There are 5 malleable ( cast ) versions of the Ajax 22" vertical brake wheel. These would apply for most of the time period of this list. The first 2 are rare and were only applied to very early gears

Elden, That car is the classic Van Dyke tank car. Can be done with the PSC kit in 6K version. Richard did an article on the standard gauge build some time ago, someone will remember where. Dan Smith

Tim O'Connor wrote: My only question is - is the reefer an R-30-21, or an R-40-21 ? Tim, All that is certain from the photo is that this car has a built up under frame. The car can be either a 30 or 4

Tim, Short answer to your implied question, no. The move to vertical wheel geared power hand brakes was the result of the shake out of various attempts to increase braking force that was needed becaus

Group, There is no standard height for a Plate A staff hand brake but it is easy to calculate what is would be for any specific car series. Just go to an ORER and look up the series. Subtract extreme

Group, The subject of hand brakes has come up a couple of different times recently. Here are some articles that I believe anyone interested in this topic should acquire and copy for a basic reference

Bill, I am glad you have Proper Trucks under control. I need about 15 or 18 different types right now myself but 3 in particular, could you send me 6 Chrysler FR5's, 4 Symington-Gould high speed and 6

Bill, if you have any of the IM ART reefer kits, you have at least a set of the Equipco parts. Depending on paint job, you could have 2. The ART kits have an extra sprue with specific parts and hand b

Bill, I will answer your second part first. The Rapido gear and wheel from the GATC reefer they did represents an Equipco 3160 gear with an E-369 early version wheel. It is OK but not great. The gear

Hello Gene and Bill, Some additional info. Gene, you had it reversed on the cross section of the wheels, The Ureco ( U528 ) wheel c faces in, rounded side out. the Universal M2049 c faces out, rounded

I hope to stop some misinformation on this thread and maybe answer Bill's question more directly and add to modeling detail possibilities. These comments only apply to vertical wheel geared power hand

Hello Tony, The kit you mention sound like a kit done by Terry Wegmann. Back in the 90's when we used to meet for our model building sessions, I had one of Martins Lofton's wood sided ART reefers,14.x

Hello Elden, The gear on this car ( X37B ) is a Universal M 2050. The wheel is an M 2049. Intermountain did this gear as part of the ART horizontal seam reefer that was done for the MOP society as I r

After a wait of several years, I am offering the Red Caboose 70 Ton truck to the group at $3.90/pair without wheel sets. Postage will be added and for Paypal, their extra fees will be added. These tru

After a wait of several years, I am offering the Red Caboose 70 Ton truck to the group at $3.90/pair without wheel sets. Postage will be added and for Paypay, their extra fees will be added. These tru

As to the recent discussion on the CB&Q and off in the future Hi-Tech Details trucks. After a wait of several years, I am offering the Red Caboose 70 Ton truck to the group at $3.90/pair without wheel

After a wait of several years, I am offering the Red Caboose 70 Ton truck to the group at $3.90/pair without wheel sets. I do have wheels sets available ( code 88 only )@ $2.75 extra/pair of trucks. P

After a wait of several years, I am offering the Red Caboose 70 Ton truck to the group at $3.90/pair without wheel sets. I do have wheels sets available @ $2.75 extra/pair of trucks. Postage will be a

Tim, Sunshine did the B-50-13/14 ( similar cars )and the B-50-15 which was also done by Challenger. No one has ever done the B-50-16. Dan Smith

The MPHS and ARM horizontal seam car is not a retooling of the R-40-23. It is a retooling ( retooled side with other specific detail parts on separate sprue )of the PFE R-40-10. Ed Hawkins did the gru