billboard of the late 50s? (I doubt it but thought I'd ask...) Larry King > >> > > >

ottawa international airport is a clean modern facility and it's only a taxi ride to the Archives from there Roger Hinman

Bruce, thanks for the info on the HO PRB car. I have the O scale PRB car. The tanks on it are separate pieces, and IMHO it is a nice model. Very heavy BTW which I attribute to all those

Rod, No offense to you or the person selling this car, but the Pecos River car is just AWFUL! A close look will show you that the tanks are a single stamping. Heck, the Ambroid car looks better!

That is of course Dr. George C. Drake. Geprge C. Drake is a different guy. SP >

According to a pamphlet included with a Mark Vaughan decal set written by Dr. Geprge C. Drake Jr., large WABASH lettering goes back at least to 1912 where it appearred on an order of hoppers from

Matt, As built photos of hopper cars from 1912 display Wabash in 18" letters. According to the WRHS these were changed to 33" letters in April, 1955. Phil Marcus Modeling Chicago area 1952, "O"

Don't know if there are any "Wabash Gurus" in the Group, but was curious if anyone had any info on Wabash hopper lettering. In what year did the WAB go to the jumbo W A B A S H on the side

The last word I heard, Speedwich was going to offer these once the masters were made. Jay Miller was spearheading the project and had a quality clinic about them at the Santa Fe convention in 2007.

Richard - Thanks very much! If they were around in the 1930's and during WWII, I am going to assume they are good for me. I cannot identify them from the photo, either. Unfortunately, they are

We have one midwestern  "archives" that wants a minimum $100 fee, refundable for services provided, to look and see if their collection has your requested drawings.  The fee would then get you

"... but it's long hual to northwest Canada for most of us." Agreed. However, "northwest Canada" i.e. the Yukon territory beside Alaska, is about 2500 miles from where these archives are

This car was imported in O and HO by Pecos River Brass (now OOB). See http://www.shopwiki.com/detail/d=HO_PRB_US_Navy_Helium_Car/ I have no connection with shopwiki... Rod CalifCoast wrote: AFB. I

I have certainly had that happen.  I have even offered to assit with the collection, but received no response.  As an example,  most of the Oliver Iron Mining files went to an organization

Just a personal opinion here but when it comes to direction and money accompanying the donated material, I believe that may have a detrimental effect. First, it makes a difference when the person

Ted Culotta's book about the 1932 ARA box cars has a chapter on the design goals and testing which was done during the development of that car. I've also seen similar descriptions in Mainline

Some of us researchers and authors are finding more than a few donated collections inaccessible because of lack of resources to catalog them. And this applies to the smaller collections too. If you

He also put ads in newspapers across the country requesting material to copy promising to return it...but reportedly didn't. I saw one of those ads on microfilm from a Jackson, Michigan newspaper from

Hello Chuck, It's usually not too hard to drill HO center sills by chucking the bit at the extreme end in a pin vise and turning it by hand. Use a scriber to prick a good starting point. For drilling

I generally use a dental burr to drill a hole sideways in a frame member if I could not drill before assembly (or just forgot). Charlie