Greg Udolph wrote: Possibly giving us a car number or built date would help us help you. Any chance? Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley,

Hello, Here at the Heber Valley Railroad we are currently working on painting some freight cars for our Feb. 7, 8 & 9 photo charter. Right now we are working on a former Rio Grande 70 ton 3 bay

I also wish to thank Mike, Jeff and all the others for a wonderful experience. I also echo Clark's comments. As one of the Iowan's basking in the Sun on Thursday I still don't understand the

From the W&R flyer, I believe any and all would fit your era: "The Northern Pacific built the 14500 series cars in its Brainerd, MN shops in 1931-32. Concurrently, the 20000 series was built at

Clark Propst writes: It looks like we succeeded. Some of you may be aware that in the Tom Hanks movie The Terminal, an actor by the name of Stanley Tucci played the role of the airport manager.

I want to say that Cocoa was fun. I've never said that about a Proto meet before. Fun: Setting at the outside bar and feeling the warmth of the sun. I felt like a reptile lying on a rock. Funny: All

I model 1946 to 1947 on the UP and have been wanting to add one of the Northern Pacific W and R enterprise 41' boxcars to my fleet but don't know which one would be correct for my era. Any help

Beckert, Shawn wrote: I can respond to this part. It's the later postwar class, B-50-31, built in 1952 with a 7-foot door and diagonal-panel roof, so the prewar roof and ends wouldn't cut it.

Gary - We also make the B-50-9, kit 7306. - Al How old a car do you want? Westerfield makes the B-50-2 and B-50-4 boxcars in Alton versions (kits 1708 and 1718),

Guys, Is Chris Zygmunt a listmember? I'd like to know more about the work he did to his model of SP 106433: http://www.pbase.com/dh30973/image/54654310 1) I assume it's a Red Caboose/IMWX kit to

Dean Payne wrote: Not only the Cyclopedias, as Dennis Storzek observed (he cited 1953; it's also in the 1919 edition), but also all prototype car orders I've seen, use the term "brake step" for

As usual, thanks for the great coverage Dave, to remind me what I saw and missed. I really appreciate the excellent format on your PBASE site. Jerry Glow whose

Peter Weiglin notes: I'll echo that. Among the few things I recall that happened during the weekend...brain overload...was that I complained to Tony Thompson that I didn't get to see his presentation

info@accurail .com... Wonder where that came from? Anyway, we just created it so your mail won't bounce. The normal address is accurail@... Dennis

"Brake stand" isn't defined in the 1953 Car Builder's Cyc (which happens to be close at hand) but I believe it is an older term for what is listed in this reference as a "brake shaft bracket".

Yes, Sunshine made three Alton box car kits, although only two are still available -- the War Emergency and the 14 panel aluminum car. The third car was discontinued but Intermountain makes an undec

wrote: left OK then, "brake STEP," although perhaps brake "platform" might be more common. I've been working on my Westerfield SU box, and in step 5 he refers to it as "the brake stand casting." He

Same problem, same solution. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Jerry and list,I had the same problem.Armand Premo