Hi, James - Somehow I missed this message earlier. To clarify: For the ATSF cars in this project we are doing: Bx-11, -12, and -13 in their original configuration Bx-11 and -12 rebuilt (or modified mi

Thanks, Greg - We're just getting started but we need a lot more support. I'm happy to answer any questions, concerns, etc. regarding the project. There are enough folks here alone to make it happen,

I had a great time on my first visit to Cocoa Beach! Thanks Mike and those who make it happen. We are officially live and taking pledges for our project. We have a lot of information on our site and t

Hi, Dan - Yes, the Dalman One-Level trucks will be available separately. I don't think Ted Culotta would talk to me anymore if we didn't make them available. For the Dalman Two-Level trucks, we have a

Now that you mention it... https://www.prototypejunction.com/2019/12/project-1-atsf-bx-11-12-and-13-rebuilds.html The next post will also be later today with some more options. We'll be posting all of

One more thought. Another reason why I think it makes sense to think in terms of the joint not being a corrugation that is counted, is to think of the panels independently. That is, the top panel of a

Looking at the pictures, I don't understand how you're counting things. For example, I would count first two pictures as 5/7/5 and the third as either 5/5/4 or 6/6/4, depending on whether you count th

The book Freight Car Distribution and Car Handling in the United States is also available to read online: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015006075272 Randy

I have a couple of the Nickel Plate Products brass ones that I will redetail with Bowser parts. The floor casting fits nicely, and the doors are better as well. Randy

Although I generally agree with the Gilbert-Nelson approach, along with Bruce Smith’s percentages, they are very dependent upon the road you model. Bruce models the PRR, so 75% home road hoppers on an

They were almost certainly FGEX consortium cars, whose truss rod cars ran into the 50s. In 1948 they comprised almost 12% of FGEX, more than 41% of WFEX, and over 10% of BREX, or more than 21% of thei

Some of us are more OCD than others. I agree in terms of it improving your modeling, other than using consistent terms helps ensure we are talking about the same thing. But part of being a prototype m

Like so many things, the timeframe varied on different roads. For example, the Steam Era ended on the New Haven in 1952. I know in the era I’m modeling (1946-54) the NH still handles a lot of LCL traf

Yes, the cars with Deco Ends have been confirmed for production for some time, as noted on their page: https://www.intermountain-railway.com/newshocomingsoon.html Randy

While the paint schemes are accurate for the most part (I haven’t been able to verify UTLX), they have started to use some road numbers I couldn’t verify. I only have a few photos and some as-built in

I’m making an operational scale model of the New Haven railroad in New Britain, CT following WWII. It usually goes into a bit of discussion about how different New Britain was before the RT 9 and espe

So we're less than a month from the New England Prototype meet. As I often do, I'm opening my layout on Thursday, May 30 for a casual ops session. I'm in the midst of some changes on the layout, but m

The Improved Dreadnaught End was a trademarked design by Standard Railway Equipment Manufacturing Co (SREM). Randy -- Randy Hammill Modeling the New Haven Railroad 1946-1954 http://newbritainstation.c

In regards to the terminology, best I can tell the 10’6” IH was added as an optional standard in 1941, and didn’t change again until 1947 when the 10’0” IH was removed from the standard. What we often

All gone. But, when I pulled them out I realized I had the Trout Creek Engineering ones which, if I recall correctly, are the same ones. I think they purchased their line. In any event, you can get th