Richard Hendrickson wrote: I assume this organization would have a 12-step program, but for the really seriously disturbed (those drilling separate holes to insert each rivet), more steps would

It was called precision Models. i changed the name when two other Presicion somethings came along. My extreme job was when i was building a model of D&RGW rotary OM in hon3. I drilled the

Bill, on a more modern tank car, I built up a platform and handrails out of etched brass running boards and brass strip & wire. To support the platforms I made brackets (welded, no rivets!). But to

Bill, you need counseling. In fact, perhaps you should become the founding member of a new organization called "Rivet Counters Anonymous" which would have discreet meetings in hotel rooms at

Steve what area do you model? You're certainly correct that reloading stock into Santa Fe cars was common practice, but that assumes the stock was unloaded in the first place, which was often not the

I spent some time this afternoon reading many of the posts in this thread. At first I thought"What are these guys bitching about?" Then I thought that of course that hopper car is needed. We need

Replying to: Shawn Beckert wrote: Yep, there are plenty of photos of reefers, many of them PFE, along the Embarcadero--of course what I was referring to was whether that Cheyenne conductor

Tony Thompson wrote: Not as far-fetched as you think, Tony: http://webbie1.sfpl.org/multimedia/sfphotos/AAC-2173.jpg Shawn Beckert, the first reefer doesn't look like PFE though...

Yes, I know it's shorter (and it's been noted that its WIDER as well, so just cutting down a 1937 car is less than ideal). My point was that most sales of an injection molded kit would be to people

OOPs sounds like Denny might wind up in the "penalty box" for that one. <g> Jerry Glow alike,

Ahem, no it dosen't - it's 6" shorter in height. If that were the case, why bother with the '37 and "modified '37" or '42 car or whatever you want to call it. Once again "only" 6" difference

No I realize they are both separate cars both deserving representation in one's fleet regardless of road modeled. I think the personal story was just to emphasize how influential the PRR was and

I gather you guys are not big purchasers of RTR plastic cars ;-) regards, Andy Miller

Yes sorry. Silver that's better............ And thanks for the answer. Regards, Arnold van Heyst Netherlands. wrote: travelled between shared

Bill Welch asked: Once when I was scratchbuilding an asymmetrical tank car (center dome and a dome at one end), I had made the center sills and was applying rivet strips everywhere there would

Not at all. There was no particular relationship at all between UP and WP in that era, and it was before the time when railroads shared locomotive hours back and forth. BTW, it would orange and

I have been working on building three Pressed Steel tank cars, which were inspired by Richard H's article in issue # 1 of RPMJ, stretching the Tichy underframes rather than shortening the tanks

During our era, livestock was commonly shipped all over the country. It was a huge industry, and the meat packing industry that was served was huge also. We were then (and still are) a meat-eating

Sirs, Me again. In the 50's, did the Orange/Grey GP9 by Western Pacific also travelled with the U.P. GP9 types on U.P. tracks? I can buy a very cheap proto 2000 loc, but i want to know for