Hi Nelson, Not only were they wood-beam trucks, but of the high speed passenger type which gives a smoother ride. Joel Holmes

Tom owns Oddballs decals, which if he has gone under due to circumstances would be a shame as he had a pretty extensive range, to my memory his UP and MP range were very good and I have used them in

Steve: Thanks for the clarification on Jerry, as in the past he has made me several decals sets and his work is fantastic. Paul C. Koehler _____ From: STMFC@...

Allen--Jerry and I swapped emails about a decal set he is developing on 8/18. He is very much still in business. If he has missed responding to an email, I suspect that he is much more busy than he

Really? I'd like to see those photos Jim. I'm firmly in the "swing tail R only" camp, simply because the only photos that I have of these cars show that style of R well into the 1970s. In fact, of the

I have had decals on order from Jerry for the Chas Boas Southern Flat Cars for over two months now. When I finally heard from him a couple of weeks ago he explained the delay being due to family

There has been some parallel discussion on either this list or a NKP list (can't recall, sorry) about the style of the "R" in "Nickel Plate Road" slogan that graced these cars at the upper right of

Thank you Sir!

The art for the WLE gon was developed from one of the photos Ed Hawkins mentions, so this would be the as built scheme for these cars. How many of the older cars were repainted into this scheme, if

Pat, Who is Tom Stolle and what association does he have with Jerry Glow? I have had some decals on order from Jerry for two months now for the Chas Boas Southern flatcars. Response from

Yes, and they credited the wood-beam trucks for that smooth, quiet ride. Nelson

Tom Stolte is subject to action by Kansas State Attorney Office for mail fraud. Barry Bennett Hi Barry, I think that might be more the effect than the cause. Some time ago, Tom advised that his

I am working on one of these in S scale. A modification of a PRS car. If it would not be too much trouble would you be willing to share those pictures with me too Mr Hendrickson. I have a couple of

Richard, Got them, thanks! Just what I needed. Bud Rindfleisch

I never heard the Santa Fe crews complain about the ride but after bringing ATSF 2259 (Topeka Shops 1949, later ATSF 999969, I think) to town and realizing that it had standard issue ASF A-3 Ride

Joel Holmes wrote: Reminds me of what an SP trainman told me, that each successive class of new steel cabooses was worse to ride in than the one before. The new ones, he said, were rough and

Hi Nelson, My understanding was that the crews likes the old wood CB&Q cabooses because they were quite and rode well. We had a lot of complaints about the noise in the steel cabooses. Joel

Greg, I read the article on modeling the NKP cars done by Mont Switzer. I believe there was a photo of  a WLE gon. I think the combination of Jerry's two sets would work fine for the Accurail

Thanks guys!   I was hoping for some outside influence before May 1931 when the C&O under AMC control started massive repaints of freight cars and cabooses . . . . or least something on painting

I haven't been following this discussion much, as the cars were almost entirely gone by the date I model, but someone a day or so ago asked what the trucks were. I finally looked at a builder's