W&R has announced the following cars. Anyone know what they look like? NP Express Reefer #1800-1889 NP Express Boxcar #1854-1889 (rblt. from express reefers) Ted Culotta

Shawn Beckert wrote: The car that ol' Irv BASED his "62-foot chemical tank" on is indeed the ACF 25,260g diesel fuel tanks built by ACF for CB&Q and GN in the early '60s. I believe these two groups

5000K which One last comment or two... the really important things to approximate sunlight are temperature (nearest to 5000-5500k) and CRI at or above 90, so with lamps don't worry about the name,

Interesting. I see they compare a "daylight" (CRI75;6500K) but as Dave mentioned and jogged my memory the "sunlight" bulbs are around 5000K which they don't compare to. I believe my bulbs are GE

Could SHPX 12950 be a match for the 19,000 gallon tanks built by ACF in the mid-1950s for UP (class O-70-1), CGW, GN, Katy and, no doubt, others? The G.A. drawings I have of this car reveals a

Thanks, Guy. Good information, as usual. Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland, Oregon 97520

List, After staring at the image of SHPX 12950 and comparing to the photo of the Athearn kit at their web page, I'm going to have to concede this to Tim (weeping, gnashing of teeth). The Athearn car

on it you commonly Jon, Now that I'm at home, I've had a look at the "expensive" bulbs I mentioned. They're 40WT12 EXCELLA bulbs. They have a CRI of 91.1. There's some propaganda on the web

Jeff, A few thoughts on the questions your raised...I hope some of the guys can further elaborate as well, especially on the operation of retainers. << Can you please elaborate on these? 1) How

Actually the last CN and CP steam disappeared from operation (other than excursion service) in 1959 and early 1960. Peter Bowers Owen Sound, ON Canada

After following this thread, I'd like to update my P2K Erie end-door boxcar with larger heralds for the late 1950s. Erie expert Schuyler Larrabee says a 72" point-to-point herald is correct, and that

Shawn, The Grand Trunk Western still ran some Mikes, Pacifics and 0-8-0's on the Holly Sub (Durand to Detroit) up until March of 1960, and I believe they ran mainline steam (usually 4-8-4's)on the

My thanks to all who responded to my message. Your comments have been noted and I will fax off an order to Champ direct. The retailer I use has always given me great service with my orders including

Mark T. Evans wrote According to one article, the Athearn model is a 26,000 gallon tank car with 51'6" truck centers. The writer says that 20,000 gallon cars of this ACF design family were built with

Yes, fairly well I'm told but not perfect, assuming if the lamps were full spectrum, new, and around 5000-5500k, but that was from a pro. I suspect a layman would be satisfied. Dave Nelson

Ed Kaminski" wrote: the Athearn model.< Exactly. The only difference is in the overall length, i.e., capacity. Athearn chose to do an oddball 25K gallon car, instead of the vastly more common 20K

Dave, If the layout was lit with all "sunlight" and you used outdoor film, would the pictures come out ok? Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has stopped in 1941 Digitrax DCC owner, Chief/Zephyr

Try my book. You'll see a few 21's that look pretty darn close to the Athearn model. Ed Kaminski Visit my home page at: www.geocities.com/shpx60000/theedwards.html Visit the Maywood Station Historical