Al Kresse wrote: Between draft gear. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax, (510) 540-1937; e-mail, tony@s

Dave Sieber wrote: I would entirely agree. The 1800-2400 copies is right where Signature Press makes a living, and has done so for over 20 years. The SP Society usually publishes 1200-1500 copies of b

Have you looked at railroad books recently? Even 120-page softcover books are $29.95 or more. Of course there are fewer buyers for each upward increment in price, but it is vital that buyers perceive

I just picked up the Rapido reefers I reserved at my LHS. After reading some of the list messages about broken or detached parts and weights, I was worried, but promptly found that the ones I got have

Richard Hendrickson wrote: Most lettering drawings for railroads will say something like "stenciling to conform to instructions shown in Interchange Rule No. 60." Maybe Guy WIlber or someone can quote

Norm Buckhart wrote: And Rick Galazzo at TCP has been calling on other experts for color information too. I shared with him my SP color chips (Bowles Color Drifts) for SP depot colors, and can verify

Mike Bradley wrote: Athearn lists a certain amount of their parts on their web site, but MANY others are not listed, mostly because of smaller sales numbers. WHENEVER you want an Athearn part and don'

Bill Schneider wrote: I do have one car with a slightly angled reservoir, and Ed's suggestion does not fix it. It appears to me that on my car, the reservoir's support post toward the B end of the car

No one has mentioned it yet, and I don't see it as a terrible problem, but the side door latch bars on my Rapido cars must have oversize locating pins, because they are not pressed in all the way to b

Mark Feddersen wrote: I see what you mean, on one of my cars. But neither of the other two have the concave sides. And the latch bar problem is on the two which are NOT concave, so I don't believe tha

Chuck Peck wrote: I agree with you Chuck, and I know that Bill Schneider has really put a lot of work (and overcoming frustration) into these cars. But I gather from friends who are passenger car enth

I posted to my blog a description and photo of one of the new meat cars. If you're interested, it's at this link: http://modelingthesp.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-new-rapido-meat-reefers.html Tony Thomps

John Barry wrote: John, a photo of an SP depressed center flat car with a boiler, being spotted at Richmond, is in my SP Freight Cars, Vol. 5, page 364. They are boilers from Western Pipe & Steel. I c

Larry Sexton wrote: As I said, Larry, look at p.364 in my Volume 5 on SP freight cars. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (

Richard Brennan wrote: Richard is exactly right. And BTW these are low-pressure tanks, NOT anything like helium tanks. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, C

BRIAN PAUL EHNI wrote: You may be right in a practical sense, Brian, but legally you are far out to sea. "Downloadable" did not and does not mean "public domain." Rights have to be granted. I don't re

Tim O'Connor wrote: Tim, read what I said. I agree with Brian (and you) on the practical side. BUT I don't think any of us should confuse that with the legal side. Sure, probably most kinds of re-use

Tim O'Connor wrote As late as 1940, numerous photos show new tank cars with wood walkways and wood dome platforms. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94

Tim O'Connor wrote: I invite you to inspect the tank car drawings in the back of Kaminski's _AC&F Tank Cars_ book. Walks are clearly wood, called out as 1-3/4-inch minimum thickness. Tony Thompson Edi

Tim O'Connor wrote: Look again, Tim. The earlier drawings show a CROSS-SECTION of the running board with wood grain. I hope that convinces you that it is not steel. The drawing you cite is indeed a 19