This may very well be off limits,but I am beginning to be extremely frustrated with certain dealers who print elaborate catalogues and find that a large percentage of the items included are either

I'm underway building West Shore Line's cast resin kit of the LV "wrongway" door double-sheathed boxcar rebuilds (the door opens to the left). Numbers series for the cars is #78000-78999,

I've always seen these mentioned as "Stucki side bearings" in the trades press. Steve Lucas.

<The good news is that both the Canton Tank Car Co. and Globe Oil cars <are based on prototype photos. The bad news is that both companies <were absorbed by others well before 1953 so the prototypes

Sorry Guys, I really meant "Stuckey Side-Bearings". Have to watch my spelling after 2AM. Tom Olsen Newark, Delaware, 19711-7479

The devices that you are referring to are side bearings. These devices are mounted to the tops of each side of the truck bolster consisting of a bracket with a roller centered in it and a contact

The straight line (and lowered, centered PROGRESS) started showing up on freight cars and cabooses as early as November 1954. Some shops did repaints with the obsolete version for several years; in

John: On a lot of freight car bolsters and freight car trucks there are castings that represent devices intended to keep the car level. I'm sorry I can't recall the name of such things if I ever knew

Wavy For Progress 1948, Straight line diesel for Progress early 1956, according to page 4 of C&O Freight cars 1937-1965, Volume 1: Hopper and Gondola cars by Al Kresse Jr. Brian J. Carlson,

There was another time marker in the C&O For Progress logo, when the line above the train went from a wavy line indicating steam locomotive smoke, to a straight line, which came about because

John; I had exactly the same issue, but the solution to be an easy one. I have an early run CGW AAR box, stock # RC-7048-1, and added the TMW trucks with Intermountain semi-scale wheel sets. I

John: I did not have this problem. I had a newer run patch panel CGW X29 with TMW trucks and code 88 wheels. Are the car body bolsters full seated against the floor on the outer edges? Brian J.

Nevermind my question regarding Kadee not doing the C&O PS-1's from 16000-16999 series. Ed Hawkins discussed these in Dec 2003 and it sounds like there may be a (rather esoteric) difference in how the

Scott, those were two different PS lots: C&O series 16000-16999 blt 1950 PS lot 5983 8' IY Yellow ltr C&O series 17000-17999 blt 1951 PS lot 8017 8' IY Yellow ltr Anyone know what was different

---------------------------- 40' PS-1 box cars with 8' doors #16000-17999 were delivered starting in late 1950, with yellow lettering (sans-serif.) (#16249 blt 12-50; #17099 blt 8-51.) The yellow

A.T. Kott wrote: Someone closer to the current state of the collection, such as Larry Kline, will know more than I do, but I had the impression that the great bulk of the Charles photos WERE

John Greedy wrote: I'd agree that the draft of the model sideframe is the best thing to remove, as it's usually rather excessive compared to a prototype truck. Tony Thompson

Steve - Thank you very much for pointing out the H21b photo to me. I purchased a copy of Teichmoeller on Amazon and just received it. The photo is a great help! When PSC imported their "O" scale

Phil - I just received the Teichmoeller book, and the two photos of H21e's on page 158 do indeed represent the "O" scale model that Bob Parri made. The only difference is that Parri's model has the

In my effort to upgrade my Red Caboose CGW X-29 style boxcars with the new TMW Dalman trucks I have a problem. It appears that the TMW Dalman truck side frame interferes with the carbody bolster by