Re: weigh this!
It is an interesting question how recently the NMRA standards have been updated, but if they have been essentially unchanged since first promulgated, they would not take into account the fact that
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JGG KahnSr
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#175509
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Re: Scale Trains has reefers on preorder
Neither did I. - Peter. -- Peter Vanvliet (info@...) owner, Fourth Ray Software Houston, Texas https://fourthray.com/ https://pmrr.org/ (personal web site)
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Peter Vanvliet
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#175508
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Re: Scale Trains has reefers on preorder
Thanks for heads up. I¡¯m registered at ScaleTrains, messages ON, but I never get their announcement emails. Dunno why not. Bill
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Bill Hawk
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#175507
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Re: MTH Covered Hoppers
Square hatches or round?
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jjmannmmr <jjmannmmr@...>
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#175506
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Re: weigh this!
Hi Bob.......My layout has generally broad curves and gentle grades.? My personal standard for weight has been two-thirds of the NMRA recommended weight.? It has worked fine for me.? The light cars
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Ed Loizeaux
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#175505
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Re: Scale Trains has reefers on preorder
The previously-produced SHS & MTH reefers are listed on the NASG web site: https://www.nasg.org/Gallery/reports/scale/cars/manuf_rr/indexS-Helper_ServiceRefrigerator_Car,_Ice.php and
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Peter Vanvliet
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#175504
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Re: Scale Trains has reefers on preorder
However, it wouldn't have had the Westinghouse K brake system these cars are illustrated to have.? The K system was outlawed for interchange for newly built cars in 1933.? Railroads were eventually
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Rich Gajnak
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#175503
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MTH Covered Hoppers
I'm not sure how I got these, but the appear to be in excellent condition, but do not have couplers or trucks. $56 for the pair plus shipping. PayPal friends or check. Kevin
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Kevin Macomber
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#175502
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weigh this!
I think we all have come up against this!? I bought several of the River Raisin Milwaukee Road cars from years ago.? Being a fan of the road and given it was a part NASG/RR project, I had to buy as
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Bob Werre
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Re: Retail Coal Dealer (for sale)
I wouldn't need the coal hopper if you can otherwise move it.? ? Would $55 make you smile??? Woody
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Woody Mitchell
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#175500
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Re: Scale Trains has reefers on preorder
When I first saw the word reefer, my heart sank.? We've been billboard reefered to death. But these? Yes lots to buy. This group can be used right up to the second generation diesel era. I only say
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Michael Krope
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#175499
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Re: Retail Coal Dealer (for sale)
Hello Ed I think I am going to make one of these using my over a hundred years old oak barnwood. I have boxes of sliced beam wood of all different dimensions Ten years ago I was going to use a lot of
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Roger Haag
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#175498
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Have a short one? Want a long one? Satisfaction guaranteed.........!!
I was thinking of a long flat car?? What were you thinking about? The previous longish flat car I offered disappeared quite rapidly with offers from several folks.? Since this car is even longer,
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Ed Loizeaux
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#175497
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AM RPO Undec new
Gents...... Here is a new AM RPO for you.? This is a great custom repaint opportunity.? Note the high-rail wheels and AF-type couplers.? Missing two axles, but I will look for them.? No
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Ed Loizeaux
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#175496
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Re: Scale Trains has reefers on preorder
Howdy Mike, Wish my wife would make me order trains.? lol? I ordered the three road numbers myself this morning.? With two different modelers jumping on the bandwagon with all the road numbers so
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David R. Henley Jr
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#175495
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Re: Scale Trains has reefers on preorder
Hello Brooks, I looked up the achieved Showcase Line webpage.? It looks like the only road names and paint schemes that SHS offered that Scale Trains announce today are the Santa Fe Reefer Dispatch
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David R. Henley Jr
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#175494
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Re: FS: SHS NMRA GSV Special Run
The NMRA's SHS cars came Hirail with scale wheels included, just like the standard SHS cars.? With the PRS cars, the user specified what trucks to have.? NMRA/PRS HiRail cars came with Ace Trucks,
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Rich Gajnak
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#175493
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Re: FS: SHS NMRA GSV Special Run
As Don T. noted, most S scale modelers are not big fans of spurious paint schemes (AF-compatible modelers perhaps more so), as am I. The NMRA famous model railroad series had no particular attraction
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JGG KahnSr
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#175492
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Re: Scale Trains has reefers on preorder
I'm not complaining, but Scale Trains has brought out four new lettering cars just after I painted and decaled the roads I didn't have.? Awhile back I painted and lettered a C&WC car a few months
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George Courtney
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#175491
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Re: FS: SHS NMRA GSV Special Run
Interesting to learn. What I have no way of knowing¡ªespecially since this turned up as a loose piece¡ªis whether the two SHS NMRA cars came in the usual SHS package with both kinds of trucks. The
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JGG KahnSr
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#175490
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