I forgot about button head screws.Ace has them in small metric and sae sizes that use .050 allen wrench,I use 00-80 buttonheads for attaching frame sides to spacers and other areas where you need low

There's a picture on Wikipedia here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Topping_off_FGE_reefer_with_ice.jpg It's an FGEX 8-hatch overhead ice bunker reefer. The basic details (hatches, hatch rests,

Fellas, I have a sunset USRA caboose I intend to strip and repaint. I am not sure if NYC, LV or NKP had these---can someone provide a listing as I have not located one online. Thank you in

Tony Talked to my friend who was an agent for a while, then he moved over to train service. By the late 1950's he said there was only one LCL car on his territory coming off a branchline. The

Charlie Duckworth wrote: Yes, certainly at least some LCL was billed as you describe: a cover bill, agent to agent, and then all the waybills for the individual shipments stapled behind it. I

I've contacted a friend of mine who was a Mopac agent in the 1950's as to LCL billing. I think the cars were billed on a movement waybill agent to agent and then individual freight bills were issued

As I am sure with most of this group my rolling stock roster is made up of cars of brass, resin, plastic and a few Quality Craft wooden cars. I am an SP modeler, however, I do have an inordinate

Wouldn't button head screws solve the "gross appearance" problem? Allen sockets, but lower profile than fillister head slotted/Phillips screws.

Bill, I have a broadside photo of a Bx-3 in work service that clearly shows the arrangement of the AB brake equipment, and I am sending you a scan off-list. As far as I know, the Bx-3s and Bx-6s

Charlie Duckworth wrote: Thanks, Charlie, but of course the excellent summary is from Harry Dolan, not me. I have not yet used LCL waybills, but do have some "Stop This Car" waybills, which as I

I have quite a few photos of the Santa Fe BX-3 / BX-6 boxcars in their original format with KD brakes and the vertical staff handbrake. does anyone know of any p;hotos of these cars with AB brakes

Charlie, Tony, The B&O agent at Charles Town WV would have the local crew spot the Order Notify cars (STMFCs, of course) at the industry and would put padlocks on them until he had the released bill

Yep, looks that way to me. The vertical rib approach was somewhat common on early steel gondolas. David Thompson

Tony You did a great job on capturing the details on handling the waybill process from the signing of the BoLing to distribution of the multipart waybill. I worked in the Mopac's stations starting in

I model NYC circa 1953. I have built that WSL kit. Be sure to put some weight inside the carbody! Hugh T. Guillaume

I am seeking some in service photos of these gondolas. They were made by Ralston and ACF. The ACF cars had horizontal "ribs" on the ends and the drawings from the C&OHS. The Ralston cars may have had

Well, here's a lesson for me. Leave out a couple words and completely mystify the readers. What I was trying to describe is Allen head screws driven in with Allen wrenches. The marring of the

On a side note, it seems odd in that era to see so many men without hats. Also interesting, the gent with the two-tone shoes. Chuck Peck

Ray, I have several photos of these cars. I'm sending you scans off-list of two of the best, one a builder's shot and the other an in-service shot of a car in the mid-'50s. Photoetched Apex running

Thank You Chuck Hladik! Ray Thibaut