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Re: Tahoe Model Works Trucks

Brian, Well, as long as you asked, how 'bout something useful, like a wood transom swing motion truck, ca. 1890 :-) If you do it, do it with a separate leaf spring end that mounts in front of the

By Dennis Storzek <destorzek@...> · #60770 ·

Re: Railroad Prototype Modelers' Meet - Phild., PA ???

Bill Jones asked: "Last year there was a meet in the Phild. Pa. area I think maybe Malvern? I am wondering if anyone has heard if there will me one this year. And if so do they have information that

By benjaminfrank_hom <b.hom@...> · #60769 ·

Railroad Prototype Modelers' Meet - Phild., PA ???

Group Last year there was a meet in the Phild. Pa. area I think maybe Malvern? I am wondering if anyone has heard if there will me one this year. And if so do they have information that they might

By Bill Jones · #60767 ·

Re: Tahoe Model Works Trucks

Dennis, The new archbar truck has a 5'-6" wheelbase. A caboose archbar truck certainly is needed, but which one to do first? There are so many variations. The first caboose truck from TMW will be

By Brian Leppert <b.leppert@...> · #60768 ·

Re: Tahoe Model Works Trucks

Dennis, as far as I know they're not currently available with leaf springs, though that may be something Brian is planning for the future (or might plan for the future if he got enough requests). The

By Richard Hendrickson · #60765 ·

Re: OT Cocoa Beach PR

I think Scale Rails is now edited by Stephen Priest. The quality of the magazine has improved very noticeably lately, and Stephen is himself an RPM'er. A recent issue included a look at his excellent

By Tim O'Connor · #60766 ·

Re: Tahoe Model Works Trucks

Dennis, Brian is still on the list and can/will probably expand on this, but the arch bar trucks do not have leaf springs. Paul Lyons Laguna Niguel, CA

By Paul Lyons · #60764 ·

Tahoe Model Works Trucks

Is Brian Leppert still on this list? I just noticed an ad for the Tahoe Model Works archbar truck. The ad says "freight car and caboose trucks." Is this archbar truck available with leaf springs for

By Dennis Storzek <destorzek@...> · #60763 ·

Re: GAEX 50' Box Cars

A little more info: That photo of GAEX 112008 appears on p. 345 of Mailer's book. The caption says: "STEVENS POINT 1960 STEVENS POINT DAILY JOURNAL"

By Mark Mathu · #60762 ·

Re: OT Cocoa Beach PR

I noticed in the latest Scale Rails the Prez (Mike Brestel) had a nice mention of Cocoa Beach and Mike Brock's work to make it come off. As the NMRA seems to be getting happier with these Prototype

By Jon Miller <atsf@...> · #60761 ·

Re: GAEX 50' Box Cars

I've got an 8x10 black & white print of GAEX 112008 which I acquired from the collection of Stan Mailer (who wrote "Green Bay and Western," Hundman Publishing, 1989). There is no date on it, but on

By Mark Mathu · #60760 ·

Re: GRS 2-A Semaphore

Gene is right, the mistake is mine, for the N&G instruction sheet clearly states "GRS" -Andy Carlson Ojai CA "Eugene E. Deimling" <losgatos48@...> wrote: The

By Andy Carlson · #60759 ·

Re: GAEX 50' Box Cars

Ed The 3/1990 Railmodel Journal has a photo of GAEX 112000. And that completely exhausts the data I have on the numbers you have listed! :-) Tim O'Connor

By Tim O'Connor · #60758 ·

Re: USS&S 2-A Semaphore users

The NP used GRS 2-A upger quandrant semaphores. They used USS&S train order signals on some of these stations. Gene Deimling USS&S 2-A semaphores. the following list is what I came up with: list at

By Eugene E. Deimling <losgatos48@...> · #60757 ·

Re: GAEX 50' Box Cars

For what it's worth... Here are ORER totals for GBW's GAEX boxcars: GAEX 112000-112009 0 (1/60); 10 (10/62); 10 (4/64); 10 (1/65); 10 (4/66); 10 (7/67); GAEX 112000-112010 10 (4/69); 10 (1/70); 10

By Mark Mathu · #60756 ·

Re: USS&S 2-A Semaphore users

While we are beginning to get off-topic, I'll add that many, if not all of the NH's USS&S 2-A semaphores of which I am aware were oriented with the blade the opposite way, making the models a bit more

By Ted Culotta <tculotta@...> · #60755 ·

In-service photo of PRR X36 103500

Awhile back, someone inquired about an in-service photo of this car. I have found my photo of it. Please contact me off-list at tculotta at speedwitch dot com. Regards, Ted Culotta Speedwitch

By Ted Culotta <tculotta@...> · #60754 ·

GAEX 50' Box Cars

STMFC, Pat Wider and I continue to search for answers to a few questions regarding 540 GAEX 50' DF box cars built from 1950-1955. We have compiled good data on a large portion of this fleet of cars,

By Ed Hawkins · #60753 ·

Re: ACF type 27 /105 propane cars

Rich, go to the STMFC web site and type "Trix tank" in the search box. You'll get over 120 hits. Tom Madden

By pullmanboss <tgmadden@...> · #60752 ·

ACF type 27 /105 propane cars

Gentlemen: Thanks for the good line of advice. I will try to look at the files concerning this car. Can you perhaps get me "close" as to when it was released/discussed? Thanks, Rich

By RICH NUNN <flyingtigers_nunn@...> · #60751 ·

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