Thanks for that, Chuck. There is of course a scale mismatch in that I'm not actively working in HO, but if nothing else some of their links look to be of some interest. Frank Valoczy Vancouver,

Drawings published in the 1922 Car Builder's Cyclopedia seem to indicate that they were. Bracketing the angle cock off the end of the center sill was pretty common during the WWI era, but later fell

Ben Hom is correct. The car is one of the 6 ribbed, 2 bay hoppers rebuilt from quad hoppers. There's a good photo of one of these cars in the NMRA Culotta-Kline book. There's also a description of the

Tim O'Connor wrote: ======================= I was reviewing the RPCyc articles on the USRA SS and DS box cars a while back and focused on the end details. The DS cars are featured in RPCyc Volume

The one I did was .005 styrene and decal. Once applied to the car it was over sprayed. At the time digital cameras and photo paper was not available. I would try plan C today. Jon Miller AT&SF For

Hey, I'm not complaining, just stating a fact. I'm sure it was a business decision... making a one piece part with the correct geometry would have been waaaay more expensive, so the part that was made

Larry, While the photo has yet to clear moderation... I have been planning on modeling a car with applied enameled emblems. Originally, I was going to cut the emblem backgrounds out of 0.010"

Thanks for the input guys. I had picked up a Stewart 55-ton "Fishbelly" lettered for LV in the hope of using it as a "stand in" for a shot of a modeled version of the train - obviously that rapidly

Great catch, Ben. By coincidence I picked up 2 Lionel cars that are basically the same thing as the Hobbyline on eBay recently. 1 actually is for the LV quad, the other for the covered hopper kitbash!

Thanks. I didn't get that one but think my friend did. All I need is a quick look for decal placement. Jerry Glow

Marty McGuirk asked: "Can anyone familiar with LV's hopper car fleet look at the car partially shown in this photo: http://martymcguirk.com/BlogPosts/Post_2009-7-22.asp and identify the type and

Marty,          Unfortunately like you said that photo is "partial". Here is a link though to LV modeling and prototype info, hope this helps

Can anyone familiar with LV's hopper car fleet look at the car partially shown in this photo: http://martymcguirk.com/BlogPosts/Post_2009-7-22.asp and identify the type and number series of

Yes. See Lane, MM 3/82 pp 20-27 (table on p 21). PH&D 1006-1522 were Mather boxcars. There's a photo of PH&D 1275 in Culotta, FCRM 1, p 74; see also discussions in Model Railroading 11/87, p 12, and

There's a partial photo of L&N 13469 in Watson and Wagner, "Emil Albrecht's Union Pacific Small Steam Power", p79. The "small" locomotive in the picture is a 2-10-2! There's a builder's photo of L&N

Only if the train line carries air. <g> Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538;

I thought some of you might like to see a photo (link below) of a PFE wood reefer with its original enameled emblem in 1948. As Tony Thompson wrote in his PFE book (co-authored by Church and Jones),

The correct angle is 30 degrees. Gene Green

Paul, to be prototypically correct, should not these hoses be connected to each other when cars are coupled to each other? Bill Welch

Come on Dennis, lightened up! A year ago we had NO bracket castings and all the air hoses on the market would snap off when hit, including the brass ones. A most distrubing issue for those of us