... That string of arch roof trailers behind the steeplecab appear to be some of the more or less standard CERA design. Years ago kits for these were...
In large-scale there are the products of Bachmann that lend themselves to kit-bashing. Altered ends and radial couplers, an arched roof and appropriate...
... Years ago, Jim Osborne at Midwest Train Hobbies (MTH) offered a series of O-scale kits of the CERA freight trailers. Several years back, I talked to him at...
IPS steeple-cab 605 does NOT appear in J.A. Strapac's book on Interurban Elec. Locos from GE. Checking the roster in the IPS book by Gerry Marlette, The engine...
Bob, I have a couple of those LaBelle HO kits. Have been thinking about how to "scale up" the specifications to G or 1:24 or 1:29. The CERA cars are really...
... Interurban Elec. Locos from GE. Checking the roster in the IPS book by Gerry Marlette, The engine is listed as built by ... also does not appear Strapac'ss...
... be ... Hi Bob and all here is the web site for LaBelle http://www.labellemodels.com/ the HO kits are still listed. I have built their Niles four door...
... themselves to ... Light Rail Products has instructions on their website for kitbashing a B-man combine into a Wason woodedn combine car #10 from...
What does "CERA" stand for? Central Electric Railfan Association. Publishers of many interesting traction books. George Barsky ... mail2web - Check your email...
... Hi George and All; I believe you will find that CERA originally referred to Central Electric Railroads (or Railroad, or Railroaders) Association, a trade ...
... Well, NO!! In this context CERA stands for the Central Electric Railroad Association. This was a trade group similar to the AAR which had engineering...
Bryan and I are both proud owners of Ray's BCER 960 steeple cab kit. Bryan, as usual, has a head start but now that winter has come to Western Pa., and I'm...
I feel I must respond a little to Joseph R. Hazinski in Msg #7, Digest #743. Having been a Regular member of the Elec. Car Dept. of IRM since 1956, I am quite...
CERA, in reference to freight trailers, et al, stands for Central Electric Railway Assn. a professional organization of Mid-west Interurban lines used to set...
Hello, LSTers; The recent flurry of emails concerning the CERA moves me to ask a favor of you all: BEFORE you respond to an LST Group email, READ the email...
Perhaps we should indicate the CERA is a membership organization that not only holds Chicago area meetings on traction subjects but from time to time publishes...
... arrived in ... GUILTY AS CHARGED YOR HONOR!! In my case when the first message was read I just had to reply at once; before seing others were doing the...
Hello everyone.I am a new member from England.Someone on the Large Scale Railway forum suggested I look you up.I scratchbuild G scale trams and as yet found...
Troy, You have defiantly come to the right place. Many of us scratch build and or kit bash. Check out the pics area for some our work. Glad to have you on...
It has been a real pleasure perusing your website. I really like what you have done. Lots of good ideas for construction techniques. Thanks for joining up. ...
... So what do we ask for? Do we want a pilot (cowcatcher style)? Wood whiskers? Metal style: tubular, angle iron, or strap? Full width or narrower? With...
Check with Garden Railway Specialists; <www.grsuk.com> They are one of the major suppliers in the UK and their parts list includes many units that would be...
... Hi, Gordon and all; The only pilot that looked Yankee to me was the DM-901 cowcatcher, in lost wax. That said, their site is wonderfully interesting and...
Jan, The most recent exchange rate I have heard is 1.95 to the dollar. It can vary up and down daily however. Usually banks have that information available. At...
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