Well Patrick, I haven't dug into my paperwork but, I've had family that was the head of Vulcan Industries in Birmingham, Ala. for 30years, which was one of the biggest steel mills in Ala.. My brother

steel wheels as much. Some of the first steel wheels "may" have had ribs but, not to my knowledge. Don - What evidence do you have for this statement? The sources I've seen make it clear that the

Phil, can we jump to conclusion that you're doing a LV hopper? SGL

The ribs were on cast iron wheels to disapate heat and were not needed with the newer steel wheels as much. Some of the first steel wheels "may" have had ribs but, not to my knowledge. Don

A search did not find any information on this sight about freight car wheels, so I will ask a question. Looking through some old Railroad magazines There is a story in March 1969 that all the Cast

No wheel here but a lever mechanism – these cars and the USRA designed gons both used a ratchet mechanism for applying the brake. There is a very small part on one of the sprues that represents the

Phil Lord wrote: "I finished assembly on my USRA Accurail 50 ton hopper (one of the ones sold by ARHS) and find it has no brake wheel. None in the box and none on the assembly diagram. Is it supposed

Dave Pfeiffer wrote: Prices on new releases seem to be creeping higher by a dollar or two, old stuff remains priced as it was. Partial answer on the rest of your question, I purchased a few kits I

Hi, I finished assembly on my USRA Accurail 50 ton hopper (one of the ones sold by ARHS) and find it has no brake wheel. None in the box and none on the assembly diagram. Is it supposed to have one

So now that the big event in Naperville is over, could one of the fortunates who were there please share with this group what new Sunshine kits were released along with their kit numbers and price?

Rob, I am not sure I can do justice to the discussion in this forum. I did a seminar at Naperville a couple of years ago on UTLX tank cars and my research continues. I hope to be able to publish an

See RP CYC Vol. 3 page 41 for a photo of brand new cars with unpainted wood running boards. NYC 50' auto cars (64500-65499), built 3/45. ACF bills of materials also disclosed that IC and NP wood

Gene, I don't know about those cars, but on the CPR dreadnaught ends and truss rods were found on re-builds from the mid 1920's. The one I have measured and photographed also had a steel centre sill

Brian, The paint specs for the AC&F-built cars begin with lot number 1200, circa 1931. Bills of materials for cars built prior to this must have been destroyed decades ago. I have never known for

The Fall 2005 issue of Remember the Rock contains a photograph dated 1940 of a Rock Island double-sheathed box car with wood door, Plate A hand brake, truss rods and Dreadnaught ends (square corners,

Forwarded from Railway_Decal_Express_Agency: Bill Mosteller wrote: "Chesapeake and Ohio trust plate decals, in white, are available in HO-scale (set # 99) from Bill Mosteller, P. O. Box 994,

Its been nearly 10 hours since I sent this message and it still has not been forwarded by Yahoo, so I thought I'd give it another try..... Having spent more time looking at photos of these cars in

Sorry Gregg, The question was actually from Ed Mines. When I stripped the excess message off , the line with your address on it was off screen and I missed removing it. Peter Bowers -- No virus

Peter Bowers, I don't know where you got may name, but I sure did not write THAT! I am certainly familiar with poles and pilings for example, as my railroad had a customer that shipped them

I expect the US was like Canada and shipped poles and piles from the Rocky Mountains to the east coast in gondolas and flat cars. Peter Bowers -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked