, and one winter (leaves, no leaves, snow). And I

Hi folks: As an ardentmodeler of the NYC freight equipment in service from the mid-teens thru thelate 1950s, I am actively seeking a significant volume of high quality Tsection “BETTENDORF”4

Ray, regarding dates you are assuming all the photos in the collection were taken at the same time and are posted in sequence. They’re not. Barriger made many trips on the countries railroads over a

They were pretty common around Peoria from the early 1930s onward. The TP&W and P&PU adopted them at about the same time, as did the Peoria Terminal. And the stripes were ORANGE, which must have

Hi John, The full sequence of photos is TP&W 150, 153, 160, 161 and 229. It's pretty obvious that the TP&W photos are among the most mixed up shots in this overall collection! :-) As for the

Ray, What are the numbers of the other three photos? I didn't see them when I looked at the index. I disagree about your date though. Check the 1-41 date on NYC 621900, lack of stars on the hoods

Chris Frissell wrote: "It's been often stated that these cars were based on the PRR X-32 plan, but it sounds like you're aware that's not necessarily correct.  At 14ft 6inches the door openings were

Hello All, I have uploaded a spreadsheet that compiles the service history for all the 50 ft wagon top box cars. The data comes from generally available publications and the ORER and was last updated

I neglected to mention the ex-N&W 50-foot round roof cars leased to the NP were rostered as NP series 39610-39759. Chris Frissell Polson, MT leakinmywaders@...

Jim: I can share that the NP obtained 150 of the N&W 50-foot cars (NW 52000-52299) on lease from Buffalo Railway Equipment Co. (an affiliate of A.A. Morrison Co.) in late 1961. They were refurbished

Thanks to all who replied to my TAG question. I was always curious as to the heritage of TAG, DT&I, OP&E and NP round roof boxes. Even the Ashley, Drew & Northern ran some 40-foot double door round

Thanks Elden.

I don't have the magazine in front of me, but I believe it was RMC September, 1971 - Moisture trap coil for compressors by Anderson, Ed I'll be going by the train club Saturday and I can pull that

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Guys; Liquids produced as by-products of the coking process include(d): benzol, phenol, xylol, cresols, coal tars, light oils, pyridine, and other products

Mike, What was hauled in these tanks? Wikipedia has the following on Semet-Solvay: The Hazard family invested in an affiliated business, the Semet-Solvay Company, formed in 1895. Louis Semet, a

I went to the NMRA site and used the magazine index and found this article which is probably the correct one It was in the September 1971 issue of RMC Moisture trap coil for compressors by Anderson,

Image number 129 has a steam loco with hazard stripes. I have never seen them on anything except yard diesels. James Dawkins

There are actually five photos of the train in this sequence (pulled by double-headed 80's), and the train is postwar; R. J. Coulter appears in several of the TP&W shots, so they're post-1947. Most