Richard, My EX used to work in the Optical field. She made Eye Glasses. You may want to try any Eye glass, Eye DR. ? What ever. She brought home BOXES of screws, washers, nuts, studs,shoulder

I'm not sure what Dave is trying to accomplish with this data, but if he's trying to correlate it to train length, he might do better to try to find the ARA/AAR recommendations on center sill

Dave, The short answer is No and No. About 15 years ago I did an Interlibrary Loan search and found - if memory serves - 5 different issues from the 1970s. That's all. I called the AAR and spoke

Great Northern Equipment, Book Three at page 12, contains a black and white picture of a very faded WFEX reefer #66545 in Palmetto, Florida on April 4, 1970. From the look of the paint, the

Is there any good reason why we need multiple files listing the articles in Ted's RMC series? Recommend those individuals who own these files get together off-list and decide who will take charge

Richard, I have some Arbour parts in the scrap box And will look for the crankpin. Will let you know soon. Marcelo Lordeiro

Gee John, that is great to know being that I am about ready to use, finally, my SAL set from Ted.. Denis Blake Marysville, OH

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the STMFC group. File : /ECSFM 08 Brochure.pdf Uploaded by :

The East Coast Santa Fe Meet will be held at the Prince William County Model Railroad Club (Quantico, VA) on April 4-6, 2008; one of the featured clinics is "SFRD Survey: A Modeler's Notebook of Santa

Hi folks, I'm a little late in posting this month. I just got back from Florida last night after spending the last 10 days working down there. I delivered and set up the Direct Buy layout.

Hi Dean, I've used a number of Speedwitch sets and have only had trouble with the SAL box car set. Of the four or five SAL sets I've used, at least two of them disintegrated when water was applied. I

Al, the domes were the same size; both were the size required by the dimensions of the largest compartment. And yes, they were built that way. I have many photos showing three compartment cars

Jeff, Many thanks! Are the AAR interchange standards public record? Available on the web? If so, I can do the legwork. Dave Evans

The detailed answer to this question can be developed by looking through the AAR Interchange Rules over the years. I might be able to get to this, but not right now. But, for clarification, I

It looks to me as though the domes are similar-sized, although the compartments aren't. Is that right, or am I imagining it? Also, I can't help wondering if they were built that way, or if this is a

Apologies for being a little off topic, but there is a lot of prototype freight car experience/knowledge in this group. Does anyone know the evolution of AAR coupler/draft gear load ratings over the

Yes, WEOX cars had billboard Mobilgas on the sides of the tanks; White Eagle was one of several Socony-Vacuum subsidiaries in the midwest which were eventually absorbed into Mobil. There were a

It sure looks like Richard Hendrickson weathered it! I just completed reading an article he wrote for Northwest Protoype Modeler back in 1977 on upgrading the Roundhouse Milwaukee ribbed side box.

Generally seen as? Hmmm, that's a tough 3rd person kind of question that would not be permitted in court... hearsay, ya know... The Sunshine B-50-12A is a handsome model, or so I thought and was

http://www.shorpy.com/node/2991?size=_original I think the side lettering is Mobilgas, but it's hard to see. But the capacities of the "A" and "B" compartments are readable (about a