What & where is SERM?

-- thanks --

Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

--- In STMFC@..., "Frank Greene" <fgreen01@m...> wrote:

Don, did you know SAL 9028 is parked out in the weeds at SERM?
Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of it and don't know how

accessible

it is for photos.

John, do you have a larger format image you could post in the

files section?

I would like to forward it to the good folks at SERM and maybe

plant an idea

for a restoration. The car's appearance has not been attended to

since it

was donated and most of the paint and lettering is weathered away.

Thanks,

Frank Greene
fgreen01@m...

Off the top of my pointy little head, the A-1s were 9011-9060

and were

built in 1937 by SAL (Jacksonville) from G-6 low-side composite

gons.

This would be a neat little modeling project. I'm sure we could

find sides

that would work, and the ends were 4/5 dreadnaught. Murphy roof.

You could

splice the decals from Ted Culotta's SAL box car decal set.

Hope this helps!
John

Thank you John. I wish there had been a car number in the view.

Could you

tell me what the numbers were for these cars? My

Seaboard info is limited. What few hobby dollars I've had has gone

for

Central of Georgia photos and such. I'm trying to branch out.

Also, could you point me to a photo that would show me what the

outside of

this type car looks like? Off list, perhaps. I'm at

worthy57@a...

Thanks again, John
Don Worthy