I am assembling 2 Sunshine Reading Bethlehem gondola kits. These cars have a Duryea underframe. There is a "T" shaped casting that spans the open space between the two sections of each crosstie. In

Kathe Robin wrote: Max, The axle diameter between the wheels is 0.097". The axle diameter outside the wheels is 0.061". Regards, Spen Kellogg

I don't have any the or I believe I have a print of a 52 ft. fish belly gon with similar damage from Ted Schnef. Anyone else remember it? Ed

Brian and other respondees: Thanks for the info. Couple of question: 1. Does anyone know the actual axle diameter for the Intermountain wheel sets? 2. Are the axles stepped where the wheel s

My favorite flat is Floquil's. Dullcote and Scalecoat Flat are too "talcy" for my taste -- although this too can work to advantage when overspraying a light color like gray. Also Dullcote is famous

radius158 wrote: As far as Dull Coat, I just keep going. Air brush a very light coat on all sides, wait a couple of minutes for it to dry (it will go from a wet gloss to a semi-flat finish on the

Phil, The last class of PRR Cabin Cars, the N8s, had Duryea underframes. They were built 1950-1951. \ Tom Olsen Newark, Delaware, 19711-7479

Reading through the archives I have seen mention on the Lambert 10,000 gallon tankcar with platform but I can't seem to figure out who onwed these cars. Did UTLX have any of these cars and when were

brushing How long to wait between coats of Dull Coat or Future??? Doug Gardner

Here are my test results for the Tahoe two-level Dalman trucks. The numbers given are the number of free "rolls" observed on the Reboxx Rolltester with a variety of .088" wheel sets. 1) Reboxx 1.010"

I looked at their website last night as well, and did not see the kit that I bought. The addendum sheet packed with the kit has a date of 2/96 printed on it, so it's possible that this kit is long

Guys - Some of the "covered hopper" fleet were actually "roofed hopper" cars (class HTR). These lacked the watertight bay doors of a true covered hopper (class LO) in our era. Down in south Texas,

Southern did not have 10'0"IH 1937 auto cars. Their cars were taller 10'4"IH. The Red Caboose models (two different ends) are accurate for SAL and SOO (W-corner and S-corner, respectively). That

Regarding the mill gon, if the load was indeed 140,000, the same as the nominal capacity, then it appears to me that the car was loaded improperly. Car loading rules called for placing that high a

Southern (CNO&TP) 272000-272499 were built in 1935 and had a continous channel side sill, while the Red Caboose model has the later 1937 AAR boxcar tabbed side sill. In addition, the Southern cars

In a message dated 11/10/2007 5:51:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, frgreene290@... writes: That's the bad news. The good news is the Southern (CNO&TP) had a 2nd series, 272500-272999,

Schuyler: That is a fine photo of a detail not often recorded. One thing to note is the length of the actual weighing part of the scale. With most of these older scales the wheelbase of a 40' car was

The operation Malcolm describes is pretty standard for car card systems everywhere. Since crews on the layout don't have to make up their own trains, about the only rule they need to observe is to

In spite of the date. There's heritage here . . . . http://lists.elhts.org/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-11-09-07/ELexDLWScaleBoontonYard1966.jpg SGL La vita e breve, mangiate prima il dolce!

Russ (and Malcolm), I find this exchange VERY interesting, because I'm one of those operators Malcolm is talking about. And I agree with him that not ALL the "members . . . will tolerate that level