Guy Wilber wrote: This is exactly right. It may be worth mentioning that in the 1930s, Evans also marketed (and sold) a truck loader which was somewhat different from auto loaders. Tony

List, An ongoing topic regarding trucks usually ends up with some members lamenting the inability to get solid bearing Barber S2 Trucks with spring planks. Just recently, Intermountain brought out

Guys I was looking through Train Shed Cyclopedia 77 "Freight Car Construction Details, Underframes and Brakes from the 1943 CBC." and on page 947 there is a diagram of a Westinghouse AB-8 automatic

Mike, will the coupler boxes accomodate the Sergent coupler? Rob Kirkham

I can confirm Mike's account, because I was the one who offered to put together a committee of volunteers to address the need for scale couplers and coupler pockets. I was asked to do so after

to discuss sell????? gear box are a good And, of course, if you don't want to compromise at all look at the Sergent Proto87 coupler http://user.icx.net/~sergent/index.htm . Wow! Walter M.

Mike, According to Tony Thompson's "Southern Pacific Freight Cars, Volume 1: Gondolas and Stock Cars," photos in Chapter 2, Freight Car Basics that show box cars from different eras of

Being a BBFC conductor (PC/CR)we used left and right sides. Seal records when spotting cars especially perishables. Defects to axle or wheels as in; L1, L2, L3, L4 and so on. R1, R2, R3, R4 and so

Mike, Port and starboard? I didn't know you used to work on the Love Boat. Walter M. Clark Time stopped in November 1941 (long before the Love Boat, btw) Riverside, California that as you your

Richard, Tony is pulling your leg (something he has been known to do, rarely). The B end is the end with the brake wheel (or lever, as the case may be). Of course if the car (like a caboose) has a

Bob Hainstock wrote: To my knowledge this was not true in the steam era. Unless you mean the OTHER railroad called NS <g>. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906

The other reason for this lettering is that it (or the directions related to the letters) appears on documents that are provided with the car. In some cases the instructions will specify that the

--- In STMFC@..., "Mike Brock" <brockm@b...> wrote: My motion was soundly rejected...primarily because the group wanted to discuss > the issue of a shirt the organization wished to

Don Smith wrote: Didn't the UP have some Ingoldsby ballast cars around 1903 or so? Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Mike Brock wrote: Around that time there were some true fools in charge. They basically rejected any serious work on standards. I have some ideas why, but no certain knowledge. Not, mind you,

Hi Clark, I think the only kit of a drop bottom car made by Detail Associates was an injection molded styrene HO scale kit for a UP/SP/IC drop bottom gon which came out about 1986. By the way it

Andy Sperandeo notes: Regretfully, there is no "standard" or even a "recommended practice" [ RP ] for a scale operating coupler. There is an RP for the coupler pocket...RP-22...which states: "This

In a message dated 10/4/05 3:10:55 PM Pacific Daylight Time, blindog@... writes: << Well, on auto loader boxes, it was important to know which end was which since the autos could only be

Tony and Tim, Thanks for the info! Now I know the mills on my N&W Shenandoah Valley circa 1956 model railroad probably received inbound shipments in boxcars. Jim

Jack, Andy, Thank you much for taking the time to reply to my question. I have studied the NMRA coupler height and coupler boxes standards and have made CAD drawings based upon them. Although S-1