Ben, Thank you very much, due to all the re-numbering of these cars it was very difficult for me to follow them through the ORER's I own you a Beer or two if you ever make it down here. Thanks again,

Thankyou Chet & Tim, I was going to model the Wabash 37093 and then I worked out it is a 33' or 34' IL panel hopper! So it looks like there were no USRA panel side hopper left in service by '58. Thank

I'm modeling 1958 and would like to model a USRA panel side hopper. I haven't been able find any photographic evidence that any USRA (30'6"inside length) panel side cars existed this late. Can anyone

Thank you Tony and Dennis for your help on this, I'm now ready to put a razor saw to some doors! Brett Whelan Australia. __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 20

Tony thank you for your reply, So if the 6' Youngstown door is 6 feet, 4-5/8 inches wide,would the others then be: 7' Youngstown = 7 feet, 4-5/8 inches wide. 8' Youngstown = 8 feet, 4-5/8 inches wide.

I'm currently re-building some PS-1's in O scale and I need to kit-bash some doors to match the prototypes I'm modeling. Can anybody please tell me what the correct overall width of the following type

Gene and AT, San Juan is going to doing a roller bearing ASF A-3!! Roll on I say! Brett Whelan - P.48 Australia __________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. T

Thanks for the reply Richard, Looks like it is yet another freight car that is due for a bath of scalecoat paint remover! Brett Whelan Melbourne Australia. Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 08:59:45 -0700 From:

The recent talk about type 27 tank cars has fired me up to complete a IM Type 27, 8,000 gallon, tank car, "O" scale kit I have. The model is UTLX 992 Does anybody know if this is correct? I can't find

Yes Pieter it is an excellent article, it inspired me to build one too. Gene uses CofG decals by Greg Komar which I believe are available in HO as well. Brett Whelan Australia. --- pieter_roos <pieter

Thanks Gene Green, Tim, & Gene Deimling, For your help on this Brett Whelan Australia. --- cf5250 <timboconnor@...> wrote: __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tir

Hi Tim and Group Does Mark Vaughan make decals? and if so, does he do these in O scale? Thanks, Brett Whelan Australia Mark Vaughan does lettering for all three M&StL paint schemes - box car red with

Hi guys, I've start work on a B&M PS-4. I'm going to make some ALPS decals and need some help with the wording that I can't make out from the unloaded photo's. The photo is from the excellent article

Tim and Ted, You could be right the hand brake wheel in the photo of the car has 5 spokes and a ring evenly spaced between the rim of the wheel and the center of the rim. The members of the wheel are

Hi Group, I have just uploaded part of a picture that was in Mont's article on IHB boxcars in MM Oct 03. Has anybody got any ideas on what handbrake this could be? Thanks Brett in OZ. ________________

Thanks to Tim and Ed, This is where I'm at- Morton brake step. 3) all had wood running boards Anymore information out there guys? Thanks, Brett Whelan Australia. PS. I've included pasted emails that f

Hi Guys, A couple of months back I posted a question about brake mechanisms for NYC, P&LE & IHB on AAR 1937 10' IH cars. Jeff Engish gave me an excellent reply (see below), but was unable to help with

Hi Guys, This car has a different door and door running system, note the bottom rail, and the position of the door guides Has anybody got any information, plans etc.. for the Youngstown door, hardware

Hi Mike, So would of it of been common to see some cars with some of the boards replaced painted and the other running boards on the car with no paint on them (either not painted at all or flaked off)

Ed, Thank you for your detailed reply. When will this new book be out? Thanks again Brett Whelan --- Ed Hawkins <hawk0621@...> wrote: __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New an