OBB are the Austrian Federal Railway Patrick Grace UK

Todd, The MILW Rib Side cars were well covered by Richard Hendrickson in the December 2004 Railmodel Journal and by Mont Switzer in the March 2005 Mainline Modeller. Hope that helps with your

It may stand for the Ostereiche Bundesbahn (OBB) which translated into English is the Austrian State Railroad. They were innovators and had many improvements to the steam locomotive. Jack

The February issue of TKM is online at http://www.prrths.com/Keystone%20Modeler/Keystone_Modeler.htm Articles of interest include: Modeling the PRR Boxcar Fleet Part 2 WKW B60B Upgrades PRRPro

Lead is too soft to stay flat on its own. On the other hand it is easy to flatten. The flatness of the result is determined by the flatness of the wood or plastic it is attached to. I built a 60' OTTX

Anyone expert on CB&Q steam era cars? Have 1940s era diagrams? Q's XM-21, XM-22 & XM-24 box cars (#s 130250 to 134250 in '40s equipment registers) were similar to classic XM-25/XM-26 single sheathed

One of those engines is a 2-12-0! From the OeBB, whoever they are. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

A Line sells sheet lead, lead putty and self stick lead weights. From the weights quoted in the Walthers catalog, a .030 sheet of lead sandwiched in between the floor and the underframe would

regarding Railworks: Since you are out of the U.S. I will guess that a good brass dealer might carry Railworks -- like The Caboose (good web site) or others. The Railworks people bring all of their

David Orr, Please contact me off list. Thanks Greg Martin

I was half-expecting Ekberg, Loren, and Bardot... Scott Pitzer

Athearn makes these for their 200 ton crane. Doug Brown

Clark per caboose paint schemes I have researched: For the Frisco, the painting of yellow end rails, grabs, stair edges on cabooses began in 1946. On the M&StL, after the C&NW merger white was used on

Tim, Do they have site? Arnold.

With loads of european 50's models pictures......... http://dampf.webmedia.hu/index.php Arnold van Heyst.

Has anyone reviewed the models from Rib Side Cars? I did a search of the archives and didn't see much in the way of comments. I had the opportunity to see a couple of these models at a hobby shop

Blair, MäTrix has released a set of pensy boxcars and U.P. mow cars in 2005, with the first tooling. So......they didn't retooled it........ Arnold van Heyst Netherlands. curious if now,

Arnold That looks like a Buckeye truck. Railworks sells brass trucks of that type, but they'll cost you as much as the kit! Tim O'Connor

Sirs, From this manufacturer http://www.fandckits.com/Index.html you can buy this car http://www.bcenterpriseinc.com/kits/2fc2071l.jpg What type of truck is there underneath? Were can i buy this

Fritz Milhaupt asked: "Inspired by Clark Propst's terrific piece on modeling the M&StL's 24000-series boxcars in Vol. One of "Prototype Railroad Modeling", I'm considering using the sides from the F&C