timboconnor@... writes: Lloyd Keyser's series on the early CNW TOFC flats and trailers is still as good as it gets. Guy Wilber Reno, Nevada

............. for transition era modelers --------------------------------------------- I didn't know trucks were ever carried in reefers (such narrow doors!) But if college pranksters could put a

Dennis Storzek wrote: involved custom drawn lettering in five different sizes, IIRC. The graphic artist who initially drew the lettering drew one size, then resized it on a stat camera for all the

The March 2010 Issue #31 of "Model Freightways" which deals with modeling trucks and trailers has an article by Mont Switzer on Trailers on Flat Cars and other truck models. A link to MF can be

Frank the F34 deck was steel plate with lots and lots of rivets. There were 3 cars. These cars are covered on pages 61-63 of the PRRT&HS Publication "Pennsylvania RR Flat Cars, Revenue & Work

I've found a diagram and some side-view photos (and an almost 3/4 - 5/8?) of F34 class flats, but nothing to tell me anything about the deck. What sort of deck did these have, steel or wood? Frank

On Fri Feb 5, 2010 Greg Martin posted a link to : http://www.westernrailimages.com/ This posting was finally brought to my attention and penetrated my consciousness, and I took a look at this

Unfortunately, these are the drawings LEAST likely to have been saved. Lettering diagrams (for placement, not letterforms) at least look like a drawing of a railroad car to the dumpster diving

The actual letters and numbers used to make the stencils are normally drawn on their own drawing sheet(s).  The lettering on the lettering sheets have various degrees of fidelity. Al Kresse

I have not been following this thread too closely, but I do know that the CSRM Library has a whole research file (publicly available) developed for the museum's FGE #35832 repainting in 1980. I

A buddy was involved in something similar a few years ago, although the rail joints held when the wheel stops caught the car. He said the most interesting thing wasn't the bang when the car hit the

And if you look at this photo, you can see the wheelstops still attached to the rail under the Soo box in the middle of the

The captions on other photos in the sequence say it was a runaway. The CNW boxcar ahead of the SOO car is back on the rails but shows evidence of an extended off-rail

That happens in our op sessions all the time. Good thing we're using models with the trucks screwed on. Now if the end of that car said 2-56 pan head..... Clark Propst

From SOO 137096 -- which got pushed out of a spur onto a street... Note the stencil on the end of the car identifies the

I've been enjoying this Western Rail Images web site, but this one photo really stands out for freight car interest

Oh, darn!! Looks like I need to learn to use another software. Gene Green

CorelDraw (and I'd suspect Adobe Illustrator) are well used in the graphics industry. I've had decals made (from 2 different manufacturers plus the ALPS on my own), had vinyl cut, a namesign for my

Tim, Check it out Tim, as I am sure that Martin would sell a ton of kits there. It was he that told me that they said that they could not guarantee tables. You would think that if they wanted him

Dennis, Thanks for the reference to the equipment diagram and the tips about Adobe Illustrator and Corel Draw. Many years ago a friend showed me how to use the scale features of Corel Draw. Gene