Hullo Dennis unsure, but here's an image for reference, C&O History magazine, March 2005. -- Ben Scanlon Tottenham, England

Thanks David May be better than the rather rough diagram I'm working with. -- Ben Scanlon Tottenham, England

Rich A nicely built model. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

You mean this: https://realstmfc.groups.io/g/main/album?id=43499 I've never seen one on any Soo car with a fishbelly UF, nor is it shown on the Haskell & Barker drawings of the early twenties cars

Leopold to Aberdeen Leopold to Aberdeen Catching up on reading the Passenger train list today, the Troop Train discussion from last month stimulated me ... John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden

Elliot, I just found the instructions for the Sunshine kit, and now understand what you are referring to. Neither the instructions for the Speedwitch kit or Ted Culotta’s article on the cars showed

Also the chain on most applications consists of three round rungs with an elongated rung on each end. Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Elliot: I make up schackels from .010 brass wire for this. Sounds complicated but is really easy and quick. Also looks great. Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Rich, Thank you for the great info! What did you use for the rod that the brake chain “slider” rides on while connected to the chain? Brass strip? Size? It connects the brake cylinder to the

Attached are photos of a KCS Interim AAR boxcar I just completed. It was built from a Speedwitch kit. The flat finish dried less than 2 hours before packing the car and bringing it to the Twin

**** I must have mis transcribed the GN group. **** Welcome to the group! (GRIN) I can’t begin to tell you how many times I’ve made that mistake in my life! **** I mentioned the flat bottom of

Tim writes: **** Thanks Steve. You're right but I have ignored the treatment of the flat-bottom top major rib because EVERYONE in the hobby biz has ignored it (in HO scale) with one Accurail

Hi John and Group Yes, I frequently get taken to the group home page instead of the attachment I had clicked on in an e-mail. This is primarily .jpg's in my case but I have also come across .pdf's

These are the AMC version of the 1920s ARA steel-sheathed box, with the "innie" version of the early Dreadnaught end. This drawing shows the taller Dreadnaught end on N&W class BT, but the general

I'm inclined to think this is someone's outside metal roof, and not any sort of all-steel roof. David Thompson

Yeah, it does, but I don't think the Viking name was in use in 1916, being a trade name Chicago-Cleveland transitioned to some time around WWII. Dennis Storzek

Elliot, I used Campbell Scale Models chain, which is 42 links per inch. I used 1x6 styrene for the brake levers, and 0.012 wire with clevises made from Grandt Line turnbuckles for the brake

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It appears to be a Viking roof similar to those used on SP boxcars Gene Deimling

The Valley Forge RPM has been cancelled due to Corona virus. -- John