I must have ordered them before you had even announced yours then. I do know it's been a long time and at the time there was some discussion about them. Richard's email came to me with just my

Hi Jon I guess it depends on how picky you want us to be. These are really, really picky: 1. The vehicles don't move at all for around 2 minutes in the first scene - maybe a traffic jam but you

The Atlas plain bearing caboose truck replicates the 50 ton version of the Barber-Bettendorf Swing Motion Caboose Truck, based on its shape and the beading on the side frame's face that encircles the

HBO did a movie about Pancho Villa with plenty of era-inappropriate freight cars. I don't recall the specific "violations", but I won't forget the look on my wife's face when I pointed them

trains I personally like some of the scenes in "This Property is Condemned"-- lots of early sixties 40' boxcars in Mississippi where it was filmed on location. It's not as bad as the 50' PS1's in

Note that "do not hump" signs don't necessarily mean a car didn't go over the hump. With the advent of "electronic yards" in the late 50's when computer control of retarders was introduced, hump

For those who may be interested, you can view Bettendorf's original truck patent at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Website. Go to: http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm Enter the patent

One of my all time fave films - of course this is the original 1950s Ealing Comedies production... rather than that Hollywood 'remake' of a few years ago. Even better is the 'outakes' reel from the

the Will look into that. The layout represents a connecting/avoiding line with only light to medium usage by through trains. I do however run it intensively. Concrete water tower? I'll investigate

--- In STMFC@..., "mcindoefalls" <mcindoefalls@...> wrote: I think > that steel caboose is too new for the 30's, too. IIRC the first ones > were built in the early 40's. You'd probably

Thanks. The WM hopper will be re-assigned to the 1950s fleet of freight cars. Jon

I have built the Kaslo, Sylvan and Steam Shack (F&C) models of these cars. CN had 10,000 of these cars built in the 503500-513499 series, making it a car found everywhere on North American rails. I

Hi Bill, That approach is what I will eventually adopt if I haven't figured out a way to model the sheave etc system I see in photos. I'm a little busy with some other projects about to get started,

Rob Kirkham wrote: Not that big a deal for a quick and dirty job. Start with a Tichy 3005 KC brake set. Drop the Air Reservoir and triple valve. Do not install the unneeded piping. Replace the A/B

There would be a simple answer to this question except that you model 1941, Jon. The Tahoe trucks model the original Bettendorf Swing Motion design of the 1920s and early 1930s; the Atlas trucks

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MANY steam era videos are available for download from the Internet Archives. Cable internet or better should be used, these files are HUGE. Of course, with dialup, you can start the dialup before you

Hi Frank, Mine went together very easily. I've built a Sylvan version, Kaslo version and a Funaro and Camerlengo version. To be frank, now that they are built, I can't tell which is which any

Hi Joel, I went and asked one of the experts for his answer. Regards, Rob Kirkham From Jeff Pinchbeck: Hi Rob, Wow, a remarkably simple question that will bring about a terribly

Hi Jon; In addition to the WM hopper and the caboose mentioned by others I'll note three non-freight car items (risking the wrath of the moderators in the process). I hope others will correct me if