Thanks to a kind soul here on the list, I was reminded of Richard Hendrickson's treatise on HO Trucks. Man, we all miss that guy. Is an early Life-Like product of a "AAR 50 Ton Double Truss

Friends, Note the "Not to be loaded off system lines" stencil. This sort of answers the earlier question about whether these cars were sent east to be loaded. Somebody mentioned possible transport by

This only applies to sellers. Note that PayPal is owned by eBay so no changes for buyers. Jack Burgess

Hi guys, Does anyone have a Resin Car Works MILW composite gon that they'd be willing to part with? I ordered one but must have been just a bit too late. My email is nyc3001@.... Thanks, Phil Lee

What “official” reference are you using to refer to a 1953/54 date for the color change on Southern freight equipment? I have looked at thousands of SRS documents and drawings and never (!) seen

Group, Here is another photo from the Huntington Library collection showing the lone SP F-70-1 # 49679 flat with load more

I have used some MDC trucks that had a very arched or rounded top chord, which looked like some trucks I had seen on cars from the 20s, when I modeled older cars. Perhaps they were in the 50'

Dan, There are a number of additional photos. I found these in several ways. First, the photo caption says Porterville, Ca, so I searched "Porterville". That got me a lot of hits, but there was a

An ARA/AAR truck that came in Model Die Casting kits. Lester Breuer

An Illinois Central AAR modified design 40-foot steel-sheathed boxcar with square corner posts is the latest HO scale kit from Resin Car Works. Details are in the latest blog post.

Two observations: 1. Note the shiplap decking on 43595, as opposed to the square-cut lumber we saw being used on the Southern flat being resurfaced. 2. Were transformers like this being manufactured

Just read the referenced article and saw nothing about giving eBay a credit card number; also, it applies to “managed payments”. I did not receive the eBay “notice” that caused this thread,

Thank you David Paul

Thank you Bruce, for filling in fantastic extra info. That shows car 43386, the other car listed in the 7-37 ORER, note PPP as exceptions in the 43191 to 43690 series F-50-12 cars with greater

I came across in my stash a half dozen pair of these. They look better in person, but I can't figure out what they might represent. 5 springs and some big-ass journals, 6"x11", so maybe in the 70 ton

One of the clinics during the virtual PRR day meeting was on transformers, by Rob Bennett. One thing I learned from Rob is that there was usually a transformer for each phase. I sent the photo to Rob

The second car has coil sprung trucks. Just FYI. Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone)

Dan Upon closer examination I think you are correct - Re-writing: These are two nearly-identical transformers on TWO different SP 70-ton(ish) SP Flat cars: Photo on 4-8-1937 on SP 43595 F-50-12 ...

RE: Photo on 4-8-1937 as SP 43595 https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p16003coll2/id/30745/rec/693 Two days later, 4-10-1937, with SAME load... as SP

Richard Brennan wrote: Photo on 4-8-1937 as SP 43595 https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p16003coll2/id/30745/rec/693 Two days later, 4-10-1937, with SAME load... as SP