I noticed behind Dave's photograph of an InterMountain modern Diesel at the Naperville display there are a stack of survey forms telling people about seven projects they are considering and asking

Hi, I saw Chad's work in the Naperville pics and would like to correspond with him about some details of what he is doing. Chad - if you are on this list please contact me directly. Others

"TVI" is in the October 1960 ORER. -- Frank Greene Memphis, TN

Jerry, I don't know how you do it. The GM&O set is one I have wanted for a long time. I have an old set of silk-screened metal sides in S scale, but the lettering is not as complete--and probably

I continue to add to my list of decals and among others have just added a complete set for the GM&O boxcar in addition to the supplemental on I had. I had some requests for it including other scales

Brian, doesn't the standard Atlas plain bearing truck resemble the Barber S-2? I'm pretty sure that's what they call it but I've never set down with one to compare it to the prototype. In the 1953

Rob I had some BB's rust in ModelFlex paint. They must have been a cooper coated steel. I was very surprised, ruined a few bottles of paint. I can only speculate that somehow the ammonia in ModelFlex

An important defining feature of the Barber S-2 family of trucks are those spring loaded friction wedges located within the bolster ends. If the truck doesn't have them, then it can't be an

Both the Branchline and Exactrail S-2 trucks were tooled by Chris Clune, and are almost identical. Branchline's is a one piece molding and Exactrail's is probably a three piece assembly. It looks

List, Unless I somehow missed it, I don't think this has been talked about yet, but there is a new tank car book coming from Morning Sun. The url will probably wrap around, but the book is titled

Brian Actually, Red Caboose made a beautiful Barber S-2-A when they originally did their GS gondola, since many of the SP gondolas had these trucks. Unlike the Branchline trucks, the Red

Dear Dave: Photos are great, and allow those of us not able to attend to share the great models ...thanks for your effort Ron P [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Thanks for pointing this out, Rich; I hadn't realized that Exactrail was making a solid bearing S-2. It's a nice looking truck, but - like the Branchline S-2 - is a self-aligning truck with no

Exactrail has a 50-ton Barber S-2 with solid bearings, but I don't know enough to be able to tell if it has spring planks. The Exactrail website has photos that can blown way up for those with more

Thanks Dave. Plenty of mighty fine models.

I liked Clark's gon loads too. That's an easy technique that some of us probably overlook. When I saw Mont Switzer in Naperville last week, I made sure to tell him how much I liked his "Model

Looks like another truck for the Tahoe line....just what I need, more trucks to buy.... Clark Propst

Thanks Tim, I had a couple gondolas with nothing for them to do. Now they deliver machinery to my heavy industry once it awhile. Remember, there are no run through trains on my layout. You work or

No. Tahoe's represents a truck with the Barber Lateral Motion Device and is very different. Currently, the only choice in HO for a 50-ton S-2 is Branchline's and it is spring-plankless. Brian

In HO, Branchline-Trains makes a 50 ton Barber S-2, but without a springplank. Milwaukee used the springplank S-2 under a lot of their rib side cars, as well. I do not know of any maker's truck of the