Ed- Could you provide some links or be a little more specific....there are many choices on the "Rivers of Steel" home page. Thanks, Charlie Vlk

Manfred Lorenz wrote: I am tinkering with the Sunshine model of it for some time because the brake system is put on one side only. No levers going throught the fishbelly center sill. Only two to one

A well-deserved "thank you" to everyone who submitted ORER information! The March issue of TKM will hit the streets this week. Ben Hom

Garrett; Could that PS-0 be an ex-B&LE car? If you have not talked to him, Scott Schaller of Trackside Photos has a list of great drawings and such for various USS allied roads. He recently listed

I'm in the middle of building one of these Pacemaker cars, and need to know what modifications were made to the brakes on these cars. In a Col. Chet McCoid photo of car #174226, it looks like

Tom: Here's what is relatively current: http://www.smp-ind.com/index.html Regards, Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media 100 14th Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94402 info@... www.speedwitch.com (650)

Good morning List, I wonder if anyone knows whether Accucal Decals are still available and, if they are, where can one purchase them. I need several sets of B&M decals for steam locomotives and

They are cast steel. Usually dark gray. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax,

An addendum to what I just sent. Ingots for a slab mill were teemed into molds that were on average ~ 96" X 54" X 30" inches and weighed ~ 20 tons. Wouldn't take many to reach a gondola's load

Not sure what era you're modeling, but during the 50s, when most steel was teemed into ingots, the molds were made of cast iron. They weathered a dark rust color very quickly from the heat of molten

Dean, based on the info I received last night I took a pass on the RC GS gon. I did pick up a few P2k Mather stock cars, GN, and B&O for my 1957 layout. I got plenty of abuse from my fellow club

I typed rivers of steel collection in to the Google search engine and hooked up with an archive of photos from a steel mill in Indiana. Clicking on railroad and then freight cars I found some WWI

Anyone have specifics on where the train line was located on these cars? I am working on a rebuilt car but probably the train line ran in the same location as an un-rebuilt car. TIA, Tom

like they Wow, 3 min to get a reply... The photo I have (page 7 of the P&LE gondola book) "appear" to have two tone hue to them, some metal parts (hooks and fill ports?), but the main "drum"

All: Any idea what color ingot molds are? I am guessing they are made of refractory type cement so a white to tan brown color? My photos I am working from are black and white... Thanks- Garrett

New today. Cheap. Don't know seller -- they're in the U.K. Dave Nelson ------------------------------------------------------ 1. CAR BUILDERS' CYCLOPEDIA of American Practice 1957 by COMBES C L.

http://www.pbase.com/ehyjek/2005_minnesota_prototype_modelers_meet The above link is to photos of Saturdays Twin Cities Prototype modelers meet. Yes, those are PC and B&M diesels.

Well, that's waht it is to be "on line". I think I have a slide taken from a bridge with an LV ingot mold loading. The last new cars the LV bought before becoming part of CR were for this ingot

Tony Thompson wrote Tony, Rick has a catalog (RL DESIGN). His company address is RL Design 14123 206th St. S.E. Snohomish WA 98296-3947 He has sets for SP B-50-18 to -23 box cars, G-50-9 to -12

--- In STMFC@..., "Clark Propst" <cepropst@n...> asked: What are the major differences between the GN and NP cars? roofs, ends, doors and side sill treatment? Mr recollection is that