Didn't the Great Northern also have some aluminum box cars. Right now I cannot recall how many, but it was not very many. Perhaps they were built in the St. Cloud shops.

Manfred: There are trucks (the Kato ASF A-3 and Atlas "Bettendorf" come to mind) that use axle lengths <1.000" Regards, Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media 645 Tanner Marsh Road, Guilford, CT

to And high fuel prices would affect aluminum production costs anyway. I think most aluminum is made by electric arc ovens. Not until one has cheap hydro electric power or coal that is not so much

Also, for those of you who like to re-detail things and prefer to work with undecs, Microscale makes a good set to letter the recent Walthers, BLI or Branchline releases of REA

I like to throw in a question about the models that P2k offered. I found that they had some issues with the locations for the ladder grab irons. The places where they are to be glued in, are not

There have been several comments regarding matters relating to different elements of ship design. Ship design? Am I on the right group? This still being the Steam Era Frt Car Group, I think we need to

Denny, For what purpose do you use 0.500" - 0.900" axle length? In confirmation what you say about the contra-intuitive finding that sometimes quite short lengths with lotza endplay give the best

What does this have to do with freight cars?????????????????? Pat Wider

Correct. I have photos of ex-Mather cars with NISX reporting marks still in revenue service even in the late 1960s. Yes, and it's necessary to check the ORERs not only under Mather and, later, North

Be advised that the aforementioned table in MM has too many errors and omissions to list here. My data show that only the 13500-13999 series ribbed-side cars built in 1937 had Hutchins Welded roofs.

And one infamous locomotive! -- Thanks! Brian Ehni

Apex Tri-Lok. Ajax. The NKP diagram sheet says 2/1948. It doesn't appear so. The only photos I have of these cars new is of 6816 (built later in 1948) and that car has BCR ends and roof. Hope this

That's useful information, because Walthers' original announcement of the express reefers showed only the later scheme with diamond REA emblems, which those of us who model the 1940s can't

The Louie (sorry Clark) used these as LCL at first, some even got shadow lining to match the Budd coaches for use on the M&StL passenger "trains" - doodlebug, aluminum LCL car streamlined

Hello everyone, I'm looking for some information on the following Colorado & Southern and Nickel Plate steel boxcars. First, C&S 1500-1799, 300 cars built 1957, class XM-32e. I need to know: 1)

The hoppers are now listed on e-Bay in a fixed price sale http://cm.ebay.com/cm/ck/1065-29296-2357-0?uid=165498&site=0&ver=LCA080805&item=6000980017&lk=URL They will also be on our website in a few

Tim O'Connor wrote: "I'm no naval architect (although I once had a job as a draftsman making drawings for Trident submarines) but I think Marty's comment is accurate. Bath Iron Works in Maine for

Although this thread has been interesting reading, I think it's best to drop the subject and get on with freight car discussions. What say, Mike? Roger Robar _____ Subject: Re: [STMFC]

Demetre (not signing his full name) wrote: Can you elaborate on the "quite troublesome" point? What trouble did GM&O have? These aluminum box cars lasted well in some other

Phil Buchwald wrote: When welded, the roof has considerable stiffening in it due to all the seams and panels, quite different from the "single sheet of steel" mentioned earlier. An assembled