Westerfield sells the 1955 and 1959 ORERs on CDs.... http://www.westerfield.biz/ Jack Burgess www.yosemitevalleyrr.com

point on it. I had an idea that using Larry Ostrich's 1950 ORER spreadsheet, one could determine specific cars which should be "essential" based on pure numbers and percentages of the national fleet.

Where can I get the ORER data for the ACL in 1957? I cannot find one of those things. David in Orlando

accurate USRA 2-bay open hopper. > Each has it's good point and bad points - The Tichy car has an odd "stretch" in the center panels, which may not be too noticeable until it's pointed out and then

Though the Varney kit falls way short of current state of the art in detailing, it's essentially an accurate model of the AAR 1932 standard box car design, including the side sill profile; in

Jerry, Haven't you been paying attention?<VBG> Didn't we just hash this out a couple of weeks ago? Not necessarily. The N-G model predicts that the non-home road cars will be in proportion to

Jerry Michels wrote: Precisely, Jerry. That's why the Gilbert-Nelson approach is SPECIFICALLY for mainline railroads. As you say, short lines and terminating branches are likely to be way

Be sure to add a reference to "jerk chicken". John Cizmar

3-bay open hopper. curious to know what someone does if they need 100 of these cars and doesn't have the time to make one from a Westerfield kit. It seems to me that NYC and subs plus the C&O had a

Tim O'Connor wrote: Of course, Tim, and I said that. Nearby and far away road cars both will ARRIVE loaded, regardless of how empties are handled. One other thing. Remember that PRR owned a chunk

Edward Sutorik wrote: I just arrange everything so it can be GLUED in place, no hole drilling. I've done a bunch of these myself. I think there is ONE of them with ONE wire grab. Tony Thompson

Tim, Thanks for having eagle-eyes. I've been looking in my "library" for possible Trix-matches or conversions, and I found a pretty good candidate in my "Train Shed Cyclopedia" #12. There's

Brian Carlson wrote: Um, let's see, it's really quite a ways from Cocoa to Hawaii -- maybe a Bahamian theme would be better? <g> Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

Tim O'Connor suggests: "How about "We do it like the prototype" or "Hi. My name is Mike, and I'm a rivet counter." " Hmmm. Not too bad. Maybe with little rivets scattered around....maybe

I thought this was ex-C&O series 8000-9499. There's a fine Jim Sands photo of C&O 282647 w/ galvanized roof. Tim O'Connor

Some flaws are evident even to me. There are, no doubt, many others. The kit's sides, ends and roof are sheet steel. The model's underframe was cast from some inferior white metal, and has begun

How about "We do it like the prototype" or "Hi. My name is Mike, and I'm a rivet counter."

Any shirts at Prototype Rails should have a Hawaiian theme IMHO, with apologies to Jim Singer, Mont Switzer, Greg Martin and others in that group. Brian Carlson On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:58:27 -0500,

Tony Thompson notes about Friends of the Frt Car Shirts: "All have long been sold out, and there are no current plans to produce more, though we could always do it again, say for Cocoa in 2010.

Joel This is a Soo Line prototype built in 1959.