Like several others, I have the Proto:HO Accumate couplers for testing. While I wanted to try them in different environments before reporting back, I think I'll go ahead and comment. First, regarding

Regarding the weathering of frt cars, I was just reading about PFE's washing program. From the PFE book, "In the postwar period, PFE continued to wash car exteriors, averaging almost 11,000 cars per y

Hi Tim, Great idea about the car parts! I certainly would be interested and I think a lot of other guys would too. One thing the Internet (and all these SIGs and Forums) have taught me is that there's

Richard Hendrickson writes Very funny.. Actually, I hope when I go (in another 100 years or so) there are still people who know what a box car WAS. Then again, by then, I might not remember myself. Ti

As promised, I've posted two photos of a cast resin S scale war Emergency boxcar side, showing tight horizontal board-by-board construction. A full side view is at http://home.att.net/~tgmadden/WE_Sid

Hi Bill, I think I might have a few B-3 wood door sides around here to send you. I got a batch from my contractor and many of them had slight imperfections. I'll look through the remaining sides and s

Dear friends, I have just posted an update to SN On-line, my web site. The biggest change was a new story on SN's Mount Vernon-built composite boxcars. This story includes some history of the WP cars

> Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 18:49:57 -0400 > From: byronrose@... [snip] > One final step is to remember to get rid of the burr raised by whatever method > you use. I've had good luck with a light scrape u

In the PFE book there is a photo of an R30-16 with the dual herald scheme. The UP herald has the red and white stripes reversed. As much as I try to stick to the common and ordinary, and try to avoid

Ben, Richard, Bill, Mike and I have all had our say, and it's probably a mis-use of this forum to belabor the NMRA any further. Pro or con. Instead, how about we focus on how best to show fellow model

Al, I was saying that somewhat tongue-in-cheek. I would never dream of showing up without an invitation first. My mother and father-in-law live 200 yards from me, and I don't show up at their door wit

Does anyone have Ed's email address? Thanks.

Byron, Richard, Tom, et. al., Thanks for the great feedback - some thoughts in reply: "1. The "In Action" series as Squadron-Signal publishes them now are strictly prototype data books, or more correc

I've been following the the thread discussing wood siding on SS boxcars and the various discussions regarding reefers. 1)Ref: wood siding...Am I to understand that all wood siding on outside braced bo

Richard, Do you have access to Richard Prince's SEABOARD AIR LINE, or any of his other books? Prince wasn't big on freight cars, but often they show up behind locomotives in his works. His RICHMOND-WA

--- ThisIsR@... wrote: As far as I can make out, it all centers around the need for water-tightness. All or nearly all boxcars and reefers had tight boards and metal roofs by the late 1930s. Stock car

Yes. No. flat car decks were usually made up of rectangular boards placed edge to edge so that individual boards could be easily replaced. It wasn't unusual to see well worn flat car decks with gaps b

Yes, I have Prince's Seaboard and his ACL book. Both are great sources of info. I would like to buy his books on the Southern and Central of Georgia when they are reprinted.

Northern Pacific war emergency SS box on the next track. From that distance you couldn't see whether the side was wooden or metal. After some minutes of staring at it,yes, it was wood, but it took a R