the photo the car has what appears to be a replacement door of Superior type with six panels. Does anyone know approximately when the original Creco doors on M-26A's were replaced with this

Ted Culotta wrote: Ted, is this for the first batch of B-50-25 with the "wide-seam" doors, the second batch, or both? Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest

I searched in vain in Railway Age after the first introduction of the Unicel car, for any mention that the car design was EVER approved by AAR for interchange, and found nothing, despite their

Most were 10K gal., both insulated and non-insulated, but some were 12K gal. I think that's mostly a historical accident; during the period when Texaco was partial to Dalmans, they weren't buying 8K

Richard--Of the Texaco cars with Dalman trucks, aren't they all 10,000 gallon tanks? And were any equipped with Barber Lateral Motion bolsters? Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

You're a bit confused here, Brian. ASF made a variety of different ARA/ARA spec. trucks, but the ASF A-3s were all "Ride Control" trucks with built-in bolster snubbers. A couple of distinctive

Several series of TCX cars ordered by Texaco from AC&F ca. 1929-1930, both insulated and non-insulated, had Dalman two level trucks. I have a number of photos besides the ones in the RMJ

On the contrary, the consent provision only made it possible for cars in assigned service to go a short distance off-line on an adjoining RR if their mechanical equipment was out of date. Cars in

Aidrian Bridgeman-Sutton's extensive observations on this subject are right on, and obviously based on both thoughtful consideration and extensive experience. I agree wholeheartedly with both his

I am building a model of one of the NKP/WLE 78000 series 70 ton hoppers in HO. The Spring 1993 issue of the NKHTS magazine contained an article on these cars. The text and NKP diagram I have state

Rupert, To somewhat answer your questions, all US, Canadian, and Mexican railroad subscribed to the Association of American Railroads Car Service Rules, Car Hire Rules, and Interchange Rules, which

I will be producing (4) O scale Southern trackside signs over the next few months. These will be based on comments provided by modelers and dealers, so here's your chance to be on the ground floor in

I was looking at Richard Hendrickson's article on insulated tank cars in the Nov. 2005 RMJ and noted the 2 Texaco cars and the GATX former Texaco car had Dalman 2 level trucks. I know making

There have been numerous posts on when certain equipment such as arch-bar trucks and K brakes were banned from interchange, and the fact that freight cars so equipped could go off-line only if the

List, Since there has been so much discussion of the treatment (or non-treatment) of freight car flooring and the modeling thereof, thought I'd share a "quick and dirty" method of modeling a

Gene writes: "Bill Mc Clung's, Red Caboose, revision of a refrigerator car was a one-time thing. Bill will never repeat it, so he insists, and neither will any other manufacturer. Once made and

Sounds like you all had a great time. I want to thank Dave Hussey for taking and sharing the model photos with those of us who couldn't make it. I plan to make this event one of my winter trips

I responded to Tim off list. These sorts of discussions don't advance the cause of modeling. I am sorry for my contribution to this diversion from the real purpose of this group. All please excuse.

Please don’t rely on other people’s formulas or recipes for weathering colours. There have been far too many really good models which have been slightly spoiled by someone simply squirting on some

While we're at a discussion of colors and being new to the group, I would be interested in hearing some recipes for general "Gunk" and "grime" colors applied to wheels, trucks and under frames