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OK Paul, for you and other truck-challenged modelers <grin>, here's some applications for National Malleable & Steel Castings Co's "B" trucks on 40' steel box cars. 1937 AAR 10' IH Box Cars: CN

I have had, and have been using Kadee's 0.088" tread wheel sets for about six months. They look good -even great- and roll well, especially so in their new trucks (not surprising, perhaps!). As

mopac51.tripod wrote: Charlie, The number series as built, 1932-1934 was 100000-103324. Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn, AL https://www5.vetmed.auburn.edu/~smithbf/ "Some days you are the

Charlie Duckworth asked: "I've got an REA PRR Red Caboose kit that I'm planning on striping the paint and painting/decalling into freight service using Jerry Glow's decals. Built date on the model

I've got an REA PRR Red Caboose kit that I'm planning on striping the paint and painting/decalling into freight service using Jerry Glow's decals. Built date on the model shows 1933. Can someone

Just a little more about the 100 Tennessee Central boxcars gleaned from a conversation with the penultimate scholar on the 1937 cars and their kin, Ed Hawkins. These cars were considered

Some of the sections that tabs are made from are bulb angle, unequal angle or channel. The flange (short side of the "L") is cut square while the web or the surface we see is cut at an angle. Tabs

This week's addition is a set for a Georgia steel side rebuild of a USRA SS car. It's available in white lettering for a FC red car or black for silver car. The white set has optional lettering for

I also received both versions of the TC boxcar as well as the Southern gon and the heap shields.  All castings were excellent, the instructions thorough and easy to follow and the kits should build

Brian, I don't think anyone in model railroading is doing this themselves; they all job it out to commercial shops. Google "multi slide wire forming" and start making some calls. Be prepared for

Just a comment here. When I was writing the Missouri Pacific caboose book I found a number of general arrangement drawings for some of the oldest cabooses that were drawn to 3/16" scale. Very

I just received three of Smoky Mountain Model Works TC Boxcar. I am impressed by the quality and level of detail shown in the casting of the car body. Jim King does an exception job in this area.

There is a huge difference between drawings and diagrams, GA Drawings and Railroad diagrams. The Diagrams and folios are more like what was described, while GA Drawings are, by definition, to

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Adding to what Denis and others have stated, Missouri Pacific freight car general arrangement drawings for cars built or in operation from the 1920s through the 1950s and later were typically 3' x

I have more than several sets of SAL and even acl drawings in my collection. This includes various ones such as general,brake, and various subparts as well. They are ALL very precise in their

Kadee trucks and wheelsets a few weeks ago from MB Klein. I do like the new trucks and the appearance is light years ahead of the old sprung versions. I bought some of the new model 70-ton trucks with

Gentlemen, I may be a little late on this but I ordered and received some of the new Kadee trucks and wheelsets a few weeks ago from MB Klein. I do like the new trucks and the appearance is light

practice, but the SP, UP and scale files. General arrangement I may add nor for the ones I have seen for the B&ORR. I have seen entire blueprint sets consisting of maybe 100 individual drawings that