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Re: B&O Class M-41 boxcar modeling

Hi Eric, Do you have an item number for the Bethlehem Car Works underframe? Even if it isn't listed on the current site, that might help to track them down. Is it a part designed to fit the

By Mark Heiden · #40191 ·

Re: Thanks tiny url...

Park Varieties wrote: Sheffield Farms was a brand of the National Dairy Products Corporation which operated in many states east of the Rocky Mountains. The Borden Company whose logos included Elsie

By Tim Gilbert <tgilbert@...> · #40190 ·

Re: Sergent Couplers

Denny, I don't mean to offend. I guess my point (which was definitely made with a bit more fervor than was called-for - a blanket accusation is never a good tactic) is that people are dismissing

By Pete Brown <YahooLists@...> · #40189 ·

Re: Sergent Couplers

John Degnan wrote: . . . I wonder if Kadee couplers faced your same arguement when they first came out and surely had to state that they were not compatible with the standard "horn-hook" couplers?

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #40192 ·

Scale draft gear (was Sergent Couplers)

Hi All, I have been an advocate of better draft gear for about 10 years now. Most supplied Kadee draft gear scale out to 6" x 20", about twice as wide as the prototype. I currently have 3 different

By Bill Lane <billlane@...> · #40187 ·

Re: Sergent Couplers

Of course, and they're not supposed to be, nor do they need to be considering what they were designed to be (prototypical). But at the same time, I wonder if Kadee couplers faced your same arguement

By John Degnan <RailScaler@...> · #40188 ·

IM milk cars

All, IM's web site lists the proposed milk cars, their release dates and prices. Sorry Shawn I was wrong they don't list any wine cars. Chuck Hladik _staff@...

By Charles Hladik · #40199 ·

Re: Reboxx Couplers

The Reboxx/Barger couplers are on hold. JP Barger's production company became completely pre-coccupied with a major production run (model railroads are only a company side line), and JP Barger himself

By Denny Anspach <danspach@...> · #40186 ·

Re: Intermountain "Milk" Reefer - The CMWX Version

Shawn, Got the flyer at the shop yesterday and yes IIRC there was a wine car or two. Also available as an undecorated kit. Chuck Hladik _staff@...

By Charles Hladik · #40198 ·

Re: Sergent Couplers

Hm-mm. Pretty brave accusation about people who are strangers to the sender. Many of us who are desiring scale sized coupler boxes are also happily operating hundreds of cars daily with .088"

By docdenny34 <danspach@...> · #40185 ·

Barger Couplers was Re: Re: Sergent Couplers

With all this talk of the Sergent couplers I have been wondering if there is any more news on the Barger coupler? Brian J Carlson P.E. Cheektowaga NY

By Brian J Carlson <brian@...> · #40184 ·

Re: Sergent Couplers - now reboxx couplers

Pete brown wrote The width of the gearbox doesn't bother me as much as the lack of detail, or grossly incorrect detail (kaydee's "ears"). I like Byron Rose' draft gear box. True it is unprototypicaly

By Ned Carey <nedspam@...> · #40183 ·

Re: Sergent Couplers

I have tested the Protomate couplers with their very narrow draft gear in conjunction with the angle cocks that I put just adjacent to the draft gear on 15" (yes 15") radius curves with NO operational

By Ted Culotta <tculotta@...> · #40182 ·

Intermountain "Milk" Reefer

Brian Ehni wrote: Brian, do you remember the date you saw this car in Pine Bluff? Was it a GPEX car like the Intermountain kit, or just something similar? Shawn Beckert

By Shawn Beckert · #40181 ·

Re: Sergent Couplers

Leave the knuckles open after uncoupling, don;t open them each time you wish to couple. Also, I think non-centering can be a nice boon. It will allow you to couple on curves, for one thing. You're

By Pete Brown <YahooLists@...> · #40180 ·

Re: Thanks tiny url...

Not sure about those, but I caught a Chateau Martin car in Pine Bluff Arkansas. -- Thanks! Brian Ehni

By Brian Paul Ehni <behni@...> · #40179 ·

Re: Thanks tiny url...

While we are on the subject of the Intermountain milk reefers, what areas of the country would these particular cars most likely have been found? Baker's Chocolate Consumers Dairy Co. Sheffield

By Park Varieties <parkvarieties@...> · #40178 ·

Re: Do you mean these?

the flyer says Kits $19.96 / Assembled $31.96 regards, Andy Miller

By Andy Miller <asmiller@...> · #40177 ·

Re: InterMountain Pfaudler milk car

don¹t see anything on IM¹s site. Tim Gilbert <tgilbert@s...> replied: MA in February. They had a prototype there, but expected a release in May at the earliest. The Walthers wed site states the

By rwitt_2000 <rmwitt@...> · #40176 ·

Re: Do you mean these?

YES! Now I can do the Chateau Martin car without buying brass!!!! -- Thanks! Brian Ehni

By Brian Paul Ehni <behni@...> · #40175 ·

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