any where Thanks, Ron. That book isn't yet in my library. SGL E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.1.0.447) Database version: 6.13150 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/

Thanks, Richard. I was wondering as the steps on the LL P2K tanks are pretty fragile, and a brace would help, but if it's not there on the prototype, it's not on the model. SGL

The Speedwitch Media Tank Cars book ( Volume-2 ) has some good close-up shots of this area of tank cars. They may be helpful in providing clarification for you. Ron dePierre

Tim, Railroad Prototype Cyclopedia (RPC) #17 features an expose on the GATC 2600 cu.ft. "Airslides" written by Ed Hawkins. Still in print and available at this time. It is a nice write-up

Would anyone be able to provide any pre-1912 ORER listings for Imperial Oil, Ltd.? Thanks, Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC

Schuyler, diagonal braces of the kind you describe were common on General American tank cars, where there were no stub side sills, but absent on SHPX cars built by American Car & Foundry, as most

On the typical tank car, are the steps at the ends, suspended from the side frame, provided with any diagonal brace back to the end of the frame? I have looked at a few photos but not found one

My undecorated Athearn airslides showed up yesterday. They appear to be bare plastic and unassembled, more or less ideal for my purposes. The parts diagram shows numbers for 5 different bodies,

Speaking of Jeff Koeller, what happened to the book on C&NW box cars he was going to publish? Is anyone here in contact with Jeff? Did Jeff have a publisher lined up? Was it Hundman? Gene Green

IMHO, there is only one way to check a proper coupler level, and that is to check the height of the coupler HEAD when coupler is actually LEVEL. There is no other way. The common handy Kadee

MANY THANKS to all that provided info and insight into the C&O lettering schemes! Matt Forsyth Modeling the D&H Penn Division/ Erie Jefferson Division in "O" Scale, Fall of 1951

Don Burn comments, "I believe these were covered by "Essential Freight Cars: in the February 2008 RMC." Don -- I can't believe I missed this! Since your note I discovered that the issue is Feb

Steve, You are correct regarding the spelling of "Stucki", the firm that produced side bearings for freight cars. Thanks for catching the error and making the correction. Never try to spell something

Here's a link to a photo of two of these cars, taken in 2004 in Manchester, NY-- http://www.flickr.com/photos/15947776@N06/1955610059/in/photostream/ If you use Kadee couplers, their #78's work well

I can understand the attractiveness of "limited runs" to the LHS in today's economy. Customers pre-order the model, and on arrival at the LHS, it flies out the door. Not too much risk for the dealer

Hey Rob, I'm attaching a summation of West India Fruit and West Palm Beach Terminal RR operations. I've always been interested in the WIF so I know enough to be dangerous. So I'll help if I

Bob, there are several in-service photos of these cars from the late 1930s in my Focus on Freight Cars Vol. II, which went to the publisher (Speedwitch Media) a couple of years ago but still

Rob, In the Pentrex (née Video Rails) Great Northern videos filmed by GN employee Tony DeRosa over a 20+ year period, Mr. DeRosa allows his camera to follow briefly the passage of a WIF&S boxcar;

Tim O'Connor wrote: FWIW I wrote to Bruce Walthers, oh, more than ten years ago (it was way back when you ran the FCL via e-mail Tim and Netscape was the new thing) and described for him how Kodak

Problem solved similar to Rob's solution. I have a couple of RC-37210 factory assembled cars with Accurail sideframes with unknown semi-scale wheel sets (with tapers steel axles which are out of