I’m building two CB&Q NE-10 waycars. The version I’m building is the modification in 1947 which added an electric wheel driven generator, battery boxes on both sides, and a wagon wheel antenna for rad

I had a request to post the Reboxx 36 in. Wheel Application Chart, so here it is. Nelson Moyer

Thanks, Bob. I also received the chart directly, and I should have notified the group to save other’s the trouble. Nelson Moyer

At one time, Reboxx had wheel application charts on their web page. For some reason, I downloaded the chart for 36 in. wheels but not the chart for 33 in. wheels. I’ll be eternally grateful if someone

Thanks, Jack. The drawing of the underbody in the instructions has the brake cylinder pointing toward the long end, which is labeled Front (non-cupola) End on the drawing. For freight cars, the brake

I’m working on two waycars (Burlington usage), and I need to know which end is considered the A and B end where the cupola is offset from center. Specifically, I’m building two CB&Q NE-10 steel waycar

Or buy a bottle of Tru Color Erie Freight Car Brown, which is matched to color chips and is more brown than the red in the photo. Nelson Moyer

Precision Scale in plastic. Traveling, so don’t have part number now. Nelson Moyer

Nothing ‘wrong’ with slotted screws, but RTR cars have mostly Philips. I started with slotted because I couldn’t source 2-56 Philips in the lengths I needed locally, but as I got serious about resin b

First, thanks to all those who responded to the air reservoir question. The next issue I’ve run into is the type of grab iron on the bottom of the end grab ladder. Both the end drawing and photo of AT

Thanks, Bill. I have Sandifer’s book, and other stock cars had transverse air reservoirs, so I surmised that the Sk-O would also have them. Different roads handled KC to AB brake system conversions di

I’m building the Westerfield Sk-O kit with AB brakes, and I’d like to know if the air reservoir was mounted in line or transversely. I can’t tell for sure from the right side photo of ATSF 68093. Nels

Thanks, Al. This thread had gone dormant, and I still need information on ACY, B&O, CMO, CNW, D&TS, Frisco, GM&O, L&N, MKT, MON, MP, NKP, N&W, T&P, VGN, and WAB. Nelson Moyer

The road differences for mineral red aren't great for newly painted cars, but sun bleaching and paint oxidation lighten the paint so that it can take on an oxide shade. Then there's mineral brown used

Charlie, if Shapeways has the N scale drawings, couldn’t they scale the blade for HO? Nelson Moyer

Yes, that’s exactly what I’m looking to model. Thanks for the photos. The flat car is either a FM-11 or FM-11A. The difference is that they were separate order numberx, so once they are renumbered for

ATSF and CB&Q are two roads that used the term 'mineral red'. It comes from the red iron oxide containing rock ground into powder and used as a red paint pigment. It was available and cheap, so that's

Yes, lots of variables, that’s why I narrowed the range somewhat from 1940s to 1953. Most of the cars I need truck color on are 1932 and 1937 boxcars. Nelson Moyer

CB&Q painted trucks mineral red, and there are many others that painted trucks their boxcar color. Probably not good to generalize too broadly, especially in ALL CAPS. Nelson Moyer

What about roads that painted hoppers and gondolas red early and black later, or vice versa? Are the trucks always body color on those cars, or did some roads red cars have black trucks? I have inform