the Quoting right from Railway Prototype Cyclopedia-Vol.9: "A number of C-16 cars also received Buckeye C-R "Cushion-Ride" or Chrysler FR-5 high-speed trucks. Others retained their original

Chuck Hladik wrote: the I won't be near my resources for a few days, but as I recall they used the same trucks, but added stock absorbers and other stabilization devices to permit higher speeds. The

Don, shouldn't you address your question to the vendor, rather than to the STMFC list?

Gene, The majority of new and rebuilt Seaboard cars in our era of interest were equipped with Ajax brakewheels. Seaboard used other types too, but Ajax was predominant. John Golden Bloomington,

Frank, That tank car is one of the freight cars supplied by US Car Builders to European Railways after the Second World War. A model was made of this car type a couple of years ago. It was done by

This may not be the best example since Microsoft has been convicted several times for illegal business practices. I did try googling several variations on "ajax company" brake antitrust case without

Both CN and CP used the Ajax power handbrake more than any other on their STMFC's. CN 40', 10' i.h. steel boxcars were mostly Ajax equipped when built, with National Steel Car-built cars

Eldon, Thanks for some very useful information. In the St. Louis area the Frisco guys called the Miners "long-winded Miners" because take-up was so slow. The all-Klasing road was the EJ&E. Both

A bushing of suitable size would certainly be a welcome product. I need to fabricate these for almost every car I build. Up until now I've been carefully cutting off the center bushing from Kadee

I like the way you do it, Danny. I also drill the bolster with a 1/8 drill and insert and glue with MEK, a short length of #224 Evergreen styrene tube. I then tap the tube 2-56 as the ID is the

Gene; In addition to what others have said, I used to talk to a car repairman, who seemed quite knowledgeable about handbrakes, who worked originally for the PRR. He told me that the PRR bought

and Rick that they years of catalog entertain ballpark cost depending on reasonable, IMO. Maybe then again, maybe not. What size "sheet" are we speaking of? What sort of cost reduction do

Gene, Would Erie be a candidate for your list of "Ajax roads"? As you probably know it was a Van Sweringen-owned road, along with the C&O, PM and NKP. Like the Harriman and Gould lines, common

FYI - the correct website is: http://www.heraldkingdecals.com/ Alan, London, UK

Ed, several photos of freight M-53s show AAR cast steel trucks with spring planks and Barber lateral motion bolsters. That's a truck that's never been made in HO scale, but apart from the Barber

This is great but it would be nice to see color samples on the web site. http://rbdhd.t35. com/ Dave Demeny

Charlie, You should contact the NWHS (www.nwhs.org) They have some stenciling diagrams/drawings for the IC cars. Jim Brewer Glenwood MD

Group,   I purchased two F&C models of the M-53 at the NTS, one is the freight version and the other is the express box version.  In the directions F&C says to use the trucks of your choice.  I've

Thanks to all who responded. It looks like PRR and SP should be removed from the list of potential "Ajax roads." Santa Fe, B&O, C&O, PM, & NKP will remain on the list of "the usual suspects"

hand brakes. That would be more then a smoking gun to any anti trust types and for most of this time period the stocks of railroads were the main component of the stock market, so subject to intense