I think we all ought to think about what sort of businesses we support with our hobby dollars. Yes, the Chinese can make some nice models. But their predatory behavior, both in our hobby and in the la

I would like to have the list also Laurance King lrkdbn@...

I suspect this was in the Tri-State Tornado of Mar.18 1925. Note the damage to the shop buildings. Larry King

Here is a question that is total speculation- were any of these 36 ft NX reefers rebuilt out of ex PRR class RF cars? Larry King

Dear group I am looking for information on the underframe construction of the ART's post 1924 steel underframe 41' reefers Drawings, photos, wreck photos,etc would all be welcome. I do already have th

I can't seem to access this photo-am using Firefox on windows XP. Anyone have any ideas? Larry King

Was this car original to PGE, or was it secondhand? If so does anyone know where it came from? Larry King

I'm sorry I'm not set up to scan stuff so I can't send you a sketch,,but i would say to look at the picture I sent of the overturned Frisco hopper. Just above the truck you can see the horizontal leve

Here are a couple more watermarked images from the NYCSHS web site showing the setup of the brake lever and the way the train air pipe crossed at the A end of the car You can buy hi res images from th

On the original USRA hoppers the cyl. lever was at a 45 degree angle and then bent down parallel to the side of the ctr sill. It connected to a horizontal lever just inside the bolster. From there a r

I can't give you a "this is an exact match",but Model Railroad Hobbyist e-magazine has a reference publication on substitutes for Polly Scale from currently available acrylics like Vallejo. Also if yo

This is an interesting car. Originally from Lot 258-G 3100 cars built for Big Four, Michigan Central and CI&S (later NYC) by ACF 1910. They were the National Dump Car design with Caswell traveling sha

The NYC/Michigan Central box car is a "1910 standard" car;-,one of 16000 such built for the NYCL in that year. The fishbelly underframe with 10" side sills was one of three types of underframes used o

I believe Gregg's Train Shed #46 "Flats, Gons, Hoppers 1931" has this car. As I recall there were two orders of these cars built,one with KC brake(the Tichy car) and one with with KD brake. The drawin

You have a point, but I suspect there are a lot of engineering considerations involved in making a master for a one piece open top car that make it much different from making a one off model.Unless it

I wish RCW would consider the similar NYC 8 stake gondola as a subject-this was a very common car in the 1922-1950 period Larry King

I think they're off on the date- the first X23 was in 1912, and most were built in 1913.By 1915 they were building the all steel X25. Larry King

Thank you all for the computer advice! You made my day! LR King

A nice picture-pity it can't be downloaded... LR King

Corey makes the original version too LarryKing