Also, I added the rest of the grab irons and the vapor regulators on the bottom of the car.

Group, one part of my M70b that I worked on was the axel driven generator. I added two conduit lines coming out of the generator, and I made the belt out of strip brass. I’ve included descriptions of

The first pic is the Walthers truck with the truck on the M70B in the Keystone article. I will probably have to change out the roller bearings for the solid bearings. Dave

For my BM70k, looks like most had 3D5P3 trucks. Does anyone offer one in HO? Or what might be the best stand in? ----------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Britton Member, PRRT&

I started a Westerfield HO scale X23 boxcar kit in November 2015. This morning I snapped photos of the almost completed model. It still needs Carmer uncoupling hardware. The model was painted with Val

Group, I did a little work on my M70B. First, I realized that my bolsters were off a little, so I removed them, and shifted them a bit towards the ends of the car. Next, I cut some styrene tubing to h

Dan Nice work. What did you use for the chain binders? I have had a hard time finding a suitable stand in. Thanks. Kris Kollar

Murphy’s Law is at work, again. Rapido has announce that they are going to release models of the PRR F30D TOFC flatcar. As might be expected I recently completed a Sparrows Point F30D kitbash from a B

I am looking for drawings and/or dimensions for those two towers. They were at each end of the tracks at Penn Station in Baltimore. I am modeling the station in O Scale with a 80% scale model of the s

I have uploaded three photos of my HO BM70KA to the Mail Cars folder at https://groups.io/g/PRRPro/album?id=258835 The model was built from a NKP Car Co. kit in 2013. The underframe is not at all supe

Group, has anyone made gutters for over the doors of their cars? I’m assuming a small piece of strip styrene would work. Any bother thoughts? Dave Wilson

Group, I’ve made some progress on my M70b. 1. I replaced the double window doors with porthole doors. 2. I added grab irons to the sides and ends. I still have a couple more grab irons to add, but I w

I’ve seen numerous photos of idler cars carrying freight car trucks. How were these trucks secured to the flat car? Was there a ‘cradle’ of sorts that the truck sat on? Did it rest on the car floor an

BM70K or BM70KA is the question. Differences are minor but visible. It all depends on which subclass of BM70 they were converted from. The diagrams on http://prr.railfan.net/diagrams/PRRdiagrams.html?

I've been wanting to detail a BM-70 RPO for some time for an O scale version of the Pittsburgh-Uniontown RPO. According to the RPO article in the Spring 1993 issue of The Keystone this train used a 30

Group, I’ve made some progress on my Bethlehem Car Works, M70B HO scale model. I started this back in November, and I suggested the RPO project, so I could learn more about the cars. After studying so

Group, Digging thru my stash, I found a BCW M70b. Good deal, I can participate. I'd like to do a post WWII car, say 1950 or so. Kit is an arch roof. Also, the center-sill on the model is pretty minima

All The attached photo is in the PRR color guide to Freight/Passenger Car book. Please look at the space between the top of the truck and the car. There is a pope that runs the length of the car. The

List, I have for sale 1 pair of Hallmark HO Brass Commonwealth Top Equalized PRR Style 6 Wheel Roller Bearing Trucks. These are labeled Pullman 242AR style, which they are NOT, as they match PRR pictu

Folks, I dug out the critical issue of the Keystone for this project, Spring 1993, Volume 26, no 1. This issue contains a lengthy article by Chuck Blardone on PRR Steel RPO cars, so for most of projec