The Fallen Flags site has a vast collection of pictures which may be of help. See: http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/ Generally covered hoppers were used for some commodities but not grain in "our

Greg Martin wrote: "Strangely enough Richard Hendrickson this past weekend were talking about the Crown truck and the Andrews truck. It strikes me that you could take the KADEE metal Andrews and

I picked-up several cars in a horse trade sometime ago,and some are covered hoppers.I'm not sure if the styles and capcities are correct for the steam era.Can anyone help out where I can look up a few

Strangely enough Richard Hendrickson this past weekend were talking about the Crown truck and the Andrews truck. It strikes me that you could take the KADEE metal Andrews and "beef" up the upper

Hi, all - I'm just starting to work on kitbashing an old NKP brass PRR X32a model into N&W #52136. Although the box labels the car as an X32, it's an X32a 50' double-door car with the flush

Gentlemen,   I have FS a new-in-the-box Westerfield, HO scale #4452, Fowler Modern Box Car, CStPM&O "Omaha" box car with decals (no trucks/couplers). Kit is new in the box. I opened it for a brief

CP started applying the script lettering when repainting boxcars in approx August 1962. John Riddell

truck: http://prr.railfan.net/diagrams/PRRdiagrams.html?diag=2d-f2.gif&sel=ftk&\ sz=sm&fr= Andrews trucks regarding this I am looking at a pair of old LaBelle Andrews trucks, stock #2003, and they

Photos of R7 reefers with Crown trucks appear in Railway Prototype Cyclopedia, volume 15, on pages 72 and 73. Comparing the prototype trucks with Bowser's HO 70-ton Crown trucks I would say that

My 1966 edition of the interchange rules book has no prohibition of bolted on journal boxes. This would include both Andrews and Vulcan trucks. After all, roller bearing trucks do not have

Tim, I have a note in my files that trucks with bolted-in journal boxes (i.e., both Andrews and Vulcan) were banned in interchange in 1957. Unfortunately, I didn't record the source for that

Another cooling experiment was done by the A.R.T. with six of their steel cars 1946. Each one of the six had different insulation and thermocouples were installed inside each car at numerous places.

One of the things I did with the book is to dump the M system I came up with in the Mainline Modeler articles but yes the Sunshine kits were the M5 in its final configuration (and least number built).

And what made Andrews trucks "Andrews" was not the sideframe (of which there were many variations, including Dalmans) but the fact that the journal boxes were not integrally cast -- they were

I heard of Terry Wegmann after reading Tony Thompson's latest article on modifying reefers three days ago. I looked for his reefer modification kits but haven't found any yet and may never. I don't

So sorry to hear this news. My layout is better for Terry's work, including a couple of terrific custom interlocking signals. I've also been the recipient ("participant" would be overstating it) of

Boy, that's the same thought I had... at last a use for those ex-Train Miniature trucks from Walthers: http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-1004 Dennis

Thanks Richard & Ben I will check my stash. I think I have at least one pair of the Walthers truck you reference. I will let you know. Bill

Richard Hendrickson wrote: "I seldom disagree with Ben, but I'm going to do so in this case. There were a lot of variations on the Andrews truck design; the so- called Crown truck was just one of

I seldom disagree with Ben, but I'm going to do so in this case. There were a lot of variations on the Andrews truck design; the so- called Crown truck was just one of them, despite the PRR's