One other possibility is that what appears to be the upper portion of the rod is actually a rod embedded in the pile of coal against and inside the gondola end and the angle of the photo made it appea

Does anyone know the status of Dick Schweiger and C&BT? 4 years ago, after seeing some new production product showing up on e-bay, especially from one seller in WA state, I corresponded with him and h

Eric, Thanks for the review. These cars are just on the edge of my era, but looked so neat I bought the NKP one. I cannot figure out how you were able to attach the small styrene strips to the roofwal

http://www.nkphts.org/ Tom Hayden

This company: Manufacturer of HO and N Scale Trains - ScaleTrains.com Manufacturer of HO and N Scale Trains - ScaleTrains... ScaleTrains.com is an innovative manufacturer of HO and N scale trains. Sig

Their website says : We are licensed by: CSX Transportation GE Transportation GATX Industries Union Pacific Railroad In addition, we have worked closely with Norfolk Southern and numerous short line r

I too kept getting File not found. But I also noted that my PC changed the word "albums" to "sets" and would not let me change it to "albums" Finally I deleted everything after "NO6 sets" and got in.

Jack, and all, Steve Hoxie clarified it for me. Looking at Ben;s posted drawings, the inside vs outside refers to whether the visible edge of the sheets (except the end sheets) appears "inside" (i.e.

OK, that helps, Bill. Now I see how the 1923 and 1924 versions compare. And I think I see, from Ben's posted drawings how the 1924 compares to 1928. But can someone explain the terms "inside" and "out

Nice to see this reply from Arlene. Good to know she has seen our love and admiration for Andy and our thoughts and prayers for her and their family Here is a link to his obituary: Andy Sperandeo Onli

Ed, Indeed, the car we are discussing is the Erie 75500 series cars with the Inverse Buckeye ends. And the Don Hanley article in MRH that Richard Bale references, discussed modeling 4 different series

Atlas makes a '32 ARA boxcar with "buckeye" ends. See this listing and then scroll down to see the "Buckeye" options Atlas HO 1932 ARA Box Car Atlas HO 1932 ARA Box Car A goal of the American Railway

My assumption is that it is not intended (nor possible) to have all the door space open at the same time, but rather that almost any portion of the interior space can be accessed from the side by open

Ed, Try clicking on the Feb 20, 2006 link. That worked for me, Tom Hayden

So Brian , what does that link tell us about the trucks on the N&W car? I did not see a truck that looked like this car, nor did I find a Simplex truck that would tell me it's NOT simplex.Or did I mis

Eric, I notice that about a dozen cars on this list have Dreadnaught both L and R designations. How is that? Your description says L indicated the "ribs project outward from the plane of the end" , an

Robert, I don't think any of this is "old hat" to the group. There remains a lot of confusion and different terminology regarding Dreadnaught ends. I have seen terms Dreadnaught, Inverse Dreadnaught,

This listing is probably by the guy Spen refers to: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Red-Caboose-40-Ft-brown-or-gray-5-Box-car-kits-undecorated-new-not-IOB-SPECIAL-/111632854420?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item

I don't recall seeing any 1923 ARA cars from RC. In fact there is now on e-bay a listing for an RC "X-29" lettered for CGW. It even has the reversed 3 panels on the door and is numbered 86302. It look

I've been following this thread with interest and have 2 Comments/ questions 1) Jim's original post said: I'm having trouble locating pics of the tank cars in crude oil service on the web. My question