Schuyler Larrabee asked: "Do we have a resident expert on the Alaska Railroad?" Curt Fortenberry's a list member: http://www.greatdecals.com/Curt.htm Ben Hom

Larry, The GST codes are not unique to the GN, the backs of NP wheel reports have them too. Look in the NPTellTale groups files section under wheel reports, I listed the ones I found. Which is why

Thanks for the history Tim, The scope of wheel reports I've seen is limited, to all hill lines, except for the Erie ones in the files section from 1931, those have extra columns, in which it looks

Do we have a resident expert on the Alaska Railroad? Jace, is it you? SGL

Larry Jackman wrote: Thus clarifying, if clarification were needed, how parochial are New Yorkers. <g> Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley,

Paul, I am an N scaler and unless you are modeling cars with cushion underframes or cars too modern for this list, you want the trucks with short extension couplers. The old MTL 1000 was the standard

You are invited to attend the 3rd annual Bay Area Prototype Modelers (BAPM) event on Sunday, April 30, 2006 from 10 AM - 5 PM at the Marriott Hotel in Fremont, California. Presented by: Elizabeth

As far as NYC people are concerned any where north of the Bronx city line is UP STATE NEW YORK. Thank you Larry Jackman ljack70117@...

Arnold van Heyst asked: "I'm looking for a typical Illinois Central box car, situated around 1955. Not the one manufactured by major manufacturers, but a real typical Illinois Central." I take this

Well, it's in that quadrilateral shape . . . And it's where the JUCO champeenships are every year. SGL

A Brooklynite woman once told me that "upstate" started at the Yonkers/NYC line. SGL

Hi, Basically am looking for spare trucks with couplers to be used with Atlas and Micro Trains steam era N scale freight cars. Would anyone be able to let me know the difference among the

Chuck Yungkurth said: My uncle, a Californian like me, used to say that the Midwest started at the Mississippi River and ended at the Front Range of the Rockies. Some would not find this

Armand Premo wrote: "I think the [concrete freighters] were dubbed, 'Hog Islanders'". THEY WERE NOT. You are confusing the concrete ships with the far more numerous steel merchants built at the Hog

Hog Island - During WWI, this area along the Delaware River south of the Schuylkill (aka "Surekill") River was the world's largest shipyard at the time, with over 50 slipways, served by the mighty

I think the were dubbed,"Hog Islanders" Armand Premo

As Tony Thompson has already pointed out, there's nothing particularly unusual about these trucks except their combination coil-elliptic spring arrangement. They were otherwise AAR standard trucks

My only defense is too many years with ESPEE...... cars . . .

Or for those with Acrobat Reader: http://www.steamfreightcars.com/modeling/articles/brakesmain.html Rob Daniels New York, NY jaley <jaley@...> wrote: Frank, Ted

Bill, There are salt mines underneath Hutchinson, KS. To us Jayhawkers, Hutch isn't "in the Kansas City area", but to someone back east, that may be good enough. Regards, -Jeff -- Jeff Aley