Fred, Careful with the assumptions. Since this is a tank car, it may not have been reweighed when the logo was painted onto it. Thus the reweight of 6-47 is not an accurate indication of the date of t

One more possible platform would be Yarmouth YMW-370 http://www.yarmouthmodelworks.com/index.php/Products/YMW-370 Regards, Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

Obviously, many of you missed my PRR N4 cabin car clinic at Prototype Rails, Cocoa Beach. I spent about the 1st 1/3 of the hour addressing the "bobber problem". This is well spelled out, with respect

Doug, Clark, Folks, When the “Iron Modeler” concept first came up, as I recall we had several ideas in play. The first would be that at a meet like Prototype Rails, we would have a head to head “compe

Charlie, We’ve discussed aspects of the Barrett fleet extensively here over the years. A search of the archives for “Barrett” will get you there and adding “Tarvia” may help narrow it down. As for thi

Ron, Seriously? A couple of points. First, with respect to contests. If that's your thing, fine, but it's never been mine. While I certainly appreciate feedback on my models, I have never built them t

Brian, I've also had good luck creating chalk marks with gel pens. Regards, Bruce Smith Auburn, Al

Ken, Unfortunately, the Moloco axle length is 1.005" which is pretty much useless for most of the axle needs I have (lots of Bowser, which needs 1.020 to 1.035" axles so as not to be too sloppy). Rega

Folks, With my prior stock of Rapido HO code 88 wheelsets exhausted, and no sign of those sets being restocked, or of my favorite Reboxx ever being made again, what are y'all using for replacement whe

Clark, It might have been used on mixed trains as a caboose, but it also could have been used on branchline passenger trains as a passenger-baggage-mail car. The PRR had at least a couple of classes o

Bob, Most commercial constuction equipment would have been sent on flat cars, including cranes, shovels, backhoes, graders, as well as many construction trucks, such as dump trucks. Commercial Ag mach

Bill, Yes, the car may be perfectly symmetrical, or at least without an obvious difference between the ends. So, just as you have an issue figuring it out, it is critical that service folks be able fi

Haha! Those are paint! There was a question about these many years ago on the list (2008), which appears not to have been answered. They were likely some internal C&O code or marking for some reason.

Bob, Nelson, I'll second that and note that I I'll happily do most in the "expected" level of paint and weathering and then the odd one, so Nelson, I'd go with paint some but not others and adjust wea

Nelson, There is no precise answer to this question. A wreck repair might result in a repaint 6 months after building. Aggressive freight car repainting schedules would start at 4-5 years, and some mi

Folks, I've been following this thread, mostly because I'm puzzled by the original QC instructions. There is no need at all for two trainlines, even with the car having two reservoirs, AB valves, and

The flat car is almost certainly Watervliet Arsenal #1 and the barrel was made for the Army at Watervliet Arsenal. Regards, Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

Gene, HiTech, unequivocally, as they will not break or fall off. Regards, Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

Dennis, Folks, The bearings are available as a separate part https://www.tichytraingroup.com/Shop/tabid/91/c/trucks/p/3059-bearings/Default.aspx Regards, Bruce Smith Auburn AL From: <main@...

I definitely had to upgrade my compressor when I bought a North Coast Engineering grit blaster. Both capacity and flow are important variables. I too typically grit blast at around 60 PSI, both with b