Because your favorite prototype is not available in resin? And because the going rate for a single resin model of your favorite prototype is two $1,500 brass Berkshires. Tim O'Connor

"Terry Link" <trlink@...> wrote:

Simplex did make side frames also, but the bolsters are far more common. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Tony sez: Well son of a gun! That would appear to be the case on the T-section trucks under the L&N flat I posted earlier! Thanks! Bruce Bruce F. Smith V.M.D., Ph.D. Scott-Ritchey Research

--- ian clasper <ianclasper@...> wrote: That car has Dreadnaught ends. Ted __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with

--- thompson@... wrote: Funny that you mention it, because the photo that Garth (I think it was Garth) referenced this AM was a truck with Simplex on the sideframe, but it looked like a

The data sheet with this kit contains a photo of this rectangular ribbed end. The other photo is an Altoona works side shot, and it is impossible to tell from this angle what the ends are. I speculate

If the word "Simplex" is prominent on a truck, make sure it is not the bolster that is so labeled. The side frame is a separate part produced by a different company in general. Simplex bolsters were

Ian, asks Seems to me it went the other way...the ends were steel and were never lined, thus nothing to remove <G>. Happy Rials Bruce Bruce F. Smith V.M.D., Ph.D. Scott-Ritchey Research

--- ian clasper <ianclasper@...> wrote: I believe that they continued to be lined with wood. For those of you following along, the reason that the ends on some (or all- I haven't yet

Tim O'Connor said: Even at the time Herb Caen came up with the line, it was being said that the remark gave far more credit to Baghdad than it deserved. No doubt Herb meant the Baghdad of song and

Hi Guys I am building a Pennsy G29c/d steel gondola from a Sunshine composite G29a/b. I am using Model Master Red Putty, Plastic Cement and NWSL "The Detail Sander" to remove the plank detail. I

Well, WP and AT&SF brought freight into San Francisco via the "back door"... Ba dum bump. Tim O'Connor <timoconnor@...> *** NEW EMAIL ADDRESS *** Sterling, Massachusetts

I have been following the thread(?) on wooden tank cars. I think it started out as vinegar cars? I scratch built (two years ago) two of the vinegar cars per the MR article in the 60's. It was

Tim, that's crude, rude, and as my 8-year-old daughter would say: "inappropriate." "BBTB" has nuthin to do with THAT! SGL

Hey Mike, Is it OK to talk "wine" on this list if we talk about the famous "Night Train Express"? I've seen it used in church for communion! Bud

Hi Ben How does it scale out ? I had an old one a few yeas ago and it was over a foot short. Ian Clasper

Steve Hoxie asked: Did Steve [Funaro] have the H30 for sale or was this a preproduction display? They were available for sale - I picked one up at the show after running into Bill at the Cow

Steve, The H30 has been released...supposed to be new, but you never know with F&C <G>. A couple of kits have gone up on eBay in the past month. Happy Rails Bruce Bruce F. Smith V.M.D.,