Ken Hahahaha!! Sometime about 30 years ago I realized that if I bought a good drill press it would eventually pay for itself in tiny drill bits !! It's been pretty rare now for years for me to break a

12-30-1950 from 1951 CBC -- 2,032,966 (includes 262,983 non railroad owned) 12-31-1959 from 1961 CBC -- 1,999,993 (includes 272,242 non railroad owned) Tim O'Connor

Here's the correct link for the roller bearing conversion https://platecmp.com/index.php/product/4005-02/

I just received my order for two types of trucks from Plate C - they are better than these pictures show! I can hardly believe the fine detail on the Chryslers. The trucks include .088 wheel sets and

But Dennis -- in the Car Builder Cyclopedias several sideframe manufacturers continue to distinguish between integral and pedestal type journals in their advertising (their terminology). And as I note

Not just roller bearings, but I have photos of revenue freight cars with Andrews plain bearing trucks in the 1960's. I think someone got confused about the ban on T and L section side frames which I t

here's a better illustration - Bill Welch's model from 2019

Microscale 87-975 - I think the artwork, or at least the data, was provided by Richard Hendrickson I did this car as an explosives load about 25 years ago... for a defunct club

Way back when I learned that PRR "DGLE" was just a black & yellow mixture, which she points out in the video makes "green". And this is also how Pullman Green and other green colors are made, just by

what brand of pencils did you buy? I don't recall hearing about these before. Fine job on that car! I especially like the tack boards. :-)

Indeed by the 1950's air pollution had become a major issue in southern California (which is why the SP and other railroads prematurely had to cease steam operations in the LA basin). These Pacific El

It appears to be a non-insulated tank car. Am I right to assume this means the car would be used for vinegar rather than table wine?

lol - no sorry I missed that meet I assumed we were only talking about the Branchline 1937 AAR kits and not the postwar cars since those are not relevant to Charlie's question

Brian Why is that relevant? The IHB cars had W-corner ends for both types of car.

Ben I didn't follow that exactly -- what do you mean by "earlier design" for the 730-B ? The 729-B's were the 10-0 cars The 730-B's were the 10-6 cars You're right the 729 is IMWX/RedCaboose/Branchlin

When Kadee began making the PS-1 they often used the wrong brake wheel, running board, and/or trucks because they didn't have them. Now they have more choices, or you can turn to other sources for tho

I think - from photos only - that new SSW freight cars had black trucks in that time period. Even though I have hundreds of images of SSW box cars, I have seen very few builder photos.

That was my first thought, but I also thought maybe Mojave or near Tehachapi ?

Ed, my mistake ! I was looking at the "inside length" of 52-5 but the "outside length" is 53-6. This 1959 ORER listing shows that 5 of the cars were still plain open deck cars, while the others all re

Brian YES !!! That's it. Thanks, I'd never seen it from above. Look at the sharp radius on that curve !