I wrote: pull the pieces together and make the whole thing make common sense nationwide by starting TRAILER TRAIN Corporation. That was 50 years ago.<< To which Tony Thompson replies: " Ah,

I'm Rationalizing the fleet. All kits are new in box, Assembled models are well done if I say so myself but unweathered. Contact me off line if interested. Postage is extra however it will be

Help! Help! I am desperately seeking the F28 portion of the decals put out by Railworks, with their F28 and F29 flat cars. The decal set contains both cars on one sheet. My decals were only

The UP freight car diagram for these cars was issued on or soon after 7-30-56, the diagram drawn date. The first change (B) to the drawing was made 12-2-57. The next (C) wasn't made until 8-1-69. In

Ron, they were reclassified as BI-50-1. "BC" in UP-speak means a "combination door" (plug + slider). UP always applied a car class stencil so you can be sure the repaints had them. Sorry but I

Does anyone know when UP's first class of insulated boxcars, built as B-50-45, were reclassed to BC-50-1? These were 499000-499099, built 1955. There are decent views in the UP Color

For those of you attempting to upgrade the Ribside Model's 40' boxcars with metal running boards, you might be interested to learn that Kadee's PS-1 running boards are a virtual net fit with joints

Yes. Richard Hendrickson

Yes, all grades of lubricant were shipped via rail long after the pipelines prevailed in the transportation of gasoline and the various grades of fuel oil. Dealers could store it in tanks or drum it

A new supplier from "down under" has established their website. The company's name is Hobby Master. They have several interesting and useful tools for the model builder. Their site can be

in duration of Did these far and wide tank car movements stop after the end of the war? Ed

A recent issue of TRAINS showed old Southern Ry. 40' low-side gons, now painted light blue, in recent use as idler cars on Chesapeake Bay carfloats. Scott Pitzer

Tim, You need to be very careful removing the coupler cut levers, brake staff, and the brake rod which goes under the B-end bolster. I broke these delicate parts on some of my cars that were

Thanks, Ben. I hadn't quite realized that almost until the end of the steam era, the color scheme was so straightforward (probably too many later color views of black and yellow cupolas confused me).

Thanks, Bob. I "got" it. SGL

I know that some ash service is termed "Contaminated service" due to the abrasive and corrosive nature of the ash itself. That and when combined with water it creates a combination that can (and

Tyler Turpin wrote: This was of course the State Belt Railway, owned by the state of California, not the port, though in fact the Port of San Francisco does have properties and duties of its

Tyler, why is ash-hauling "contaminated service?" These gons were used while in normal service to haul coal, rocks, scrap, all sorts of less-than-clean lading, so why is ashes so much worse

I don't have an answer. My three kits are in the box - been working on a layout and rebuilding a bathroom. ______________ J. Stephen (Steve) Sandifer mailto:steve.sandifer@... Home: 12027

The gondola in the photo ,on the LOC site, with Lackawanna tug, Cornell is a War Emergency one from World War 2. The new book `'Tugboats of New York '' has a clean version of the photo. Ben and Ted