There were platforms made of steel, but I think you're right that most of them in the 1930's were wood. Tim O'Connor

Am I safe in presuming that the platforms near the dome on an 8000 gallon tank car, extant in the 30s, would be made of wood? As I've sorta read all the posts about tank cars on this list in the

What are -you- doing for lit markers on your cabeese? I have a system that I like ... but it takes a long time to do just one caboose. What I've been doing is drilling out the brass castings and

Fascinating. I have a bunch of AOX photos, but neither of these. I would be definitely interested in both. Ted and I are working out the division of labor to make a decal sheet for Union Oil,

Gene, I'm a bit confused by your answer. Do you mean one photo shows the 3450/3450A and the other photo shows the E-369? Both cars are from the same order, built at about the same time... It seems

I should have added that both Detail Associates (Walthers Part # 229-6401) and Kadee (2021, et. al.) offer the hand wheel but unfortunately neither offers the hand brake. They both offer, instead,

Mike Del Vecchio wrote: Thanks for letting us know, Mike, and I'd endorse your comments. His column in recent years did suggest he was living in the distant past, as far as modeling was

Mark, You can count on all the most common Superior hand wheels to have a "scalloped" outer rim, whether 22" diameter for vertical hand brakes or 16" outer rim for horizontal hand brakes. That held

Hal Carstens peacefully died this morning at his home near Newton, New Jersey. He had been in good health, happy, and spry enough to have been a dinner speaker at a recent NMRA gathering in Texas. I

Tim, I believe both photos show an Equipco 3450 or 3450-A and an Equipco E-369 hand wheel. Gene Green

Bruce, they are cast (sintered metal) wheels. Other wheels from China are all machined from brass. NWSL also machines their wheels (from nickel silver) and also machines a correct profile on the front

I've been wondering the same thing... Steve Lucas.

Does anyone make them in 0.88" treads? Regards Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

Tony, So who was "Fleet Wing". I remember the Pegasus logo, but..... Chuck Hladik thompson@... writes: Fascinating. I have a bunch of AOX photos, but neither of these.

That might be a Superior. Looks like it on page 1087 of the 1940 Car Builders Encyclopedia. Mark Morgan

I can't tell what this brake wheel is: http://www.thepwvhiline.com/HistoricEraImagesJan2006Pa/images/PWVonNW014Web.jpg This one looks different, it is an

Richard,               Thank you ,sir for the prompt response. Fred Freitas ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 4:10:40

Yes. Life-Like (now Walthers). Richard Hendrickson

Yes, P2K/Walthers has/had them.. Denis Blake North Hamlet Shops, OH

List,        Does someone other than Kadee make ribbed back wheelsets with metal wheels? TIA Fred Freitas [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]