Group, Does anybody have more information on the Railshops PRR H31A? They were not at Naperville this year and I was really hoping they would come to market with these. The samples last year were wond

Elden, My mistake on the designation. H30A should be the one. And many thanks for the replies. Very glad to hear this kit is still on the way. Eric Mumper

Group, This should open up a giant can of worms especially since I do not have something to start this idea off. After the discussions of mini-kits, how about having a mini-kit folder in the files sec

Group, Since I have yet to purchase a grit blaster, the last time I was faced with the problem of painting truck frames I used SoftScrub on them applied with an old toothbrush. The process did not app

Claus, Maybe I can help a little with this. I have 2 poor photocopies of what appears to be a series of publicity photos taken at The Anthony Company plant in Streator, Illinois. Once I find somebody

Claus, The photocopies I have are actually clear enough to confirm the lever handbrake. Eric Mumper

Group, Are there any manufacturers of brass AB brake sets in HO anymore? The old Cal-Scale set is only in plastic now. I really only need the 3 major components (AB valve, reservoir, and cylinder) for

Andy, Thanks for the suggestion. I was about to order the catalog and then remembered I have Walthers catalogs that are old enough that the PSC stuff is illustrated (an amazing 19 pages in the 1998 ca

Group, Does anyone have pictures of Seaboard Air Line 1958 cuft covered hoppers in the 7600 to 8649 range? I would like to see if they are close to the new Intermountain car to see if they can be conv

Group, Is there a good photo of the Pullman locking bar out there somewhere? Does not matter what roadname or where. Also, does anyone have leads on where to find Microscale 87-1007? These are out of

Group, In my quest to reequip the entire railroad with Intermountain covered hoppers, I have a question about one of the paint schemes and was hoping someone has the information handy. C&EI painted ho

Group, I am currently working on a Sunshine PRR G24 resheathed with steel sides for a 1954 era layout which means it would have AB brakes. Looking at the pictures in TKM and the Sunshine PDS it looks

Group, Since there were no takers on the previous request, would someone with the Precision Scale HO G24 please let me know where the brake equipment is located on that car. The reservoir looks to be

Rich and Elden, Thank you very much for the reply. This is going in the "it's enough information to complete the model" file. Since I now need these type of gons to ship silica sand (GS, G22, G24, G29

John, If these are the same Andrews trucks used on the USRA gons, then use them with caution. I tried some of these on some resin gon projects and found the top of the sideframes sit too high relative

Group, I should probably know this, but I would like to get some opinions on what NBW castings you would use for a project. I need to replace the end ladder stiles for the Speedwitch Wabash car (109.3

Group, The new Intermountain ACL LO in HO have just arrived and look good with the new latching wires and the hatches turned 90degrees. The information I have (Lines South 4th Qtr 1998 by Larry Goolsb

Brian, The trucks under the Intermountain ACF 70T 1958 cuft covered hopper may fit the bill. If you would like some, let me know since I am accumulating quite a collection of them as they look nothing

Group, A while back there was a discussion about painting freight cars. I took pictures of my method in case it helps somebody out. I prefer to paint and weather the whole car at once. The holders are

Group, Doing some research on CB&Q 70T cars built in the early 50s shows them riding on their no. 73 truck as shown in the picture on the link: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=765