Ed, By your description of style #5 cars, do you mean this series (I stole this from Ed Shaller's web site)? Hopper, 34'-1" composite (steel after 1951), 55 ton (HM) 15001-15250 Built by

Done. You can use mine. Regards, Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media 645 Tanner Marsh Road, Guilford, CT 06437 info@... www.speedwitch.com (650) 787-1912

Last Wednesday night the hard drive on my laptop failed while we were whiling away an evening in Nova Scotia. I'm working on data recovery, but will be without a laptop at Naperville. If one of the

--- In STMFC@..., Ted Culotta <tculotta@s...> wrote: On Oct 19, 2005, at 12:12 PM, ed_mines wrote: 5. WWII composite emergency hopper (Athearn, P2K in HO)These were not the same as

KC = combined (all in one unit) KD = detached (reservoir/valve separate from cylinder) Gene Green

DATE CAR LOAD ROUTING 5-1-50 GN 44789 bean meal Madison Cty Farm Bureau, Elwood, IN NKP xlocal tonnage

No experience specifically here. But: "Old Athearn" went off with scotch tape "Walthers" (FEC Ortner aggregate hoppers) went off by too much (while drilling the grabs) handling with the

Has anyone found a way (other than abrasives) to removethe lettering from recent Athearn models? Bill

wrote: then sticks to them like grim death. I don't even bother to protect the conical bearings, as I routinely clean these up with a journal bearing reamer before installing the wheelsets. > Good

Working through some photos taken in the CPR yard in Vancouver BC in 1938, I located a nifty (to me) 3 tank, three dome car. I had recently reviewed John Riddell's article in September 1995 Mainline

It is correct if you want to be picky. The H-4 used the N&W-standard close-spaced Z-bar end braces rather than the lighter, wider-spaced angle section end braces of the standard design. David

Picky?!?! THIS crowd? Naw, tain't so. SGL

Bud Rindfleisch wrote: "The Lehigh Valley 40,000 series quad hoppers did indeed begin life as "composite" hoppers. They were rebuilt into the steel 9 panel cars as pictured." I disagree. LV

Nice looking models Rosco. I hope you'll be able to come to Naperville and show off your models... I know there are some serious Rock Island fans there. Frank Hodina displays a bashed model of the

Hello list, My name is Ross Dando. I am an almost forty Rock Island modeler. who has started focusing on more detail in his modeling. Over the past few years several friends have suggested that I

Rob, You are correct that Polly-Scale Mineral Red comes close to IM and Red Caboose colors, but that shade of Mineral Red is closest for the 1948 thru 1955 paint scheme. The NYC used a more reddish

Quite true, but pointing out errors in MM is probably pointless, as Hundman's long standing practice has been to treat corrections with glacial indifference unless confronted about them, in which case

Don, did you know SAL 9028 is parked out in the weeds at SERM? Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of it and don't know how accessible it is for photos. John, do you have a larger format image

There were many styles of Andrews trucks in use in the 1915-1919 era and, as always, the only way to be sure you're right is to work from photos of the particular prototype cars you're modeling.

Thanks Guy, I figured you had the information on this one. Brian J Carlson P.E. Cheektowaga NY