Clark, Thank you for sending info in response to my request in trying to put together a presentation on GN freight cars on foreign lines. I'm finally beginning to move on the subject. Doing that I

No Andy. Ft-V 91500-91699 were built in 1944, and are definitely 70 ton AAR flat cars. In fact I can't find any reference for a Santa Fe flat that matches the 50 ton Proto 2000 War Emergency car. Tim

Tim, I agree. It is a problem. It is possible that Universal changed wheel designs mid-way through production of the 5700 hand brake but I certainly don't know whether or not that is the case. There

Re-lettered or renumbered  . . . or both? While we're on the subject of the IRC flats two questions - 1. Am I the only one who thinks the New Haven lettering looks a little "heavy"? 2. How

I got the following message from a good Santa Fe modeler: It seems that IM must have placed the wrong paint scheme on their Santa Fe 70 flat cars which were just recently released. -Andy Carlson Ojai

The problem Gene, is that the RPC illustrates two different brake wheels on that 5700 housing. So for me, wanting to put the correct brake wheel on a particular model, I'm stuck! Tim

Armand, Thanks for the suggestion. The layout I'm doing this for stores all the trains in hidden staging and getting to the caboose to turn off the lights would be impossible/inconvenient at best.

Hi, I've seen poles loaded in drop end gondolas with both ends dropped and the poles sticking out both ends. There was an "idler flat" on each end underneath the poles sticking out. And there must

FWIW,I have installed a battery operated system in several passenger cars and cabeese.They are flicker free.For more detailed info contact my of list.Armand Premo

Jack, Sorry - this reply was to a post you made quite some time ago. It turns out that if you use/reuse the same title line then when you click on the thread online it includes all of the old

Guys; In my digging, I have been unable to find documentation on the actual differenes between H21G and H21E, probably due to late date of rebuilding. The obvious differences are not easily

WPM 2009 - Western Prototype Modelers Meet New Date and Location San Bernardino Station Saturday September 19, 2009 The west coast's largest gathering for railroad prototype modelers, now in it's

Jack, This project is to do about 50 (!) cabeese, most of them brass and none of them using Kadee trucks. So changing out the trucks and or wheels is not really an option because they

Yeah, Richard, why didn't I say that? I have got to learn to read all the messages before I respond to any of them. Normally a member smarter than me has already got "thar fustest with the

Maine's laws in 1932 placed no limitation on trailer length but restricted the width to 8 ft. and the height to 12 ft. 6 in. By 1939 the Maine maximum width, height and length were 8', 12'-6" and

Nope. The 46000-46699-series were in four groups of 40-foot double-sheathed cars built by Magor and ACF in 1927, one batch with radial roofs. Sunshine offered this car quite a few years ago, kit

All this discussion of DL&W box cars has made me curious about the DL&W's 46000 and 48000 series box cars which seem to have been single-sheathed box cars. Can anyone refer me to a source of

In a message dated 08/19/09 10:57:43 Eastern Daylight Time, destorzek@... writes: While "swage" seems be applicable, it is really the term for the process that forms the offset, not the finished

Well, it was a long shot anyway. Once you threw the gauntlet down the likelihood of changing your mind rapidly approached zero. To paraphrase Galileo: "Nevertheless, it is an offset joint!" KL

Kurt, those are boiler seams and they show the plate edges "offset" or overlapping -- i.e. lap seams. I think the illustration you are referring to shows THREE plates, of which the one with a bend in