It was mentioned that NP's car was different from the others but no mention of what the difference was. I gather the underframe was one difference because it was noted Sunshine got that wrong. What

Gene John Armstrong had a "5 degree" curve on his layout that he told me was ideal for viewing a train. It was an inside curve with a hilly background, and trains really did look magnificent on it.

Excellent points, Gene.   Lets hope something new comes out of this.   Sincerely, Mark Morgan  

Rich - I know there are published photos of the end used on an SP car but have never seen another PRR. - Al

Re NYC lettering - the lettering style was changed from Roman to Gothic(sans serif) in 1936. As rolling stock and locomotives were shopped the older style lettering gradually disappeared. In

I have an MDC Roundhouse 2 bay covered hopper (PS-2) lettered for United States Borax & Chemical Corporation. The car is mauve/blue and the lettering is dark blue. The reporting marks/road number

Martin Lofon has released New York Central Express Refrigerator and Express Refrigerator/Milk Cars, Kits 88.1-88.6. My questions refer to the Express Refrigerators. The product sheet decribes the

I'm building a Locomotive Worshop "kit" by the late Jan Lorenzen for what is supposed to be a USRA twin hopper; unlike his brass and white-metal hopper kits, this has many plastic components, almost

First of all, I have to mention that I have enjoyed belonging to this group, even thou I have not been on it that long. I have learned more in the last few months than in the previous years.   I fear

Well, Gene, you've established your credentials as a serious scale modeler beyond question. And my generalization (over- generalization?) certainly wasn't intended to rule out exceptions of the

But.... Look what they used for motive power.Those ALCO-IR-GE boxcabs had relatively short wheelbase trucks, and no steps outside of the trucks, giving them a kinpin to striker distance of about

CN also stencilled paint info (Tibbets, etc. paints) on some cars built or repainted in the late 1950's, using about a 1" font. This was usually near the reporting marks. Steve Lucas.

Here's an example of tight radius curves (about 12" in HO scale) on a prototype, the CNJ's Bronx Terminal, as modelled by Tim Warris in HO scale-- His home

As usual, Brian, you can take the information you got from Ed Hawkins to the bank. As for trucks, I have builder's shots of GM&O 22061 and an in-service shot of GM&O 21123, and the trucks on both

Dennis, It is 1" lettering and is located low on the side near the end on the left when facing the side of the car. Also the draft gear lettering is 1 3/4". Richard

How large was the lettering, and where was it placed on the car? I assume this is NOT the normal re-weigh date. Railroads occasionally did tests with different paint products, especially in the

Hello, I have a couple questions on the lettering for Northern Pacific cars. 1st, when cars were repainted a stencil was applied such as this: S.T. 7-53 DU I know the S.T. in this case is South

The difficulty that I reported with the #78 Kadee coupler was NOT related to the coupler per se, but how with its relatively-long shank this coupler has a much reduced pivoting radius when it is

wrote: Richard: Sorry, I thought folks were expressing concern about the running of the cars on small radii. It gives me cold chills to even contemplate uncoupling/uncoupling on 18" radius

Aug 93 hilites the different series of boxcars (ends, roofs, doors, etc) with photos of each different spotting feature. Feb 94 is almost a play-by-play on how Stafford kitbashed various kits into