Kadee it was than a year I use Kadee running boards on Red Caboose (IMWX) box cars. The Kadee pins line up with the RC holes. I attached the first one with CA and had a warped running board. The remai

of the Wow! Ask and ye shall receive! Thank you Messrs. Hendrickson, Greedy and Hawkins. Very helpful information. Appreciated. Gene Green

Sorry to waste your time. Answered my own question. Looks like GATC, Pressed Steel and PC&F built to the design. Second question is still on the table though. Gene Green the

Do I understand correctly that the refrigerator car design characterized by the prominent horizontal seam along the sides was built by General American? Did any other car builder build cars of this de

Look under "Abrasives" in the yellow pages to buy grit in larger but cheaper quantities. Hobby shops and the like will sell smaller quantities but at much higher price per unit. Gene Green

Dust is a real problem in El Paso anyway without using an air eraser in my layout room/MRR shop so I work out in the driveway in the morning. Cost is right and there are no size limitions. The weather

Green found any My database does not include any mention of Fox trucks. Gene Green

ballast because No, Bill Landmesser, who made the original list from which I transcribed the database from which Clark Propst quoted, told me that he kept the data to see if he could prove or disprove

foreign cars. quarters of the I played around with numbers and percentages of different car types and home roads when I first created the database from which Clark quotes. There were a lot of NYC cars

--- In STMFC@..., Clark Propst <cepropst@n...> wrote: (snip) ... > Steven, I should know the date, but I don't I'd guess the last steam ran in 51. > Company coal would be co. coal. The car

--- In STMFC@..., Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@c...> wrote: (in part) ... with far better detail than the original Ulrich cars

Bill Welch, please contact Gene Green off list at willibecher at juno.com. Gene Green

Over the past few years I have been trying to get a complete set of AAR Interchange Rules. Although my motive has been hand brake information, these rules are a good source of answers to the "when was

ago space. Many hospitality industry facilities have risers for the typical 6 ft. & 8 ft. banquet tables which raises the table's surface about 18". Displying models at a higher level would reduce the

Can someone help me trace Conrail and/or Penn Central snow plows back to their original RR and number? Reply off list to willibecher at juno.com. Thanks. Gene Green

Has anyone actually said they want kits because the kits are cheaper? It seems the reasons given on this forum have had more to do with the fun of building kits and pride in accomplishment. Some (me)

Don't forget, in any discussion of running boards (and tank car platforms, I suppose) that wood was required up to about 1938 when the ARA (or was it AAR by then?) authorized experiments with metal ru

I think a careful examination of the drawings of the so-called 1937 and 1944 AAR box cars will reveal a difference in the underframes, most particularly in the shape of the cross-ties and cross-bearer

--- In STMFC@..., Ted Culotta <tculotta@s...> wrote: <snip> I generally use the following commercially available parts on > models with power hand brakes: > > Ajax: Kadee wheel with Tichy

You know what, gang! Forget I asked. There must be something about me that pisses people off. I thought I asked a couple of simple questions and what did I get? A half dozen messages telling me I was