Here are a couple more watermarked images from the NYCSHS web site showing the setup of the brake lever and the way the train air pipe crossed at the A end of the car You can buy hi res images from

My railroad activity for the past few days was preping a group of trucks for current projects. This involved bead blasting the sideframes and brake shoe assemblies, painting them, painting the wheel

On the original USRA hoppers the cyl. lever was at a 45 degree angle and then bent down parallel to the side of the ctr sill. It connected to a horizontal lever just inside the bolster. From there a

All- The CB&Q GM is a single sheathed car and appears in The Model Railroader Cyclopedia on page 121. The drawing is a very early Linn Wescott rendered pen and ink drawing without dimensions and a

Steve Hile sent me the Q’s car diagram page for these cars and it shows these were built by both Western Steel Car & Foundry (WSC&F) and the Q and they were 48’6” Inside Length, not 52’

Hello- Found on the cover, a photo on Ted Cullota's book "Focus on the Freight car, vol 10", of a 1935 photo of a West Coast gasoline company tank car. Cover picture was taken in Los Angeles. I had a

Brent Greer asked: "Is the F&C car correct in respect to the car height?" Yes. Ben Hom

Chuck & Dave, Just a note that the NMOT’s ACF drawing collection has relative-few drawings dating back to the 1920s. The only STMFC-period drawings of Burlington freight cars donated to the museum

Is the F&C car correct in respect to the car height? Brent Dr. J. Brent Greer From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Benjamin Hom <b.hom@...> Sent: Wednesday, May 26,

Phil Lee asked: "According to this PDS and this document, the BPa and the X28 were clones, and the mods made to the BPa were similar if not the same to those made by the

Arrowhead Water Tank Cars A photo from the Los Angeles Railroad Heritage Foundation. Description: “Back in the days when Arrowhead Water was delivered by rail ... a Pacific Electric freight motor

Dave, Your query is kind of a coincidence since I'm looking for brake gear diagrams and/or photos also, albeit for a different car type. I've got a request into the Museum of Transportation

Thanks everybody! I have some paint on order to try these out. Scott McDonald

I'm assembling a late 19-teens/early 1920s-vintage USRA-design twin-bay hopper with split-K brake gear. The prototype photos I've found are only views of the ends, sides and inside of these cars.

Tony, I am actually working on a 3D printed model of that car (90350 to 91849). It's 95% there. I just have to work out reliable fitting of the body and floor. This is printed as two parts,

I’m looking for drawings (primarily underframe general arrangement or brake arrangement) of the CB&Q’s GM-1 & 2 class 52’ 6” composite mill gons that were built in the late 1920s and retired

Phil, Basically, yes. Here is a link to the N&WHS Archives for materials related to the N&W Class BPa: https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/listdocs/select.php?index=rs&id=475 You can click on the "D" in

I have recently received some decals that Gerry Glow produced for another modeler. So, at least on a limited basis he is producing decals again. This is NOT a recommendation so proceed at your own

Hi Bob, Great photo, thanks. Bob wrote: “Artwork on the car probably was added in a darkroom” If so, they did a really good job of it. Is there something specific you see that makes you

Hi guys, According to this PDS and this document, the BPa and the X28 were clones, and the mods made to the BPa were similar if not the same to those made by the