Hi, Joe. How about a 3000 cubic ft carbon black car? http://www.fandckits.com/HOFreight/6310.html
Jason and B.Bussey are totally correct. Prototypes that utilize 28" wheels that I can think of: low deck 89' flats under auto racks a rare few...
For anyone still interested, it is an early type of 125-ton Ride Control.
I think you may be confusing the two truck designs. The Barber S2-HD is a specific truck design, and it has been produced by many different...
Only Ride Control trucks have Ride Control friction castings. Other styles of trucks use other methods of truck stabilization. Don't confuse...
Look at the friction castings and the bolster slope pockets - ASF Ride Control.
Yes, the entire section of track (including the points) that modelers call a turnout is also called a turnout by railroad maintenance of way...
Exactly correct. The switch is the moveable part of a turnout from the head blocks to the heel blocks. It is just a part of the entire piece of...
Those are ASF Ride Control trucks. They appear to be 1970's vintage with 7 x 12 bearings and 38" wheels.
The "storage mail" car and the "baggage" car are identical. They are 1953 Budd fluted stainless steel baggage cars.
Cars painted prior to and into 1938 had "A.T.& S.F." During 1938, the "&" was dropped. "A.T.S.F." was used into 1943. During 1943 the periods...
Great! If you are doing what I hope you are, it is a BIG change and it will make the cars look right. Also, please make sure the maps are...
Dave, could you elaborate on the changes to the Santa Fe cars? The current Deluxe boxcars are quite unlike any cars owned by the Santa Fe.
Oops. Thanks for the correction. I completely forgot about those. I model pre-1954 and must be more careful when I write about this strange...
Those numbers are the maximum allowable gross weight on rail for a railcar based on the bearing size. (286,000 lb cars use the same size bearings...
There are 5 sizes of freight car wheels in use in the USA: 28", 30", 33", 36", 38". The 30" wheels are rather rare. The allowable weight of a...
Hi, everyone. Blair Line has announced a beautiful kit for a Santa Fe section house in HO scale. An N scale version may be produced if there...
Hi, Joe. I vote for the carbon black car. The best car to do would be the 3000 cubic foot cars built by AC&F and GATC between about 1933 and...
