Andy, Has Brian begun any new trucks? Tom Olsen Newark, Delaware, 19711-7474 tmolsen@...

Steve, Great link - Many Thanks Diminutive might be appropriate compared to U.S. WWII Steam - max height was 12' 10". But on top of rails set on top of the F30 (3'7" to 3'10" deck height), that puts

Lee G. wrote: You're right, my mistake. WSCF was fully absorbed by Pressed Steel Car Co. in 1926, but had been operated as a subsidiary of PSC since 1916 or thereabouts. So the builder parent

Tony, The table at the link in question shows DRGW 70000-70699 being built in 1922, not 1903. Lee G.

Lee Gautreaux wrote: Somebody is confused. The table in the above link shows the cars being built in 1903. But the all-steel cars modeled by W&R were built in 1922, long after Western Steel Car

The 1931 Car Builder;s Cyclopedia that Train Shed Cyclopedia No. 46 reprinted, has the builder picture and the builder was Pressed Steel Car. Its on page 243 in fig. 276. Perhaps, DRGW renumbered

Okay, I'm getting conflicting info on these cars. It is stated that they were built by Pressed Steel Car here on the list, but I have them listed as WSCF based on the list here:

Bruce, The PRR H6a class (1904 vintage 2-8-0 for the non-SPF's) has an empty weight about 22,000 pounds under the "working order" weight, which should mostly be water in the boiler, full sand dome,

Richard and Tom That is exactly what I needed. Thanks to both of you for answering my question. Buddy Hill

Dave- I'd be very interested in seeing you CAD work on these cars. Jeff Fry Tennessee Pass fits in the basement!

Dave, Allowed weight on the rail with the bearings those cars had was 210,000 lbs. The light weight of the F30a was about 51,000 lbs. resulting in a Ld Lmt stencil around 159,000 lbs, or just a

They also saw service running across the Western Pacific to Keddie CA. where they turned north for delivery up in Washington, via a route thru Klamath Falls. I think they went to Spokane but my

I just happen to have one of those... like a lot of Sunshine kits I bought it because I had the opportunity and I just liked the car. But it worked out nicely in this case. I have three other

Dave, Having read all of the Southern Pacific Lines Bulletins provided to the employees, their was very significant stress during the first year (at least) of USRA control to fully load all of the

Dave; ETO (European Theater of Operations) General Arrangement Drawing indicates an empty weight of 65.6 Long Tons,(2200 lbs. I believe) giving an actual weight of 144,320 (calculated) lbs. Link to

Does anyone on the list have one of the accurail aar 40 gons that can tell me the height of the sides and the dimension of the floor? Thanks Kevin Sprayberry

Anyone care to comment on the possible overload of these flats (140000LB Capacity)? The 1905 vintage PRR consol (class H6) weighed 170,000 lb empty (locomotive only), and these seem beefier. (The

Another gon with drop doors are the Santa Fe's Ga-22 and Ga-25 composite gons, done in resin by Sunshine complete with drop doors cast in white metal for weight, their Kit # 61.1. The one piece ends

Andy, Walthers lists the DA kits as out of stock, but several other on-line vendors seem to have them. Walthers and other vendors also have DA GS gon parts in stock. Regards Bruce Smith Auburn,

Tim is correct about the number series. W&R had a hard order for 50 of the cars before it decided to import them. Some DRGW modeler has long gondola drags to run. gary laakso south of Mike Brock