Ed, Thanks for responding. When I first noticed that the herald on the artwork for the Athearn GN car was wrong, I wrote to Athearn to warn them of the error. They responded that their artwork was bas

Tom, Thanks for responding. I wouldn't be shocked if all the pertinent info really was tossed. I was at the PR office of the Port of Oakland one day when they were throwing out most of their old "stuf

I removed (apparently not quickly enough) my original comment (quoted below) as when I re-opened the DVD, it revealed quite nice scans. I will note that I also ordered a Brooks Locomotive catalog, and

The GN also had one of these: GN 29001. It shows up in my April 1958 ORER as a new car. It's in the January 1976 but not in the April 1980. I recall it as looking similar to the SAL cars. I wonder if

I got a set of four of these cars, and was happy to note that they each have different re-weigh data. Mine, which are the pre-55 Roman lettering with 7-8 ends are EB 2-57, GBAY 3-57, AJ 5-52, and EB 9

Anyone have opinions on the accuracy of the paint jobs on these? I'm pretty sure the Fruit Growers is wrong, but how about the others? Ed Edward Sutorik

Atlas has stated that it is a re-issue of the Branchline car. I ask about this model because I'm far from an expert in the wood-reefer field. I don't know the difference(s) between FGEX, Union, NATX..

Thanks, all, for giving me places to look for info. The billboard book sounds especially interesting. Again, thank you, Ed Edward Sutorik

From an on-line dictionary: "To shred (waste wood, for example) by machine." I'll modify that by noting that I do some work at a factory that has machines that are referred to as "hoggers". They turn

Over on the MR forum, someone posted a couple photos of a brass model of a triple hopper that has those "bulge out" panels between the vertical side ribs. Here's a shot: http://media.photobucket.com/i

The picture in Mainline Modeler shows a car with peaked dreadnaught ends. The model has plain flat ones. Did C&O have the latter version mixed in with the former? Ed Edward Sutorik

It's been suggested that it would be nice if Evergreen made hat section. Can anyone supply drawings and/or dimensions for this? I wonder also how standardized hat section was. Any opinions? Are there

I made something like this to shape aluminum. In my case, I made it of steel and in two pieces. I chose the two-piece method because I didn't think there'd be a chance in hell in doing the "draw" in a

I have recently spoken to an Evergreen rep (hence my topic). Everything they MAKE is sawn/milled. The sheet, of course, is not. The rods and tubes are certainly not. The half and quarter rounds are a

Walthers is listing these only as 6-packs. While I could see buying one, maybe two, six is too many. Too bad. I note that Walthers lists no single HO freight cars from True Line. If True Line is inten

Re: How those doors work. It appears to me that there are two sets of three doors on this side of the car. If you compare how the links are wound around (or not, as the case may be) the shaft, you'll

Rob, I doubt there was a standard distance. The only reason to be concerned was that a brakeman could make it between two cars on the roofwalks/running boards/whatever they were/are. Other than that,

Thom must be in the backyard putting shrimp on the barby. Until he shows up, I'll move this along a bit farther. Here's a model that would do perfectly: http://www.trainmaster.ch/X-195.htm It was buil

This is along the lines of prevention rather than treatment, but I found that when I stopped smoking, the permadust problem went away. For me. With that, I determined that if I ever had a "$10 million

I responded to this request and instantly received spam in response. Ed Edward Sutorik