Brian, Assuming that its cars were built in Canada, yes, they would be subject to the same rules. The TH&B was a Canadian railway, even if half owned by a US one. Gregg Mahlkov

All the recent discussion on the rules involving Canadian freight cars has brought a question to my mind. The TH&B was owned 50-50 by the NYC and CP. Were the TH&B boxcars subject to the same rules

Did the CGW ARA boxcars have vertical hand brake or a horizontal hand brake? I can't tell from the photo in the April 1987 issue of Model Railroading. Brian J Carlson P.E. Cheektowaga NY

That's a bit premature. C&O was still using inverse corrugated ends through the mid-1920s, and there are other occasional examples. David Thompson

Richard Hendrickson wrote Richard, according to my notes, MP 120000-121749 36' box cars were built in 1926 with inverse Murphy ends, and UP 99500-99999 G-50-9 gondolas were built in 1925 with inverse

Pete, inverse Murphy corrugated ends were largely a pre-World-War-I design. Murphy ends with the corrugations stamped outward rather than inward appeared in the mid-teens, were applied to all three

Detail Associates (and Grandt Line, same tool) AB brake sets come with a highly detailed retainer valve that is cast with a hole for .008 wire. I just glue the wire into the retainer valve, and that

Richard, I fully understand the "just stock me up" situation. Fortunately we do a lot of special orders and stock the shop like we are modelers, oh yeah, we are!!! We also happen to have a lot

P 344 of Vol.II of The Northwest's Own Railway features a picture of a Great Northern 0-6 2-8-2 on the line between Klamath Falls and Bend, Oregon with 4 DRGW 47 gondolas, two of which have side

correction: Dan HALL (not Dan Smith) <midcentury@...> -Andy Carlson

I have received some large file (1.2MB) close-ups of Dan Smith's new doors. Ask for which image you want in the subject line, and I will send a copy. Looks real good to me. -Andy Carlson

David Ball wrote: To be certain of this would require going through all 4700 car cards, not all of which survive; but the cars were just coming due for what PFE believed was the proper interval

Hi Guys Does anyone know approximately what proportion of the PFE R-40-10 fleet was still in their original paint in the summer of 1948? Thanks David Ball

Denny, Your local hobby shop also needs the $20.00 PSC minimum and most need just that one more customer so they too can get their order placed for you and all the other guys waiting. Chuck

I'm trying to determine when CP rebuilt its double sheathed boxcars with the Reverse Murphy ends. CP build double sheathed cars up until 1928. Would these likely have been built with the steel ends?

Denny; Those things are tough! I use visors to see them, and keep track of them in placement. The ones I like best are the resin ones that come in many kits, which have flat backs that can be

Hi Denny, I use PSC retainer valves too. I drill into them from the bottom with a no. 80 bit to open them up for the pipe - with bright lights and lots of magnification! Twenty bucks would buy a lot

I often finesse the modeling of retainer valves because of my common personal inability to actually < < < see > and/or < orient > this tiny detail part, or actually grasp the part with any tool so

Hi Storey, I saw your E-Bay purchase. Thank you very much. I am awaiting shippment of the DVD's from the Duplicator, and will be shipping them within a week. Please feel free to contact me if you

Scott, I tried to contact you directly, but your server refused my return address. Reference eBay #6004424643. Please contact me offline if you have any questions. Storey Lindsay Celje, Slovenia