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I looked, but the few issues of Model Trains that I have come from 1958, and 1959. I stopped picking up MT, when I started buying Model Railroader. You might try contacting Kalmbach Publishing to see if they have any info on file. Pete

That could be interesting. I have a kitbashed 89' Ethylene Glycol, four truck, tank car. I used the span bolsters from an Athearn heavy duty flat.

Only those I cannot repair.....and then, only until I can repair them. :mrgreen:

sign1 sign1 It does! But I still like it.

Dave, I never researched the third truck, but I would have to assume that there was a sliding bolster,with limited sideways travel rather than the standard truck mounting. It may have been "experimental", as I didn't see it used that widely.

The freight trucks were "barbers", with leaf springs, I believe. One of my all-time favorite locos, the B&O EL3a, 2-8-8-0 used this tender. I have seen a picture of an EL3a whose tender had a third truck in the center of the frame. Nicely done copper overlay! Pete

This is one of the things I like about being part of GCLaser. We look for ideas that are a bit more generic, and not already produced in some other form. We also look at detail sets for existing products. Primarily, replacement bodies for various manufacturer's trucks. We are currently looking...

Gary, pictures at eleven?? :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Courage, my friend, and a resolve to fill all your moments with life and joy! I would hope, that when at last my foot is set upon that exit-less road to the unexplored horizon, I would have the strength of will to look the Reaper straight in the eye, and tell him to sit, and cool his heels...

That would depend on the material the cut-out is printed on. In the case of permanently attaching pictures to a backdrop, I would recommend wall paper paste. It is, after all, designed specifically for printed paper. The usual "surface preparation" would still be required.

In the fifties.....that's a time that I remember, but the memories are becoming a bit harder to "see" now. Concrete was still used for major highways, and some local roads, but blacktop / asphalt was already widely used. Roads, would most likely be asphalt. Local governments wouldn't be willing...

Sand is moved from the sand dome / sand box(diesels), by compressed air. On steam locos you can usually see the sander pipes running from the sander valves on the dome, and trace them down to just above the rail, either in front of, or behind (for reverse moves) the drivers. In diesels, the...

Steve, I was given my "life's philosophy" very early on. You can plan for the future,don't dwell on it. Remember the past, don't get lost in it. But you only have this moment to live,so live it! I try to keep my moments as full as I can, so none of them get by me, "un-used". :mrgreen:

I think it depends more on the size of the loco and tender relationship. Some locos just look better with a vandy, and others with a square. The two narrow gauge 2-8-2 locos pictured can give a closer means of choosing. The inside frame loco has a square tender, the outside frame, a...

Page 2 In the foreground is the stock classic Athearn boat. Behind, the Athearn boat, stretched to 42 feet, with a scratch built cabin. There's more detail work to be done, and finish paint. so here it is at this point.

Long time back, I decided to take two of Athearn's boats, and bash a larger version. What was left over from that bash, sat around for all those years with "no place to go". I was looking for some parts and came across the "old remains"......this picture is the original bash, the next part is...

Toe???!!! in the water? Steve, the only thing "not in the water" is my nose! I think you'll have fun with this kit, I've done a couple of their kits before, a little care, and patience, and you'll have a neat looking structure.........then again, a little "customization" here and there never...

GCLaser has several styles of laser cut shingles. They come in sheets, and can be weathered, a sheet at a time, to give a more random color pattern, when the strips are individually glued in place. You could also color and weather sheets of paper, and hand cut individual shingles ( cut a strip...

The "Dolly" I remember, came up the east coast, between Carol, and Edna, in the mid fifties. The eye of Carol passed directly over us. Dolly passed far enough out that the effects were minimal. Edna, moved a triangular section of concrete block wall about 12 feet long, and 6 feet high, that...

I would suspect that "machinery", would have been used where time was a serious consideration. A small branch line, bucket and shovel. A larger class A, more automation / mechanized. The CNW had sand service hoppers, which had small discharge chutes added to the main discharge chute under the...