Group: I made one of the tools from scrap and it works great. I made one change by cut with a saw a grove in one side at each top grove helps hold the wire in place. I also pebend with plires the wire

Clark There is a article in MR January 1998 pp. 94-97 about building a NKP 50 foot car that might help you. Don Ford Kanab ut ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Tue, Nove

Group Iam sorry i don't know who I am sending this message to because I hit the wrong key and lost the original but PRR 81945 was a Class X41a built in the late 40s, 46 or 47 they were 50'-6" IL and 1

George There is a picture of #37072 in the March 1993 Railmodel Journal on page 6 Don Ford Kanab UT

Tim my records show they were bought second had from Wilcox Company in Chicago IL in 1930. Nice photo staff hand brake and ck out the location of the AB brake air tank. Don Ford Kanab UT _____________

I found an Old & Weary Wallde Coal Company hopper that I had forgotten about. It was a gift and the person who gave it thought it was CUTE! Is it for real? The WDLX reporting marks were used in 1/1952

Thanks for the info on the Waddell hoppers. From the photo it looks like the near car has Wine door locks. My first question to self was where is the train line? The far car has the "A" end facing and

Group I still have my first real car kit. It was a Varney paper side of C&EI steel boxcar. Cost $1.90 list. It was a lot better than my other cars and loco which came from Kix cearel boxs. They were p

Group Uncovering more old stuff that needs to be finished. Can anyone give me the color scheme on the ACF Unicel Reefer built in 1951. I have an old Amborid car that needs painted. The instructions do

Richard I got out that article and went into my files and the only car that seems to be close to the ACF car is the Nickel Plate car as it has the same side lill with no tabs and the same ends. Lookin

Peter I read your post about CT and Paniesville and Fraiport Harbor and the Western Reserve. Let me add that area is also known as the "Fire Lands" because after the revelution that area was granted t

I like to finish a car but somethine get stuck on the details detailing a hobbline quad hopper almost finished but can't find a picture of the sid with the train air line or was it run done the center

Fred I have 3 more on the shelf way back on the shelf Don Ford Modeling the PRR C&P in Utah where the nearest RR track is 100 miles away Kanab UT ________________________________ To: STMFC@yahoogroups

Denny The SPF's will jump on this Here is what info I have on these cars: Nos. 254251-255575 254251-254350 100 built May 1935 254351-254650 300 built April & May 1936 254651-254950 300 built March –Ju

Does anyone know if the train air line runs along the side or down the center sill of the 41000 quad hoppers. My two photos are of the other side, it is not shown in Chuck Yungkurth drawing or is it s

Al Thanks I thought that was it becaquse of the era that they were built the air line in the center sill was common practice. They probley started to put the line on the outside when labor costes beam

Tim Yes they had dimples or depresions in the slope heets, and the comsosite cars had upside down pans fastened the the composie slope sheets if I read Chuck Y's drawings rite. Both the photos in the

Group Lets see these are my changes, Air Hose, hand brake wheel, hand grabs, ladder rungs, door size, door hardware, running board lateral brackets, running board too high off roof. All that and save

Chuck The PRR had some G27 gons cut down to flats that the frames could be stacked on top of each other and loaded and unloaded with a fork truck. Class FG27 There is also part of a picture of a NYC f

Lester I used the Red Caboose bracket grabs on all of my X31 and sub classes plus the X32 and X33a Bowser cars. They are a little shorter and fit the car better as I see it. They are Red Caboose part