--- In STMFC@..., "Dennis Storzek" <destorzek@...> wrote: What is that huge tressle in the background? Auto bridge? The trestle in the background is Manheim Road, which still

underframe The story I heard is than old Irvin was working on the dies for the cars, I did not realise that the plan he was working from was a overhead view. The cars have been backward for over 50

Jim. I've already started thinking about a long range goal of purging the Athearn fleet. Thanks guys, Dwight Wedel. pistons

Does anyone know if the C&NW SS box car w/end doors in the RIP area, #50582, is available in HO? Interesting car. Dave Pfeiffer

FYI you can not keep the weevils out of the wheat. They are on the wheat in the field and lay their eggs on the grain. even if the fumigation kills them the eggs hatch and yo have ore weevils and

Richard in the 1970's we used to get a lot of box cars loaded with wheat or flower going to General Mills in L.A. that looked like this and it was a paper and past seal because the cars were fumigated

There is also a switch coming off one of the narrow tracks and a crossing over one of the standard gauge tracks to the right of the flat car of lumber. Chet French Dixon, IL that and cart

If you look closely between the two white structures and two of the flatcars loaded with lumber, you can clearly see a small cart on that narrow gague track. John Golden Bloomington, IN the net on

Dwight Wedel wrote: Not stupid at all--many never notice. The Athearn frame is wrong (upside down as far as brake gear is concerned). Since the brake parts are close to blobs anyway, cut 'em off

Car drawings in the cyclopedias are not orthographic projections like we learned in drafting class. Car floors are shown looking down, not looking up. Not knowing this, Athearn got it wrong. So

The mold maker thought he was looking up on the plan instead of down on the plan, so he made the underbody, such as it is, a mirror image of what it should be. ______________ J. Stephen (Steve)

Scott Pitzer wrote: Thanks, Scott. That's a good point. Instead of calling them "1944 AAR" (or 1942, or 1935), I'll call them "1944 AAR standard design," and try to add info on when the cars which

Atlantic Coast Despatch? Lou Whiteley Lawrenceville, NJ laramielarry <ostresh@...> wrote: Hi Folks What do the initials "A.C.D." stand for? They appear in the description of

Hi. Now that my layouts at eye level I've been worried about underframe details. Most kits other than Athearn have the brake cylinder pistons in line with the brake staff in relation to the center

The Susquehanna had a narrow-gauge track like that in their RIP track area at Little Ferry, N.J. Tupaczewski's "NYS&W in Color", p 28, shows the narrow-gauge track and a dolly on it, said to be "used

The 500 B&O Class M-55c boxcars were 466000-466499. It is the first 100 (466000-99) that were repainted aluminum over blue for the Sentinel Service promotion. Photo evidence reveals several

Dennis Storzek wrote: Exactly right, Dennis. The rust starts out as mostly hematite and slowly changes to mostly magnetite, which in pure form is very dark brown, almost black. Of course you can

Look at it closer. That is a rip track. A team track would have room for trucks to park, back to the car, and turn around. Look to the right of the last building on the right. Car trucks set up for

InterMountain is indeed using a number intended for a smaller or shorter height car. Bill Welch I had earlier purchased were numbered correctly in the 57xxx series (going by Bill W's

The Ball Line car is one of the reasons I posted that link! SGL > > http://www.shorpy.com/node/1859?size=_original <http://www.shorpy.com/node/1859?size=_original> >