Was this not a question that was left up to the owning road, or at least the road that originally ordered the cars? I don't ever recall seeing a rule that cut levers had to extend to both sides

I have a little different view of the library than it being a collection of print-ready files (as implied by the 1st para. above). My experience is limited to AutoCad's Mechanical Desktop and a

Sorry, I'm kind of new to all this...I don't recognize "SEFCRM" and can't find through Google. I assume it's Steam Era Freight Car something, of course. If anyone has one of the Sunshine kits that

Yes, of course I meant XM...brain farts are all too frequent around here ;-) --

Douglas Harding wrote: Exactly the point. They operated with passenger equipment, thus the double levers. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

I am glad Tom took the time to write all this up. I have 3d printed hundreds of items, and used a couple different printers. Sharing files between different printers does not work, in fact I have

I was just reading the GN plywood boxcar article in the June 2014 RMC. On page 66 the photo caption states “The 1944 vintage express boxcars in the 2501-2524 series were identical to the freight

Sunshine Models NC&StL XM 32 HO kits, if any are still available: http://www.sunshinekits.com/sunimages/sun97a.pdf Steve Johnson

There is an article in July 1990 Mainline Modeler covering these very cars. Also there is a picture in SEFCRM vol 1page 83. Al Smith

You mean the XM32 box cars? The ends on those were multi-piece inverse Hutchins ends. NKP had some 40' cars with the same setup.David Thompson

No's a pretty definitive word. And can be problematic. I just took a stroll through the DL&W company photos, and freight cars with full length cut levers are everywhere. Maybe not ubiquitous, and

How's *that* for esoterica ? ;-)I've had the great good fortune to land a copy of FREIGHT CARS JOURNAL No. 63, which covers the NC&STL. In it, I discovered three pictures of cars from class HM 32

Pat Wade wrote: No, only on passenger cars (and many locomotives). An example of a freight car so equipped was the NWP USRA double-sheathed cars which had been used as express box cars, and

Richard Townsend asked: "I was watching a Greg Scholl video on the C&S and Wabash 84661 was prominently featured in Fort Collins, CO.  Is there a kit that will accurately model this car?  From the

Pat Wade wrote: "I just noticed that the car's uncoupling lever only extends to one side of the car. I had always assumed that they ran to both sides." Bad assumption.  While true for locomotives

Pat I'm pretty sure that your assumption is incorrect on the majority of steam era freight cars. In fact, I'm trying to think if any of the more than 150 cars I have built have uncoupling levers

NYC and P&LE purchased more than 10,000 52'-6" Greenville Design Gondolas, far more than all other railroads combined and ordered their cars with ladders instead of grab irons on the car sides.

I just noticed that the car's uncoupling lever only extends to one side of the car. I had always assumed that they ran to both sides. Pat Wade Santa Barbara

---In STMFC@..., <rwitt_2000@...> wrote : An interesting photo of a load of household goods delivered by the railroad to a team track.Bob Witt

Garth and Elden, The Pennsy archives are in Harrisburg, PA, tied into the state archives with a railroad curator. I googled Penn Central archives and a good amount pooped up. Al Kresse