Hello Bruce, many thanks for this explanation! Actually it was another member who said to me that the size of this model is too large and I believe him as he knows much more about freight cars than I,

Hello Craig, to make all the confusion complete, I am sure you are speaking of this car: https://brasstrains.com/Classic/Product/Detail/109632/HO-Brass-Model-OMI-3230-GATC-10-000-Gallon-Tank-Car-Insul

Jello Jon, I suppose it's this one?: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Overland-3131-HO-BRASS-ACF-8-000-Gal-Double-Dome-Tank-Car-Unpainted-EX-Box/392901430442?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m14

So true, Tim. Unfortunately. And don't forget the destruction of habitat and the impact to the fauna before the excessive and thoughtless one-time usage of the wood (and other things). Usually this ha

Hello Bob, no, the "battleships" were 12-wheelers and MUCH larger. Johannes Gesendet: Donnerstag, 09. Juli 2020 um 18:55 Uhr Von: "Bob Chaparro via groups.io" <chiefbobbb@...> An: ma

Bud, Tony, Bruce, and others, when I started to model US prototypes more than 20 years ago I definitely wanted to run 100+ car trains with only one (larger) steam engine because this was reality for d

Great footage! Even the very first one looks spectacular! The silhouette makes me guess the engine is a NP 4-6-6-4 - what would I give to have been near the track during this run-by, or in the cab...

Hello friends, here is a video showing the SANTA FE at war: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggVR4nZ6OeY The run-by at 7:20 has 3 of the distinctive large C&IM coal gondolas. I don't doubt that these c

Hello Peter, thanks to you, too. >> I don’t have everything you may need since my New Haven “ends” in 1959. << 1959 is already too late - so your link most likely includes everything I would want to k

Bruce, your are right, of course. I still have to lot a learn, uhm , to learn a lot... :-) Regarding these nice cars nonetheless it's now clear I have to resist - maybe I could stretch my mind up to 1

Hello Richard, many thanks. With your reply I did some googling and found this: https://brasstrains.com/classic/Product/Detail/033503/HO-CCI-NH-New-Haven-Insulated-Box-Car-45071 Apparently what you ar

Hello friends, I consider purchasing this model: https://www.brasstrains.com/Classic/Product/Detail/117375/HO-Brass-Model-CCI---Railworks-Crown-Custom-Imports-CCI-262-NH---BAR-New-Haven---Bangor-Arast

Hello Claus, many thanks for the link - but I have to say that this time the ship is much more interesting than the freight cars...! Regards Johannes Modeling the early post-war years up to about 1953

Bob, many thanks for that link. I can't get enough of photo and film material of the good old steam days. NKP made excellent and very profitable use of its steam engines. For a rr mostly in flat land

>> I would love to know it anyone has ever done this surgery and would love even more to see their results. << Hello Bill, I did this 20 years ago, see attached pic. I found out that the side pieces a

Hello Dave, as others already mentioned, brasstrains.com is very nice in every way (although SOME of their pricing is VERY odd - it helps when you already have some knowledge about brass), but I am su

This of course is very true, Bruce. I suspect both trucks and wheelsets come from the same company (in China or South Korea) and the wheel sets are nickel plated as is usual in the brass business. Of

Hello Bruce, I would think that Intermountain wheel sets would fit nicely, e. g. (Or just email Mr Davis and ask for axle length.) For someone considering to spend $40 for a pair of freight car trucks

Hello Dan, don't know if it was there (but I believe), but I remember the story of using some of these cars for scrap iron movements. Someone said that the cars in that service were WAY overloaded - w

Bob, having built and repaired lots of (steam locomotive) boilers a long time ago, I wouldn't say these boilers are very large. Even by allowing a certain surcharge to the wall thickness (don't know t