Note that the air hose bracket is to be angled 30 degrees off of vertical. Jack Burgess

Thank you, Jack, appreciated. One of the things that happens over time is you forget all the references you have to work with, and I do have this one. Thanks for pointing it out. Schuyler

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Hello Jack, please allow to chime in with the question where I can find the complete article. I would be very interested to learn more about brake systems as I have several freight car models with

Yes there is. From the 1940 Car Builders Cyc, page 980 there are location dimensions for the angle cock. for Wood underframe car 13" from center-line for steel underframe car built after 1916

Schuyler: The 1918 drawings of the MCB S&RPs indicate that the air hose must be centered vertically on the coupler's centerline, and horizontally 13" from the car's center-line. The copy is pretty

Schuyler… Attached is page 2 from Gene Green extensive article on Air Brakes. The closest that I can get from the air hose brackets to the Kadee #158 scale head couplers is 16”. Jack

At the risk of piling on: Clark, I assume that you have a 4598 (there is no 4500 series). I agree with everything that Ben and Bill have said. Plus, the Accurail cars have a fish-belly center sill,

I’ve always eyeballed the offset from the car centerline for the air hose brackets. It’s usually been known to not be accurate anyway, since the coupler pocket’s too wide to allow it to be

I may be wrong but I do not think there was an exact prototype with the combination of details this molding has: Hutchins roof; Z-braces; steel ends; steel doors; and eight evenly spaced panels. Bill

Clark Propst wrote: "I have an Accurail kit #4498. It a single sheathed car and has 7/8 ends and a steel corrugated door. I've asked before what I can model with it and only was given a vague

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I have an Accurail kit #4498. It a single sheathed car and has 7/8 ends and a steel corrugated door. I've asked before what I can model with it and only was given a vague possibility for CN. I found a

Richard Townsend wrote: Nice one! Tony Thompson tony@...

Thanks, Bill. But I'm going to have to sell some toilet paper to pay for it. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: I understand that it looks that way. But as few as a dozen eager buyers, who suffice to drive up the price of used books, will not be very helpful in a print run which has

Time to reissue, Tony! Schuyler (but not for me . . .)

Bill Jolitz wrote: I believe it is what is called "supply and demand." Tony Thompson tony@...

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Thanks, Ben. Duly noted! Todd Sullivan