I've got one of the Micro Lux drill presses. My big complaint with it is that the return spring is too strong--I can't feel the feed for small bits. I figure there might be a way to dial the spring ba

These brass bearing inserts might be very useful for trucks made with soft metal sideframes. I think the old Red Ball/Cape Line trucks were made with soft metal. The Brits may well still be producing

Tony, Thank you for posting this; and, Richard, thank you for putting the info together and sharing. It is very useful to have clear photographs of the various trucks and to have then arrayed in a log

Page 77 of RP Cyc 24 shows a rebuilt ACL car with ladders. And that little stripey dotty strip (the correct technical description) on the bottom of the sides. It's dated 1959. Ed Edward Sutorik

Volume 24 of the RP Cyc has an article on these cars. I believe from information therein, that ONLY cars from ACL, C&WC, DT&I, EJ&E, and Frisco MIGHT be modeled by the Atlas cars. All others need not

But wait, there's more. This announcement is the same as one from April 3, 2012. So, if you ordered cars back then, cease and desist ordering again. Ed Edward Sutorik

It appears that, if one accepts the shallow side sill modeling, that the ACL and someday-to-be-produced Frisco cars ARE credible models of the prototype. Or am I missing something else. Ed Edward Suto

These bad boys were discussed in a topic starting with message 97443 on February 8, 2011: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/message/97443 I was so impressed with the lead-in photo I copied it for my

An interesting bit from the MR forum: There was a Carstens reefer. A full size one. Maybe more than one. Anyway, there's a photo on this site (about 3/4 page down) http://sbiii.com/rr4.html If we're f

I figure there's only an ice bunker at one end because I only see an ice hatch on one end. If there were ceiling tracks in the car and there were "track switches", then it would make sense that the do

Jeff, Maybe you can sand the run down??? Ed Edward Sutorik

I found the drawing of T.C.R.L. 108. It shows the right side. The photo of 109 shows the left side. The car numbering implies they're in a series. Maybe. Anyway, if I'm seeing both sides of the car, t

I did a google search for "reporting marks" "carstens packing" and turned up a page in the February 1919 ORER. Carstens showed a series 101-108 (5 cars) as refrigerator cars with an internal length of

This GN safety film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqpayZ2JqlU shot in the forties has a goodly amount of freight cars in it. Imagine that! There's demonstrations on the right and wrong way to operate

Variable density tunnel" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_Density_Tunnel Not at all what I was trying to conjure--mine had something to do with hyperspace. Ed Edward Sutorik

Yup. WIMP's would go in varible density tunnels. Knew it all along. Ed Edward Sutorik

Now THAT would be fun to see in resin! Ed Edward Sutorik

The Erie car will have Buckeye ends, see link: http://www.atlasrr.com/Images/HOFreightCars/ho1932boxcar/1108/20000324_TQ.jpg Ed Edward Sutorik

Here's an interesting link illustrating the cars: http://www.ttnut.com/1937-aar-standard-design-boxcar-survey-t1203-10.html Ed Edward Sutorik

This happens to me, too, on occasion. Seemingly by random selection. I'm using Safari. Also, sometimes messages don't open when I click on them. I can copy and paste and then it works. Gee, just imagi