Gary What I meant was is that you can't draw many useful conclusions from a test of two wheelsets in one truck -- to find the best performance you have try many different combinations of trucks, car

Work great. I have a layout at home. Put a sergent on the rear FTb and another on a RibSide Milwaukee boxcar. The Boxcar had a #58 on the other end. Ran this set for around a month. Went to change

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Mark,             May I ask how the use of Sargent couplers is working out for your operating sessions?   Fred Freitas

Tim, I agree. I prefer metal wheels for various reasons; but was really surprised at the findings. In his rollability testing, Brian used the same box car with the same trucks, swapping out the

Gary A lot of factors influence performance - metal or plastic, sintered or machined metal, machined brass or machined nickel silver, dirt or oil on the track, pointed or shoulder journals, fat taper

Pierre, I agree with Steve on the uniformity being the key. The HO Scale club I belong to does not weigh to NMRA Specs, rather something a bit lighter, due to our grades. We very seldom have any

Ed-- Thank you. I guess that I can justify exactly ONE ULTX tank car from the HO Atlas ICC-105. One of lot 3748 is most likely, with fifty numbers to choose from. :( Now to see what other uses

Pierre-- The semi-scale wheels are still to NMRA RP-25 specs, so their treads still occupy the same surface area on the rails as Code 110 wheelsets. I think that what we're seeing is better rolling

Hello Group, I continue to weight my cars per the NMRA recommendations. And like Mark, my freight cars are equipped with semi-scale wheel sets and Sergent couplers. I do not really worry about

One party, NMRA member, told us the original weight requirements were put in place for the early trucks. Guy models the B&O in the fifties. He had quite a few articles in Railroad Model Journal. I

With the growing use of semi-scale wheel sets and their improved rolling characteristics, has anyone done any research or have an opinion on the suggested weight of model freight cars? I thought I had

I mentioned a harbor tank line car and forgot to ask what would be the best trucks for these. Modeling around 1957. Once again thanks in advance. Mark Morgan

John, I know for sure in some cases the 40-ton or 50-ton capacity of a box car was strictly a matter of the trucks, and not the car itself. Wabash had old trucks put under some new box cars and these

Mr. Hendrickson mentioned that the proto 2000 Harbor Tank Line cars were correct for the 1957 modeler. Did I read this wrong? Bought two of these and two UTLX kits for $20!!! Sincerely, Mark Morgan

Steve, The 91000-series UTLX tank cars were nearly 4' longer than the equivalent 11,000-gallon ICC 105A cars built by AC&F beginning in 1947. The tank diameter was correspondingly smaller than on

Got home late last night. You know, I go away for a few days and look what happens..... You guys scare me! :>) Despite (or perhaps because of...) my best attempts at skimpy attire and careful coifing

Garth Groff wrote: That's because Bill made a typo in the address. It should be fgexbill@... Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

Elden, Try these for September 1956 aerial photo of the area. It may help. You can download a higher resolution photograph from www.pennpilot.psu.edu select the era from the drop down box and then

Bill, Sorry, but my browser rejected your direct email address. You should be able to order up a bound volume for 1955 through interlibrary loan via your public library. If your public library can't