There is a company I have worked with for replacement parts for my North Coast Blast booth. I go through a local outlet, let me check with them on Monday. I am generally satisfied with mine. If I

I'm developing this bizarre love hate relationship with tank car nomenclature. No sooner do I start to think I've gained some understanding then I realise again how much is left to be learned. So

Hi Jack Funny you should ask this question. Just last week I was doing this very inquiry on the web and the only thing I could come up with is an email address. Here it is:

Tony thank you for your reply, So if the 6' Youngstown door is 6 feet, 4-5/8 inches wide,would the others then be: 7' Youngstown = 7 feet, 4-5/8 inches wide. 8' Youngstown = 8 feet, 4-5/8 inches

Ian, The AC&F type 11 has been imported in brass by Sunset as the PRR "TM8" (single dome) but it was an 8k gallon not a 6K gallon tank (as Richard has implied the CSOX tank in the photo is). In

I'm looking for a sand blasting booth. Is North Coast Hobbies still in business? Does anyone have contact information for them if they are still in business. Any other recommendations for a

Thanks to Ted and Richard for identifying the two tank cars. A Type 11 in HO scale is a scratchbuilding job, I assume... Would also like to draw to the attention of Canadian modellers the following

Will China have a veto on this council? Then it would become "Ready-to-Run Model of the Month"! It's easy to edit the group description-- just put a divider such

Thanks for the directions and maps... should be easy to follow. Hope to have time for this short side trip if our granddaughter agrees. We know that she likes "Grandpa's trains" and can identify the

On Nov 26, 2005, at 8:03 AM, Ted Culotta wrote, in response to Ian Wilson: I agree with Ted's identifications. I don't have a photo of a CSOX 6K gal. Type 11, but I have one of such a car owned by

William, I can't give you an address, but if you go to this page at

Justin Turpin wrote: Regarding your first question about whether ATSF #1869 is the best preserved ATSF caboose which was not modernized in the 1960's, perhaps your best answer may come from

Peter, I am driving up that way this afternoon. Can you provide a more accurate location than just four blocks from the OWS? Using the shop as the center point this would mean a 64 square-block

Is ATSF caboose number 1869 built in the late 1920's the best preserved prototype for a not modernized in the the 1960's caboose . I have the article from the September 1991 issue of model

1) Don't change the group description every month - change it once to point to a file in the files section and change that file. 2) I like the idea of a changing photo of the work of the

Ian: The Cities Service car appears to be an AC&F Type 11 based upon the bolsters, ladder, side sills and crossbearers. The other appears to be a UTLX X-3 based upon the "flat" sills (channels face

There is an old AT&SF ice reefer about 4 blocks from the Original Whistle Stop, in Pasadena, CA. It is off its trucks and being used as a storage shed. Peter J. McClosky ---------- Garrett W. Rea

Hi gang: I've posted a partial image of a Cities Service tank car on my web page at http://www.canadianbranchline.com/oddsand.htm By way of background, the date of the photo is August 1956.

a few a while Just got this from James: "Burl and I made up to X-ville today to look for those other four TC boxcars. Even after talking to C. Cook Wednesday and feeling like I had a pretty good

Or contact Charlie Lehmann of Crown Custom (ads in RMC) who ran Railworks until it became Crown Custom (which he runs currently.) Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media 645 Tanner Marsh Road, Guilford, CT