Hello Bruce, beautyful car! Are these trucks the good old Athearn or something different? (They seem to look sharper but also lack brake shoes.) Many greetings Johannes Modeling the early post-war yea

Gary, there are no open cuts! The inside vertical ribs are coming THROUGH the side wall at that area, and they are still vertical, and what you think are cuts are just the shadows of those ribs. Greet

Wow, what a photo! And at the far right there are two people thoughtless directly under the flying box car... Johannes Modeling the early post-war years up to about 1953 Gesendet: Samstag, 28. Novembe

When I see the bulbous end I think loading/ unloading must have been very rough... ;-) Johannes Modeling the early postwar years up to about 1953 Gesendet: Freitag, 20. November 2020 um 17:13 Uhr Von:

Thanks for this hint, Todd! Best regards Johannes Modeling the early post-war years up to about 1953 Gesendet: Montag, 19. Oktober 2020 um 21:35 Uhr Von: "Todd Sullivan via groups.io" <sullivant41=yah

Hello Bob, either you or another member posted this link/ photo about a year ago. The gondola is more interesting, at least for me. The vertical side posts are arranged with different spacing which I

10, but what is the connection to freight cars? Johannes Modeling the early post-war years up to about 1953 Gesendet: Donnerstag, 15. Oktober 2020 um 17:44 Uhr Von: "Scott" <repairman87@...> A

Many thanks, Bruce! Of course there isn't a brass model of these (otherwise I probably would know or even already have it :-)) Though 750 cars is a small series for a railroad empire like PRR, in my e

What a beautyful car! Would love to have a (brass) model of it. How many were built, and for how long were they used? Many thanks and greetings Johannes Modeling the early post-war years up to about 1

Also to you many thanks, James! Johannes Modeling the early post-war years up to about 1953 Gesendet: Mittwoch, 09. September 2020 um 22:05 Uhr Von: "James SANDIFER" <steve.sandifer@...> An:

Many thanks, Ted! Seems that I have to have such a car one day... Johannes Modeling the early post-war years up to about 1953 Gesendet: Mittwoch, 09. September 2020 um 21:00 Uhr Von: "Ted Schnepf" <ra

Hello Gary and all, since several years I have an eye on these nice W&R models - but something lets me think that the prototypes were used exclusively or almost exclusively in MOW service - so they us

Know that trick. Probably will do it on the coal gondolas. Nonetheless many thanks for the reminder. For more "ordinary" trucks the list goes on: - finding new .88 wheel sets - grinding away the brake

Hello Tony, this is certainly true. I remember some late run Challenger Imports, OMI and W&R cars running fine out of the box. But unfortunately these trucks didn't have Code-88 wheels, the brake shoe

I converted most to Tahoe and Kato trucks (and a few Bowser Crown for a couple PRR cars) which made them quieter and better running. But remember that freight trains definitely were not quiet during t

Hello friends, when I saw the car in this clean condition and realized that 12-wheel "battleship" gondola in the back ground in about same condition I think it could have been some promoting event to

Not sold, still available both at ebay (link below) and directly at TRAINZ: https://www.trainz.com/products/overland-3131-ho-brass-acf-8-000-gal-double-dome-tank-car-unpainted-ex-box Johannes Gesendet

Upps, sorry, this is the GATC: https://brasstrains.com/Classic/Product/Detail/109632/HO-Brass-Model-OMI-3230-GATC-10-000-Gallon-Tank-Car-Insulated-Double-Dome-Built-1930-Unpainted-1991-Run-Ajin Gesend

Do you mean the one we were originally discussing? I can see the brake wheel right at the first photo, right side: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Overland-3131-HO-BRASS-ACF-8-000-Gal-Double-Dome-Tank-Car-Un

Hello Jon, are the ladders on your model centered or off- center/ below one of the domes? When I searched for this model with the appropriate OMI catalog # I always got pics with two ladders on one si