if you know the wheel spacing of the truck, take the photo tona copy.shop that has a scaleable copy machine and increase or decrease the size until you get the right size, you'll also need a scale rul

interesting track arrangment mel perry

slice & dice?

marty; good catch, they mght have been chained to the bolster, but would need a clearer picture mel perry

ryan: are you going to rerun S100? thanks mel perry

interesting, that even back then espee & atsf, had the same time schedule, to the bay area, even though atsf had a longer route, were all of atsf trains run on a "hot shot" schedule even back then? me

if you have a copy of the 5/86 MM, there's a short article re the rr design, basically it was a replacement for the bettendorf frame whose center sill was prone to cracking ;-)

that would be an interesting story? mel perry

claus: thanks for the clarafication, i think venting on the manufacture might (?), have better results, at least (?) he might wake up? ;-) mel perry

claus: ever give a thought of discussing this problem with the manufacture? as an aside, why buy a half bottle of paint, better yet why didn't the lhs spot this? just asking? ;-) mel perry

looking at all the boxcars, with no doors, i'd say this was some type of overhaul or rebuild program mel perry

could it be that the trucks have a knob, and that the casting has recesses to fit over them?, and the weight of the casting is keeping it in place, bare in mind, that this would be a special move ;-)

no drawbar or coupler? mel perry

hunt's had a huge cannery in hayward, most of it long gone, except the portion that belongs to costco's business center mel perry

while on the suject of heinz, there used to be a site dedicated to the heinz freightcars (long since disappreared), question i have is, after the 34' boxcars, were there 36' cars, the reason for the q

sure hope they build some ptotection, from the elements mel perry

garth: trains did an article sbout kaolin way back in the 90's mel perry

does anyone know the source of the t-section bettndorf truck drawings? thanks mel perry

just the tire hammer on's weights

also note the lack of the cross bearer angle? mel perry