Hi Chuck, OK, now I'm getting a creepy feeling. I grew up in MA in a town served by the New Haven which I model. Now I live in OH two towns away from Painesville and Fairport Harbor - and commute

Pierre, I have been adding weight to cars at 75% of the NMRA recommendations. Newer truck sideframes and wheelsets are much better than the materials used when the NMRA recommendations were first

Ron I throw the couplers into an old Athearn kit box, and airbrush them 50 at a time with thin dirty rusty overspray. Usually no two are exactly alike. Once I've installed the couplers I dab on

<snip> Peter, SHPX 13141 was one of 53 10,000-gallon insulated ICC 103 Type 27 tank cars built by AC&F as part of lot no. 2141A. They were used for asphalt and assigned to series 13123-13175. All

Does anyone have a neat solution to painting whisker couplers? For regular Kadees I fold a piece of masking tape over the shank, which effectively keeps paint off the nice slick bearing surfaces and

Group, I have read the various articles on meat reefers published over the years, primarily by Martin Lofton and Richard Hendrickson, but I still have a few questions about their traffic

First off, forgive me if this car is beyond the scope of the group. I don't think it is, but perhaps the lessee may be. If so, apologies in advance. This car appears to be either a 10000 gallon or

I was at the NRHS convention in Scranton PA and left my 1000 mile jacket at the house because I knew it would be to darn hot. So you my have a point. Kenny

There is a neat photo of UTLX 17xxx (356, maybe?) in the late Dave Sweetland's New Haven Color Pictorial Vol 3; the West End. Appears to my uneducated eye to be an 8,000 gal car in a consist,

I have always weighted my cars to NMRA specs. They have been very reliable. I would think that it would be better to err on the side of being heavier than lighter. I think the heavier weight of the

Peter, The Naugatuck Chemical Company also had a large plant in Painesville, Ohio on the Fairport, Painesville and Eastern (FP&E). In the 50's all I recall were black tank cars with no

Elden, The simple answer is that in most cases paint doesn't stick to galvanized metal. Now, saying that I know for a fact the the Rustoleum CO. made a specific primer for galvanized metal called ...

With all the recent talk on painting, I have here some interesting instructions from the PRRT&HS files: For class X29D (X29 rebuilds), General: Car sides, door, ends and roof sheets seam caps to be

Mark, Fred, and Group, If I may, I would like to add some to Mark's response. I have about ten cars (presently my total operational fleet) equipped with Sergent couplers and as Mark states, they

Good one!!! Actually the idea from another manufacturer(branchline)! Hardware store in Bellville,Ohio is where the 3/4 inch ones, coarse thread steel. Well at work so better get going. Mark

Right, Tim--good catch and thanks for the correction. John

Mark, Do you use walnuts or pecans? Ray

I wanted to thank the several people who responded to my message requesting help with Railway Age and Gary Roe who was able to send me a PDF of the 12 pages involved. I did not realize that there was

i have for a number of years used Proto wheel sets in Accurail Bettendorf sideframes and found that combination to be more than acceptable on 3-3/4 oz cars---jim young

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