Ben Hom wrote Thanks for posting the link. The caption is incorrect, because I did later find a photo of the DSS&A car with 7 rung ladders, and this is corroborated by Ed Hawkins' PDF data file Tim

Hi all, I wasn't really satisfied with the way this thread ended. I feel that to say "this job is too large to do" is flawed. Fred captured the spirit of my question. My idea is to list not the

Tom, that was a plywood-sheathed car. The brackets were riveted to the edges of the steel ends, but the drop ends of the grabs were riveted to vertical steel posts behind the plywood sheathing. I'm

Note that, although it is not visible in the photo posted by Tom, these grabirons would be used in mirror pairs...the grabiron on the end of the car would be a mirror of the grabiron on the side

Tom, These grabirons appear similar to a style used in the 1890's. The 90 degree upward bend was a safety feature to prevent a brakeman's foot from slipping off the end of the grabiron as he swung

--- In STMFC@..., "Schuyler Larrabee" <r, and I now follow Dr Denny's advice to use Barge Does that barge cement make stringers like Walthers Goo? Ed

I wrote: "Kits: Intermountain plus Sunshine mini-kit MK.10A; Athearn (one of the three prototypes for this kit)." Al Brown asked: "Just out of curiosity, what are the other two?" DSS&A

Hi Ben -- Just out of curiosity, what are the other two? -- thanks -- -- Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

The Billboard cars are sold out, and when I was at Des Plaines last week they still had a good supply of the small herald ("dollar sign") cars. Many thanks to Ed, Ben, Tom and (off list) Garth for

OK folks, what's the story with these half-drop, half-bracket grabs: http://home.att.net/~pullmanproject/Grabs.jpg It's a detail from a photo of a GN boxcar being worked at Kremmling, CO in May

Frank, I asked Ted about that. What's the reference?

OK, that's fair. Since I only asked about the grabirons, it goes like this: First I bend up the grabs themselves from .010" wire. I may change over to .008" I find it necessary to make sure that

I don't suppose that this is extremely important but the correct name is not " lateral running board" but latitudinal running board. FHP (Frank H. Peacock)

Tim O'Connor wrote: "No one has mentioned it (is it Verboten?) but the ancient Athearn box car is pretty much dead-on correct for the SOO and DSS&A box cars with 5/5 ends and 6' doors." Actually,

to I have an old T&NO stencil used at the Sanderson, Texas roundhouse to put the small "T&NO" on steam loco tenders - found in the aftermath of the great flood there which knocked down the roundhouse.

Blair Kooistra wrote: No one has mentioned it (is it Verboten?) but the ancient Athearn box car is pretty much dead-on correct for the SOO and DSS&A box cars with 5/5 ends and 6' doors. The SOO

I've been using Corel (in various updates) since day one for Branchline artwork. It has the added advantage of being able to easily convert fonts to "curves" - or vector graphics. What this allows you

package of Fontographer for $349.95 ( got mine might be bitmap to want (or them all Corel Draw lets you create fonts and set the spacing occupied by letters (I is narrower than W). When typing the

Fontographer is currently available. I have Fontographer 4.1 which I purchased about a year ago. You can import an image into Fontrographer and trace over it. It creates fonts which can be "typed"

Display the FGE car as an FGE car, and have photos and models of PFE and SFRD cars. The FGE car will provide the "Wow it's big" and the "Look at how they put the ice inside them" effects... (well,