Hello Group and Tim, Here are two shots of the ACY 50 foot PS-1s on the Fallen Flags site. We'd considered doing this version several times but also have not found enough photos to justify the

Tim O'Connor asks: "?? Mike, if the diameter is measured halfway into the tread, wouldn't the actual diameter of the wheel be LARGER? And of course the flange depth marks the ultimate extremity of

?? Mike, if the diameter is measured halfway into the tread, wouldn't the actual diameter of the wheel be LARGER? And of course the flange depth marks the ultimate extremity of the wheel

Schuyler Larrabee writes: "Um . . . . my calculator insists that the distance at the end of your calculations is 10.5", not 11.5". But hey, that one inch is only .01148" at HO scale." Not only

(s). Thanks for all the replies. The K-brake kit would be an ideal solution if I didn't already have several of the AB-brake kits and extra Tichy KC brake sets around. Michael A. Shelley

Hi, I'm looking for information as to when the following cars were built: CNJ 33781 D&H 22962 ELS 7000 and 7096 I've uploaded photos that I have of these to the "Frank's Randomness" folder in the

Jason, the trucks on the FM-12 class flat cars were AAR self-aligning spring-plankless trucks. The Life-Like (now Walthers) trucks are pretty close. Richard Hendrickson

I have a W&R imports CB&Q FM-12 flatcar that I want to replace the trucks on with plastic ones. Which trucks should I use for the car? Thanks. Jason

Um . . . . my calculator insists that the distance at the end of your calculations is 10.5", not 11.5". But hey, that one inch is only .01148" at HO scale. SGL

A 50 ton truck has a wheelbase of 5'6" (66"). Half of a 33" wheel is 16.5", so add 33" + 16.5" = 49.5". That gives you the distance from the center of the kingpin to the furthest distance of the wheel

Thanks for the info guys, much appreciated. Dave Nelson

Dave Nelson wrote: You are right about what the "5 feet spacing" means, but depending on the exact wheelbase of the truck, the wheel rim may or may NOT be exactly at the car end plane. Tony

Anthony Thompson wrote: Perhaps I've misunderstood something... when I see the phrase "5' truck spacing" I think centerline of the truck bolster to car end is just 5', something that puts the wheel

Around May 1, 2006, Tony T. wrote here (message # 54267) that RI was considered for membership in the PFE "tent" (read Tony's message). I had always liked the RI herald and PFE, and thought an RI PFE

Dave Nelson wrote: Dave, if you are referring to page 222 in my Vol. 4, note that the "B-50-16" at upper right is an addition to an existing drawing. It would not be expected to show the

The truck spacing on the B-50-15 and B-50-16 classes was different, 5' on the -15s and 5'6" on the -16s. The other major difference was the ends, 7-8 corrugated on the -15s and 3-5 Dreadnaught on

Any clues to the photographer, location, date? SGL

I'm looking at a SP lettering diagram in one of Tony's books for a B-50-15 and -16 boxcar. The diagram, in scale, clearly shows that the truck center to car end spacing is 5'. OTOH, in Martin's

wrote: the http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/lochist/frisco/friscoline/ but this side a of to photo of This is an end view of the Impact Demonstration car built from, as Richard said, one of

Dean, 6000 wasn't a revenue service number; this car must have been a former single-sheathed box car equipped for MW or some other sort of company service. The "device" under the running board