I have several questions concerning these good-looking couplers: 1. Has anyone bought them in bulk and used them for an extended period of time on an operating layout with grades in trains having at

Eldon, I've only ever attended one NMRA convention.(Toronto) Only because it was in my backyard. Now I can say I've attended one. While I had a pleasent time it's not something I expect to ever

It would be very interesting to know just how many people out there consider themselves to be "prototype modelers" -- and really mean "modeler", not just someone who adheres to buying

How many people go to each one of these events? I only "attended" one NMRA event; the Long Beach one being in my backyard, and found it to be a zoo (the parade of baby strollers was astounding). Are

Rob Kirkham asks: I hesitate to answer...not having a Sergent coupler handy. It will accept a Kadee #78. If the Sergent shank is no larger than the 78, it should work OK. Mike Brock

Tim O'Connor wrote: "The stock car you saw was . . . painted for UP's Livestock Despatch service (not sure of the date, around 1948-1950) and rarely went off line." Actually class S-40-10 stockcars

Brian Carlson asked about empty-and-loaded brake equipment. Its primary application is on hopper cars and other open-top equipment where there's regularly a great variation between the empty and

The Narrow Gauge convention last year out drew the NMRA - and I always considered the NG crowd the forerunners of the prototype modeler crowd (that is, until "G" scale and On30). Though to be

You are wrong. I'm a minor UP fan, but at least I know that much! :-)

Tom, what other freight or express cars used these trucks? They don't look like ordinary freight car S-2's.

Tim, If I'm wrong, I'm sure that some UP fan will offer better information, but I seem to remember reading that on the UP yellow paint denoted a car with roller bearings. Of course, this later became

I think the first yellow UP box cars were the BI-50-3 class insulated box cars built in 1959. There is a builder photo of 499444 in the 1961 Car Builder's Cyclopedia. The stock car you saw was from a

Any more news on the new Reboxx coupler?Armand Premo

I disagree. They are beautiful, but until they make a version that is a drop in for the Accurail Protomate draft gear, they are still a compromise. Regards, Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media 645 Tanner

I'm trying to find out some more information about various earlier era Clinchfield freight cars. For the following car series, I'm interested in builder, build date (month/s and year/s), CRR car

Bob Chaparro wrote: The description you quoted, Bob, sounds like a refrigerated trailer drain. On freight cars, the drains on a produce reefer could be closed (they were hinged to do that), but

I have acquired two UP freight cars in a mixed lot from e-bay which are painted bright yellow. I noticed a yellow UP stock car in a 1959 photograph taken at Cheyenne. When did UP start painting

On another Yahoo group someone was describing the drain system on a typical ice bunker refrigerator car used in fruit and produce service. He stated, "Most vent hole on a trailer of a reefer car is

Bob Witt wrote: It's hard to draw conclusions with much certainty from this halftone print, but "CLASS XM" seems to fit the pattern of the dots under a loupe. __________ Mark Mathu Whitefish Bay,

Richard Hendrickson wrote: Thanks, Richard. Your points are valid, and the only mention I've ever seen about the X-mark or of it being a "grade crossing safety feature" was from Stan