Steve, the reasoning you give per the CN makes much sense. However regarding the Pennsy..... From an August 22, 1950 document I have and will upload the image. --------------- Repairing Bad Order

Well Jared, All I can say is that you me both. See my blog entry from Sunday this week (link below my signature line). I'm currently working through the cars sorting out the issues by asking do they

I hope the monogram(hearld) used on the Southern box is not the one being used on the actual model. It is really bad for the 1937 monogram. Fenton Wells -- Fenton Wells 3047 Creek Run Sanford NC

This is a problem I have encountered on a number of Intermountain stock cars. When they are assembled, the bolsters are not level end to end and the truck screws are too tight. The result is that the

Marty McGuirk wrote: I tend to agree, but most people seem to forget the original car- weight studies, which showed that it was DIFFERENCES among adjacent car weights, whether light or heavy,

Jared, It would help if you described how the cars were derailing -  in curves? on turnouts? only when coupled to other stockcars? When backing at the head/tail of a long string? I

Jim Mischke has sent me photos of a Superior door used as a replacement on B&O M-26 (X29 style) cars. I know a batch of CGW cars were sold and leased back with these same doors. Question is: Did any

<<I had my first operating session on the Alma branch last night. Six Intermountain stock cars were part of the operation. Most of the cars were right out of the box and although I thought I had

The biggest problem with most RTR cars is that the trucks don't pivot / pitch / rock properly, could be as simple as the screw being too tight. Also plastic brake rods sometimes blatantly interfere

Jared, What have you checked on these cars so far? Are they in gauge? Are they Code88 or Code110? If Code 88, do you have other cars with Code 88 wheelsets? Bear in mind that the

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Steve; What drove the PRR to merger was the inevitability of being unable to compete with other roads all facing a decreasing traffic base, and being

Jared, There 3 things that I do to out of the box IM cars: - remove the trucks to remove any flasing around the bolster area (when re-screwed back to bolster make sure that they are not screwed down

The Jaunary 1953 ORER shows CN as having 70,441 box and automobile cars. When 17,000 CN cars were offline, this represents almost 25% of that fleet unavailable to CN. This was a bone of contention

I agree. Probably impossible to find but lead cows would help. Richard H. had a way of filling with stryofoam popcorn to simulate sheep and these could have lead in them. Jon Miller For me time

Hi Jared, My IM ATSF stock cars work fine. The cars weigh 3.5 ounces each, ,25 less than the NMRA RP-20.1 recommendation, but close enough so that I don't bother to add weight to them. The couplers

Check the weight. They should weigh around 3.75 oz. Other than that, check the wheel gauge and coupler heights. My guess is that they're too light and a string of them would be prone to derailments.

Comment: You may need to fix them.

Are they lighter than other 40' cars that run well? Have you checked to see if the trucks pivot and rock properly? Low couplers? LOTS of things to look at. Thanks! -- Brian P. Ehni From: JaredH

I had my first operating session on the Alma branch last night. Six Intermountain stock cars were part of the operation. Most of the cars were right out of the box and although I thought I had

Gentlemen: The Northern Pacific box cars have 8 rung ladders, not the 7 rung shown in the web-site. The Santa Fe Class Bx-43 cars, built by General American in 1944 numbered 500 cars (144400-144699)