I saw a 1957 Car Builders Cyclopedia for sale on e-bay. Ed Mines

Thank you for posting these instructions. The castings in this kit (the Main Line one) are exquisite, comparable to the Q'Craft kit. Ed Mines

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thanks to all who answered. I'm using Devcon Duco cement. Ed Mines

thanks

What replacements are you using for the old go to Ambroid cement? Apparently the last manufacturer gave up the the ghost. I think Duco cement was an old time "new and improved" version of Ambroid whic

Can anyone supply a photocopy of the instructions for a HO scale Main line PRR N6B caboose? How about Qualitycraft instructions for the same car? Is the underframe the same for PRR N6A & N6B cabooses?

Tanks would have different materials of construction and linings, depending on the material being shipped. Tank cars containing gases would have special fittings so gas couldn't couldn't inadvertently

Elden, all the tank cars you mentioned could be dedicated to one particular load. Just think of how difficult it is to clean out even the smallest tank car. What would you do with the cleaning solutio

I visited Bob around the same time. Bob was a huge man in both height and frame. He could be mistaken for a professional football player. When I told Bob I was having trouble bending the flat wire he

there may have been a few exceptions but almost all Erie double sheathed box cars were 36 ft.

The roofs and under frames are different, probably the height too.

Erie -> freight equipment-> gondolas -> 10074,10325,10575 Erie -> Erie freight car diagram book these were the prototype for the P2K gondola

I lived in Rochester, NY for much of the '70s. Yes, it doesn't snow every day and much of time roads show pavement but every season huge piles of snow accumulate in places like supermarket parking lot

ex Erie several builders photos on the fallen flags site

my guess is that the three compartment tank car contained refinery products used in smaller quantities like lube oils. everywhere that I've lived there were tank farms by water. for a couple of years

That's an expensive car to cut up. It's a very nice car on it's own. Every so often you'll find one for sale on ebay. Redball had both plastic and metal versions of a Buckeye end. I don't know if that

don't know why but Howard Ameling (NKP "expert") called them basket cars. NKP steam era stock cars (the ones proceeding these) are featured in the RMC planbook and Mainline Modeler's stock car book. e

The description says it is a glass negative. I was an engineer (chemical engineer) at the plate manufacturing department of Eastman Kodak from 1973-78. We manufactured photographic glass plates which

wasn't the original Tichy box car end (#3001?) for a USRA double sheathed car? have you tried using a Yarmouth ladder as a substitute ladder stile? can they be filed down? you might also try using a Y

Around 1981 I worked in a factory where we got it in bags and large cardboard boxes lined with plastic film. It had very light density. Factory made copy machine toner.