Richard, What's the difference then between the X and the X-3? Dave Nelson

Any word on the 37' reefers that were advertised about a year and a half ago? Or shouldn't I hold my breath. Bob Weston

Let me start by saying the ORER is quite useless for understanding Armour's produce car fleet IMO. Armour was involved in the Produce transport business by 1890, beginning to transport produce from

Most models have excessive texture, particularly for cars that are in good condition. Furthermore once you prime and paint a wooden boards on a car the brush marks are more prominent than the wood

FWIW, you can get the 1906 CBD on-line at Google Books. Steve Hile _____ From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Dave Evans Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013

John, Atlas makes a 70 ton National C-1 truck with solid bearings and three visible springs. The part number is 192000 and here is the direct link

Does anyone know the length of the 6500 gal tank for these cars? I just realized the drawing is for the 6000 gal. version, and is likely the drawing MDC loosely based their effort on. The PSC cars

More on the FGE cars: in the PFE book, the photo opening Chapter 3, page 56, shows an example of the same shaded lettering visible in the Shorpy photo, but in an image taken in 1899. I believe this

Steve Hedlund wrote: This was a common arrangement in the 19th century -- removable sides on "coal" gondolas. Fruit Growers (the original one) existed at least as early as 1891. It was

I'm sure this is the drawing that was used for

Thanks to everyone who answered my questions about California Roadbed. I feel more confident about ordering now. Jim Hunter

All, Sorry for the wasted bandwidth - looking at the wrong view of the shapeways part - the arch is only at the striker, the rest of the top is flat - so perhaps this frame part is pretty close -

Hi Jim and List Members, While this event is of interest, the announcement seems somewhat lacking in basic information. I don't see the dates for this event - perhaps I am missing something? Also,

I am working on a series of PRR X43 boxcars including the X43, X43A, X43B, X43C and X44 (which is a 50' version of the X43 design). All of these cars were listed as being equipped with 50 ton ASF A-3

Richard, Many thanks for the clarification. I do not have access to the 1906 CBD - do the type X drawings show an arched top as the shapeway drawings appear to include? My limited references with

Bruce, I should have read your shapeways post before my last post.

Hey everyone. I love this photo quite a bit because it would make a great candidate for a model railroad with some great shots of freight cars. Notice the harbor in the foreground and the row of

Correct. Also correct. The MDC model was a stand-in at best. The PSC tank is the correct size for the 6,500 gal. Class X. No, the drawings in the 1906 CBD were for the Class X, as the design was

California Roadbed? This is a frt car? Come on guys, we'll be lenient enough to let people know that the company is still in business but further discussion needs to take place on another group. This

Bruce, My bad on the tank sizes - thanks for catching that. Looking through various books, it would appear the type X tanks were three or five course, and the PSC model is three course, the MDC is