Shawn Beckert asked: ...who makes a decent National B-1 truck in HO? I'll take the easy one - Life Like makes a very nice 50-ton National B-1 in

I wrote: And Richard responded with a shot of IC 50379: Richard, I may be misunderstanding you here; did both the 1937 and 1941/42 cars have round ends? Chet sent me a scan of IC 50165 awhile back ,

Folks; One strange process I witnessed has always had me wondering what effect this had on freight car re-weighs. I used to watch crane operators drop things from great heights into gondolas.

I received the e-mail copied below with the latest update concerning the Ulrich GS Gondolas and thought it would be of interest to the groups: Hi James, The GS Gondola is on indefinite hold until I

George Gounley wrote: This list's outside date is 1960 so discussion of "70-ton" boxcars is largely irrelevant as there was probably less than 1,000 of them, more like a 100, owned by all RR's in

Maybe the height of the R-40-23 kit would be more appropriate, but the ends would be too modern for a 1941-42 car. Beyond that, I have NO IDEA what I'm talking about! Scott Pitzer =======

Off topic to Steam Era: These CB&Q ex Troop kitchen were still in use Feb 1970, and show up on west bound SP&S trainlists to Portland, contents:mail There are a few photos in some Burlington

conversion to a 1937-built car? Correst Scott. The R-40-10 would be the car to use. Possibly the R- 40-23 could be used with Stan's IC door to model the 50300-50499 series built by GATC in

Some thoughts on the subject: 1. Capacity is defined in the Cyc' as, "As applied to a freight car, the nominal load in pounds or gallons which the car is designed to carry. . . . Capacity is not

Scott Pitzer asked: I went back to our flurry of e-mails and you're right, the R-40-10 would be the correct kit to use. I got cross-eyed with which kit does what car. Here's Chet's e-mail: "I

Wouldn't that be Intermountain's R-40-10 kit, if it's for a conversion to a 1937-built car? Scott Pitzer =======

Mike Brock writes: Mike, you would have to know a whole lot about CN freight cars (N&W hoppers won't cut it). What's more, you would not only have to live in Canada (and freeze your butt off half

In a message dated 8/4/04 6:31:45 AM, tgilbert@... writes: << Chris, Agreed that CAPY can be a useful shorthand provided that the use of standard nominal capacities were the only ones

In a message dated 8/4/04 10:03:43 AM, drs@... writes: << Sigh. Chris, you're both right, and to several decimal places, and wrong by an order of magnitude. If the densities of liquids are

OK, I'll buy this. I had always been perplexed by the different intervals. But the differing systems makes sense. C

A new book is now available on an interesting coal hauling railroad. "The Monongahela Railway -- It's History and Operations 1903-1993," is authored by Dave Gratts and Terry Arbogast. Ordering

I have emailed Keith for his list and have gooten no reply. Mine has gone astray. Does anyone have a copy of his electronic list they could send me at bwelch@... Thanks Bill Welch

Ben-I am not able to send you scans. Will this help? 1) caboose yellow sides brown roof, looks like Quality Craft no. 525 U.P. wood kit except 3 windows ahead of cupola. I was trying to I. D. the

Modelers' B/W Photo Color Interpretation Example, Interesting Site Hi All, I think many of us heed the warning against putting to much stock in trying to discern colors from b/w photos; some of you