The 1-87 Vehicle web page is a great resource for model pictures and assessments of vehicle models with links to all manufacturers such as Don Mills and Sylvan who make some beautiful compliments to

I am not a chemist or engineer, so I pose this out of ignorance. Is it possible that the tank was a standard design and the dome fittings could be changed resulting in a car for different service

Now that I'm home from a biz trip, still pondering "chemical tanks," I've had a chance to look at Richard's articles in RMJ about the Atlas (7/03) and Trix (9/04) ICC-105 pressure tanks. To recap,

I have a couple of prototype references that are kind of interesting on spools/reels. The first is at the City of Vancouver web page, and shows CP309927 (depressed centre flat car) with a large steel

Richard Hendrickson wrote: Urk. I guess we should be grateful the LL cars are not molded in styrofoam . . . Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

But what about Island Pond, Brownsville, Portland, or White River Jct? What about Eastport Idaho?

No one has pointed out what is certainly the most significant fact about the Life-Like/Walthers deal, which is that Life-Like's model railroad business was both irrelevant to, and dwarfed by, their

Brothers, I have a few extra HO freight cars for sale. I'd prefer to sell them to the same buyer so I don't have to pay shipping x 2. Something around $27.50 for both, I pay shipping, sounds fair. If

al_brown03 wrote: Al, While I may not have the precise answer you want about why SAL's hoppers, you could perhaps fill in the missing pieces yourself through some research. Questions I would ask

Al Brown wrote: "Ben and Tim's [Rutland] compilations are fascinating!" To give credit where it's due, the shifting lists and car logs came from Armand Premo, and Jeff English has been compiling this

Al Brown wrote: "Since the Rutland is kinda small and off in a corner of the country, does this mean anything for bigger railroads elsewhere? Well, maybe. The Seaboard Air Line had (1/53) over 1500

FYI, Don Mills also has a website. http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/don_mills_models.htm Brian J Carlson P.E. Cheektowaga NY

Bill, I'll second the recommendation. Don's kits build up into really nice foreground models. SGL

Paul Hillman wrote That may be true of Stewart, but certainly not Athearn, and [probably] Life-Like. They were like most companies bought because their success attracted buyers with money to

I wrote: "M 18000-18299, IL 33 ft, 2081 cu ft (Offset) M 18034 (Alburgh, 21Apr48) M 18172 (Alburgh, 10Apr48) M 18196 (Alburgh, 21Apr48) M 18244 (Alburgh, 10Apr48) M 19000-19199, IL 33 ft, 2145 cu ft

The mergers are inevitable, especially with the advent of much of manufacturing and assembly going to China. The "local" guys just don't need as much - as much real estate, as much personel, as much

I don't claim to know their business, but last time I checked, HSD did not survive on trains alone, but rather distributed other types of hobby kits and associated paraphernalia. I don't know if the

It was partly my fault we got down off the Alburgh trestle, :-) so let's climb back up & see what we know. To summarize several people's contributions: (see if I get it right) (1) Rutland received

What's curious to me is, after the last few years of all these greatly done RTR efforts and special issues of these various manufacturers, all of a sudden a sell-out/merger is necessary. Did the