rob the magnet raises the internal bb to unlock the knuckle, but does not open the knuckle. when you pull away with whatever the unlocked coupler knuckle will open but the other coupler knuckle will

Gene the initial issues of the Kadee 58 and 78 couplers had a gap between the knuckle and the rest of the coupler head. Made them look strange. I have a bunch of cars that have gaps, but I still like

Denny, First, thanks for the useful information (repeated below). Second, to those of you who are more familiar with the two couplers being discussed, I apologize in advance for wasting your time

Correction - missing a crucial "out" - should read "it seems to me that once the magnet is held Rob

Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems to me that once the magnet is held close enough to raise the internal ball lock, a little loco power in reverse would uncouple the cars with the modeller

I have Used the D&G trucks on quite a few models of passenger cars and I really like them. They are truly works of art from any perspective; aesthetic AND operational. Demetre Argiro

Hi folks, I am pleased to announce that I have just wrapped up production on a DVD entitled "Building Craftsman Structure Kits". If you've never built a craftsman structure kit, and always wanted to,

In a message dated 10/8/2005 7:07:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ehansmann@... writes: While there is no model image, does anyone else find it odd that the lettering images for the car are NOT

Ben Hom wrote: Recently, I wrote my contact in Walthers product development regarding these and other lettering diagrams now used to illustrate available paint schemes. These almost always contain

Denny Anspach wrote: The recent interesting thread on scale couplers and boxes and their applications motivated me to do some measurements and experimentation today on two new-in-box Fifth Avenue

I forgot to say that J.P., Ralph and John will be at Naperville in a few weeks and you all will have a chance to persue these subjects further then. Perhaps by that time, John may have had a chance

Bryan, John and List members, Saturday afternoon I attended the Great Scale Train Show at Timonium Maryland. While there, I was able to speak with the folks at Reboxx. Here are some answers that

Some 20 years ago, I experimented with replacing Kadee truck springs with Kadee #5/10 knuckle coupler springs. They really flexed on a light weight wood model. I ran the car with no derailments but

Brian, If you are going to Naperville look me up. I modified a couple of cars for Mike Spoor and myself per a photo supplied by Dick Harley. We did a clinic on modeling the wood PFE cars in the

This is exactly the sort of data I would like to find on industries local to this area (C&O/West Virginia). Where could it be obtained? Where did you get your info? I haven't followed this thread as I

I have the tichy kit for an R-40-4, and will get to building it over the winter. Before I start i wanted to check my facts. According to the Thompson, Church and Jones, PFE book, R-40-4 were both

More outbound car movements from the Swift & Co soy bean processing facility in Frankfort, Ind. DATE CAR LOAD ROUTING 1-21-49 GATX 7772 bean oil VAN

Well, P, I can't see them as well as I used to be able to. 57 isn't just Heinz's varieties! SGL Schuyler G Larrabee, in case Yahoo mail doesn't disclose the name of the sender . . .

Roger Parry wrote: "I am truly sorry BUT, what are youall talking about? I am somewhat new to this list but have no idea what all this is about. Can someone fill me in??" Roger, go to the message

Eric Hansmann wrote: "I knew it was an N6b, and I thought I typed N6b as well....but check the link and compare the proto image of the N6b with the lettering images. Those lettering images are not N6b