Can't find the link to Dave Hussey's 2006 Prototype Rails photo site. Can someone please re-post it? Thanks, Tom Madden

I have a question about LPG tank cars and how they were used. If a company purchased or leased a handful of cars would they generally use them for delivery of product to their own customers or to

Can anyone provide build info for the following: L&N - 25100-25299 - built Pressed Steel Car Co., 1948 - what month(s) were they constructed? NC&StL - 41000-41024 Class GB20 (I think) - who was the

In an unexplained "senior moment" I find I have somehow wound up with two duplicate Red Caboose HO WFEX/GN reefer kits from their latest production run. Kit numbers are RC-4448-27 and -32.

Some roads (I know MP did) converted old boxcars into pulpwood flats so the 2 sided detail on the ends would be critical for the right look. Doors would be another thing if modeling them open. Jerry

Anthony and everybody: Thanks for the info on trucks and their chronology. I've been looking for this info myself, am glad to learn anything I can. I've been trying to learn to recognize different

Dear Jim, I don't model in P87 or Scale4 (the 1:76 equivalent) but I know several people who do and I've seen and been allowed to operate their layouts. HO scale freight car trucks are sufficiently

I was reading an issue of Fine Scale Modeler and there was an article in which a modeler made castings out of bismith and then had them plated. Afterwards, he melted out the bismith and used

Forwarded from bbfcl:

The 1970 Field Manual of the AAR Interchange Rules tells us under rule 90, 3b that cars equipped with Duryea underframes are prohibited in interchange effective July 1, 1972. The 1978 Field Manual

Doug, the information re: 49 CFR is very useful, but it isn't clear at what date the prohibition of Duryea underframes built before 1950 took effect. The version of 49 CFR you posted was dated

The basic arch bar design was introduced in the mid-19th century and had become almost universal by the 1870s (see John H. White, Jr. The American Railroad Freight Car). Pressed steel trucks such as

Jim Betz wrote: RPCyc no. 4 is your best bet, Jim. Unfortunately, it's OOP as I recall. There is also Richard's earlier version of that article, in the 1990 Pittsburgh NMRA National clinic book.

According to 49 CFR (see my other post) company service cars with Duryea underframes could not be used in freight trains. I think they can be used in ME and MW trains. Doug Brown

Jim: A very good primer on trucks can be found in Railroad Prototype Cyclopedia vol 4. Brian J Carlson P.E. Cheektowaga NY

Pieter Roos asked: We're talkin' semantic nuances now... but I suppose that's what this is all about. "Lower" and "higher" need a further reference than just "car A vs. car B". A Fowler boxcar sits

The 1970 Field Manual of the AAR Interchange Rules tells us under rule 90, 3b that cars equipped with Duryea underframes are prohibited in interchange effective July 1, 1972. The 1978 Field Manual

Ed Mines asked: "Is this the same type of Hutchins roof on the Accurail car?" Almost. The Accurail car's roof matches the number of panels of the CB&Q car, but it has a different eave. Ben Hom

Err, how about "lower" and "higher"? Pieter Roos visible length in

Hi All, I thought I had a handle on this and then I started asking myself some questions and realized I didn't really know enough. I know stuff like when certain truck styles were banned