In the 1950's how were potatos shipped on the ATSF? I have seen lots of photos which shows the potato house near the stations in Missouri and Ill, but none with a freight car next to it. I know that

First mechanicals on the MDT roster were Northern Pacific cars in 1955; NP management felt they had to keep up with the Jones's Roger Hinman

After going back and comparing the SCT Co entries in the '46, '49 and '53 I see my mistake with the lateral motion device. I also saw nothing that looked like a lateral motion device in the drawing

Folks, Since the ASF A-3 truck has come up in recent discussions, and I believe that Brianna and I need a couple of sets of plain bearing ASF A-3 trucks for our HO Speedwitch New Haven flat cars,

Thanks to all for the great feedback - have been away from MRR for a few days. Amazing the amount of good info available within this group! Thank-you, Dave Evans

Tony, having just gone through this in the digest format, it was kind of fun. Who's on first? Best Regards, Dave Evans

Dougl Harding wrote: Well summarized, Doug. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538;

Not withstanding the fact that Martin has sold these kits at the various shows that he has attended. Your chances of them showing up in your mail in less than six months are extremely rare. Paul

Slight semantics here. The new Westerfield kit is a B&O company service reefer inherited from Fruit Growers Express, originally PRR R7 (no hyphen per Hom). These were used in company ice service.

Now I am confused, because no where in Mark's message to this list, the STMFC list, does he mention the SP or tank cars. He simply asks "Which HO-model truck(s) best, if not correctly, represents the

As I indicted in my response to Bill Kelly, I agree that I was wrong about this. The drawings of Barber trucks in the various Cycs don't appear to confirm this; they show the same spring lengths

Looking at all the power lines in the background horizon, I would say this is 1915-1920. The great electrical grid buildout started in the 1890's, but 1900 was still a time of whale oil lamps.

Mark, Consider your arm twisted. As for what to do with the Kato trucks, the ASF-A3 was introduced in 1944 and rapidly became the most popular freight car truck on new construction until the

Richard Hendrickson wrote: Richard states this correctly, but it's worth emphasizing that the bolster snubbers and the lateral motion devices are ENTIRELY SEPARATE things. Neither requires nor

For those who lack having enough Branchline Barber S2-A trucks, I have a good supply priced at $0.85/pair less wheelsets. I also have all of the Tahoe Model Works trucks available without wheelsets

I did the same research and came to the same conclusion, Bill. I'm not sure where I got the idea the the S-2s had spring planks and the S-2As didn't, but that's obviously not the case. However,

wrote: receive the Sunshine kits. I've got 12 Westerfield, Funaro, and Speedwitch kits ahead of Sunshine's to be built. It'll probably be a year before getting to Sunshine's tankers. Mark

Paul Lyons wrote: The whole tread is getting pretty worn. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:20:37 -0000, Mark Pierce wrote Many of the branchline postwar boxcars should really have ASF A-3's so the best bet would be to swap the S-2A's out from an appropriate kit that

________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 12:22:35 PM Subject: [STMFC] Re: accurate Barber trucks Here is the Sunshine