Jerry, I'm slow in responding because I just got back from a trip to San Diego (partly to visit my wife's family but mostly for the 1952 operating session on the Tehachapi Pass layout, which is

Carl,   There are several NYC auto box cars available for this era. Without a road number, photo or dimensional info, would be hard to match it up. If you can find out any more info, I can try to go

Hi all, This is my first contact with this list. I have an April 1969 ORER that lists the Crandic series 320- 324 gons, but no builders date information. I hope this is of some use for your

Matt, Ed is being polite, but he's dead right. The first use of the Silver Meteor slogan was on the B-7 single door "turtleback" cars, delivered in May 1941. All previous used Route of the Orange

Check for C&O 217250-217649 images in C&O HS Archives.  The diagram sht for that series shows up on page 199 of my C&O hops and gons book.  I purposely stayed away from PM series to not

not going to roll as well as yours do.< Or come with .088 wheelsets! Does anyone know what material Kadee uses for those wheelsets. I have come to believe it's (powered) aluminum. Jon

Thank you for the heads up Garth. Everyone who has a PC is able to save the web page on their hard drives. With Firefox, you just click on FILE, then SAVE AS which defaults to format "Web Page,

I received a flyer from Sunshine Models stating that they will be at the GSMRR show in Timonium Feb.6th and 7th. I know Martin Loftin was quite ill and hope he has fully recovered. Will he be at the

Friends, I no longer have the time or interest in updating my web page "Reasonably Accurate HO Scale Western Pacific Freight Cars" at http://people.virginia.edu/~ggg9y/wp.html . There is still some

Mike Schleigh, an ERIE modeler at Springfield today, showed me how he has made a new brass bolster for a pair of Bethlehem Red Ball caboose trucks, which replaces the white metal bolster, and

Group, Just want to say thanks SO VERY MUCH to those that took the time and effort to respond to my question about the SAL slogan. Much appreciated!! Matt Forsyth Modeling the D&H Penn

Doug You can join the BBFCL list if you want to ask about post-1960 to 1980's freight cars...

Brian Oh sorry I forgot to mention, solid bearing. I would not have been nearly as excited over a roller bearing truck. No I can't recall exactly what the spring package looked like. Of course

I have the PM revenue freight cars book, however, I would like to find better views of the ends, in which the shape of the inverse 'ribs' tapers is visible more clearly. Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC

Frozen? Down here in sunny Florida? As a matter of fact...yes, it was. I can recall wearing 3 shirts and a heavy coat...no heat in the lobby or hall ways at the Hilton. Usually, we are calling the

Tim, Roller bearing or solid bearing? And do you remember the spring arrangement? Brian Leppert Tahoe Model Works Carson City, NV

Doug wrote: I've been in Brock's Jail, don't want to ever experience that frozen horror again. Frozen Horror? wasn't that the last prototype rails? Brian Carlson, (who will no doubt be visiting

Warning, this may be off topic, ie too modern for this list. A friend is seeking information about a series of Gons, ie when were they built, owned by the Crandic, the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City

Hi All, My first post, hope all goes well. In a recent B&MRRHS news letter article,Dwight Smith mentions that new autos were shipped from Tarrytown, NY to No. New England in NYC automobile cars. Any

You're right Mike, my bad. I hadn't looked at one in quite a while, so I didn't remember they were already done that way. Tim O'