John Barber left his employment with the Northern Pacific Railway in the mid 1890s to create the Standard Car Truck Company. The purpose was to market his lateral motion device invention. (according t

Attached is a National Malleable and Steel Castings Co. ad from the Aug. 30, 1941 Railway Age, showing both their B and B-1 trucks. A noticeable difference between the two are the bolster ends. Also t

Those are National Type B. Originally offered by Proto2000 in HO. Now sold by Walthers and mislabeled as a National B-1. Brian Leppert Tahoe Model Works Carson City, NV

I don't think Youngstown and Superior doors are interchangeable, as they use different door tracks. Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

FWIW, the journal box lids on the trucks under this gondola all have a cast on foundry mark. A "B" inside a circle. That stands for the Buckeye Steel Castings Co. Brian Leppert Tahoe Model Works Carso

Ryan's company is National Scale Car. I bought a set of his door stops and happy to see how one looks. Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

As Northern Pacific is a favorite road and I have two Sunshine kits for the 10000-13999 boxcars, I wanted to add a similar truck to the Tahoe Model Works line. The closest I could find was under an Il

I think photo is attached. Brian

Very interesting end on the SSW boxcar on page 9. Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

This image is currently available on ebay. Search for "mack ac brick". Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

Oops, let's try this one https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bz_ctrHrDz4wcjJWcENpaDJYbUU/edit?pli=1 Brian Leppert Tahoe Model Works Carson City, NV

Try https://realstmfc.groups.io/g/main/topic/ho_scale_freight_car_trucks/70280275?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,70280275 Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

Tahoe Model Works e-mail is brianleppert at att dot net (change the "at" for "@" and the "dot" for "." Brian Leppert Tahoe Model Works Carson City, NV

Looks like a SP B-50-13 or 14. Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

No, Dennis, they are different underframes. Compare the vertical height of the ends of the "needle beams". On 94631 they're only a little taller than the body bolster ends. On 92238, they're much tall

I've spent too much time trying to research NP wood reefers and really wish someone else would do the job. The rooster changed over time. An example is the 92000 series. An earlier series had "steel c

So Tony, you're accusing me of making it up? Brian Leppert

Because Bill wasn't brushing off offers because he never got any. Brian Leppert

I worked for Bill Gould for about 8 years. During those years Bill's business had three people: Bill, his wife Geri and me. Business activities included lots of industrial model making, making some pa

Here's my Overland tank car. Friend Jerry Spoelma painted and weathered it. I had asked for an appearance of having carried something awful and nasty. Couldn't find those NITX reporting marks in any o