Hi, Wondering if anyone might be able to help me a bit... I'm trying to determine what all could be modelled with a 3-bay offset-side hopper visually like the NYC 904000-904999 or PM 15000-15249 serie

NAR no, as AFAIK they never had any cars in interchange. As others have said, there are many examples of ONT/TEM, PGE, AC and TH&B cars south of 49. I would /guess/ that QC cars also got across the bo

Errors happen, sometimes many of them... ...but I'd think that in prototype modelling, something we were taught in grade 5 on how to do research would apply too: verify your information with several s

I don't know off hand if it was this number series, but I have seen colour photos of solid-black (with white lettering) C&O boxcars, which scheme dates to some time in the 1950s... going by that, I wo

I dunno, even when someone says to me "you can pick it up if you want", I'm /still/ pretty terrified of touching someone else's model. I know how I feel when I break one of my own, it would probably b

Charles Hostetler wrote: I don't know about others, but for my part I'd be interested in this and any similar thing for the AA and any other one of the Michigan regionals/short lines. PH&D especially

For what it's worth, I'd say it should be an "it depends" sort of scenario. If the car type only has one correct option for trucks, I'd say include it. But if there's a variety of correct trucks possi

Just checked, but they've got nothing for RMJ between 2000 and 2005... Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC Brian J Carlson wrote:

Ed Hawkins wrote: Went and checked, but my LHS didn't have that issue. Would someone on the list happen to have one to sell, or perhaps be willing to photocopy or scan (of course for some reimbursemen

Thanks, Ed. I'll check at my LHS and see if they've got a copy amongst their back issues. Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC Ed Hawkins wrote:

On steamfreightcars.com there are some lists that have proven very useful, of as-built info on various freight car types like 1937 AAR boxcar, 1932 ARA boxcar, etc., listing each road and number serie

Truck wishlist: a good Andrews truck... in TT! :) Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC Tim O'Connor wrote:

Rob - I don't have very many PGE stock car photos, but there are a few (some from LAC as I recall); most of the PGE photos I do have are of wood reefers (again, mostly from LAC). I haven't been, but I

I'm not at home right now so I can't check to verify, but I *think* the Pacific Great Eastern's Fowler stock cars also had the X doors. I'll check as soon as I'm able, but I would agree that TLT would

The Squadron putty I've only had any success with using it on styrene, and then only by thinning it some with Testors liquid. But more recently I discovered the Tamiya putty, which is considerably thi

I too would be interested in finding copies of these articles, same terms as Tom said (but slightly different purpose). Thanks! Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC Thomas Baker wrote:

A quick question if yous don't mind: in what cars would sugar beets have been transported in central Michigan? I'm assuming not SP beet gons! Would there have been cars specifically assigned, or would

Hi, Wondering if anyone might have any or all of these magazines that they'd sell? RMC: April 82 Mainline: May 84, Dec 84, Aug 86, Oct 86 RMJ: Nov 89 Thanks. Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC

An excellent find, Ray! This should be much appreciated north of 49 - Google Books won't allow non-US IPs to view the books, but this seems fine for me from Canada! Thanks! Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC

I've found a diagram and some side-view photos (and an almost 3/4 - 5/8?) of F34 class flats, but nothing to tell me anything about the deck. What sort of deck did these have, steel or wood? Frank Val