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The Keystone Modeler No 8

Issue Number 8 of "The Keystone Modeler" is now available online at http://www.prrths.com/Keystone%20Modeler/Keystone_Modeler_NO8.htm Steam Era Freight Car content in this issue includes: - Class

By benjaminfrank_hom <b.hom@...> · #28573 ·

Re: The Keystone Modeler No 8

In a message dated 3/8/2004 2:39:09 PM Central Standard Time, b.hom@... writes: http://www.prrths.com/Keystone%20Modeler/Keystone_Modeler_NO8.htm Thank you very much! Just in time. I

By DRGW482@... · #28577 ·

Re: similar USRA SS boxcars

Ben Hom replied: Yeah, yeah, Ben, but isn't it just another kitbash <g>?

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #28572 ·

Re: similar USRA SS boxcars

Brian Everett asked: Just a thought - is the Mather boxcar that is being done by LL a possible starting point? I think these may have been taller - and had similar sides? Garrett mentioned the height

By benjaminfrank_hom <b.hom@...> · #28571 ·

Re: Purchased brass

Picked up a Overland ACF 2 dome tank (8K) at the Coast meeting yesterday. I will have to remove the paint etc. but interesting enough the car had a set of scale wheels on it. Don't think it came

By Jon Miller <atsf@...> · #28570 ·

Re: DL&W USRA Twin

Jace: The lettering is from CDS. I used two different sets to get the right stuff on the car. The basic lettering is from their hopper set. The reweight data came from a covered hopper set. The

By gene48@... · #28569 ·

Re: Sunshine's Santa Fe Ga-22 & Ga-25

Bruce; I spoke with Martin this past weekend, and he admits that orders for his stuff skyrocketed over the last year and a half and that he cannot find enough time to keep up with orders. He and his

By ELDEN GATWOOD <ELDEN.GATWOOD@...> · #28568 ·

DL&W USRA Twin

I shan't praise, as other list members have used all the words I would have used already for these two cars. Detail questions: whose lettering (not idle curiosity, as I just bought one of the kits

By Justin Kahn · #28567 ·

Re: What are these trucks?

I was intrigued by the bolsterless truck; each sideframe has its own mounting point to the caboose frame, and the wheelsets have no connecting axles. -- Brian Ehni From: Eric Hansmann

By Brian Paul Ehni <behni@...> · #28565 ·

paint question, was Re: MP LCL boxcars

<<I thought for sure Badger made Eagle Blue, Eagle Gray, and Eagle Yellow, but I only find Eagle Blue (16-169) and Eagle Gray (16-171) listed. Both of these are accurate colors. Des Plaines Hobbies

By C J Wyatt · #28563 ·

Re: What are these trucks?

From the image, it seems these may be a roller bearing type of journal. I'm just guessing here but, could this be some sort of experimental Timken truck? Eric Hansmann Morgantown, W. Va.

By Eric Hansmann <ehansmann@...> · #28564 ·

Re: MP LCL boxcars

Jack, I have a good 8x10 of MP 48709 and it has "recessed" ribs. I agree that some photos showing Murphy ends can be difficult to ascertain what style they are (in or out). A lot depends on the

By Ed Hawkins · #28562 ·

Re: MP LCL boxcars

Jack, What photos do you have of MP steel rebuilds having "normal" Murphy ends with outward-facing stiffeners? This is generally contrary to the data I have compiled (see below). Much of what follows

By Ed Hawkins · #28560 ·

Re: MP LCL boxcars

<< Jack, What photos do you have of MP steel rebuilds having "normal" Murphy ends with outward-facing stiffeners? This is generally contrary to the data I have compiled (see below).... >> Ed - Thanks

By C J Wyatt · #28561 ·

Re: MP LCL boxcars

Jack, I can't comment on the color issue. But there were some cars with inverse Murphy ends. I have a photo showing two cars with 7-7 inverse Murphy ends, but I can't privde numbers because they

By Richard Hendrickson · #28559 ·

Re: Accurail AAR 70-ton triple hopper with off-set sides

Yeah, Bob, but as usual with Inaccurail,the damn grab irons, ladders, etc. will still be molded on and there will be a gazillion bogus paint and lettering schemes. You'll hear no cheering from this

By Richard Hendrickson · #28558 ·

Re: What are these trucks?

Mighty strange set-o-trucks on that cab... notice that there are NO AXLES!?! John Degnan RailScaler@... VISIT MY WEB SITE : John's World on the

By John Degnan \(RailScaler\) <RailScaler@...> · #28566 ·

MP LCL boxcars

On the blue and gray Missouri Pacific Eagle Merchandise Service LCL boxcars, I believe the doors had yellow in place of the blue stripes from the body. In all of the color pictures I've seen of the

By C J Wyatt · #28553 ·

What are these trucks?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&cate gory=35975&item=2230501804 Also, check seller's other listings. A goodly number of freight car builder's photos. SGL

By Schuyler Larrabee · #28557 ·

Re: New file uploaded to STMFC

Great. Will is a DL&W fan, so I am SURE they will be on line as soon as the site is up. I gotta tell you, I keep looking at O scale . . . Only the fact that my club and its HO layout in which I have

By Schuyler Larrabee · #28556 ·

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