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Chicagoland RPM meet CGW decals
Gary Wildung
Has anybody gotten their decals for the CGW car we got at the RPM meet this year. Thanks Gary
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Re: Rapido's NP Boxcar taking orders
SUVCWORR@...
I am taking orders and will break the 4 packs. contacted me off list at suvcworr@... My price is $35 for single car and $135 for 4 pack plus priority mail. Pennsylvania residents need to add appropriate sales tax (8% Philadelphia County, 7% Allegheny County, 6% remainder of state) Richard Orr
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From: 'Schuyler Larrabee' schuyler.larrabee@... [STMFC] To: STMFC Sent: Sat, Dec 9, 2017 2:43 pm Subject: RE: [STMFC] Rapido's NP Boxcar Update Has anybody figured out how to order single cars? I could only sign up for four-packs. I want a couple of cars, maybe three, but not all the same era. Schuyler From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2017 2:17 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: RE: [STMFC] Rapido's NP Boxcar Update The Rapido cars are from the 10000-13999 series with 7/8 Murphy ribbed ends. The last 500 cars in the series, 14000-14499, had 3/5 Dreadnaught ends. And NP changed the number of grab irons on the side of the last series to 7 from the 6 on the earlier series. I am very doubtful that the ends on the Rapido car will be easy to remove for a conversion to the dreadnaught series of boxcars. Gary Laakso North west of Mike Brock From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] Sent: Saturday, December 9, 2017 9:59 AM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] Rapido's NP Boxcar Update I wonder if any NP experts have thought about other cars that could be modelled by modifying these cars? Do these cars have that potential? Rob From: STMFC@... <mailto:STMFC@...> [mailto:STMFC@...] Sent: Saturday, December 9, 2017 3:45 AM To: STMFC@... <mailto:STMFC@...> Subject: [STMFC] Rapido's NP Boxcar Update Here is the latest info from their website: https://rapidotrains.com/ho-np-boxcar/ Bill Welch [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Posted by: "Schuyler Larrabee" <schuyler.larrabee@...> ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ Yahoo Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: STMFC-digest@... STMFC-fullfeatured@... <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: STMFC-unsubscribe@... <*> Your use of Yahoo Groups is subject to: https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/
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Re: Rapido's NP Boxcar Update
Single cars need to be reserved with dealers. I know I did the same with some reefers and the gons.
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Brian J. Carlson
On Dec 9, 2017, at 2:43 PM, 'Schuyler Larrabee' schuyler.larrabee@... [STMFC] <STMFC@...> wrote:
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Re: Rapido's NP Boxcar Update
Schuyler Larrabee
Has anybody figured out how to order single cars? I could only sign up for four-packs. I want a couple of cars, maybe three, but not all the same era.
Schuyler From: STMFC@yahoogroups.com [mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups.com] Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2017 2:17 PM To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [STMFC] Rapido's NP Boxcar Update The Rapido cars are from the 10000-13999 series with 7/8 Murphy ribbed ends. The last 500 cars in the series, 14000-14499, had 3/5 Dreadnaught ends. And NP changed the number of grab irons on the side of the last series to 7 from the 6 on the earlier series. I am very doubtful that the ends on the Rapido car will be easy to remove for a conversion to the dreadnaught series of boxcars. Gary Laakso North west of Mike Brock From: STMFC@yahoogroups.com [mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups.com] Sent: Saturday, December 9, 2017 9:59 AM To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Subject: [STMFC] Rapido's NP Boxcar Update I wonder if any NP experts have thought about other cars that could be modelled by modifying these cars? Do these cars have that potential? Rob From: STMFC@yahoogroups.com <mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups.com> [mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups.com] Sent: Saturday, December 9, 2017 3:45 AM To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com <mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups.com> Subject: [STMFC] Rapido's NP Boxcar Update Here is the latest info from their website: https://rapidotrains.com/ho-np-boxcar/ Bill Welch [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: California Fires
Anspach Denny <danspachmd@...>
A long time friend, colleague, and major elected official in Ventura County lived in a settled suburban community. He was also a long time model railroader with an operating layout. At 4:00 on Thursday, they evacuated; At 7:00 nothing- nothing at all- was left.
Denny Denny S. Anspach, MD Sacramento, CA 95864
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Re: LNE Boxcars
James Brewer
John, I have a copy of Freight Car Journal Monograph #18, The Lehigh and New England Railroad Freight Car Diagram Book, by Eric Neubauer. On page 5 he states "...Some steel cars were repainted black around 1950 with large 'LNE' initials and a white stripe at the bottom of the car side. Cars rebuilt with reinforced side sills were also black, but lacked the stripe. By 1956, cars were again being painted entirely brown (box car red) without large initials. The brown paint scheme was used on the PS-1's, but with black ends." Hope this helps. Jim Brewer Glenwood MD
On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 11:35 AM, johnsykesiii@... [STMFC] <STMFC@...> wrote:
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Re: Rapido's NP Boxcar Update
gary laakso
The Rapido cars are from the 10000-13999 series with 7/8 Murphy ribbed ends. The last 500 cars in the series, 14000-14499, had 3/5 Dreadnaught ends. And NP changed the number of grab irons on the side of the last series to 7 from the 6 on the earlier series. I am very doubtful that the ends on the Rapido car will be easy to remove for a conversion to the dreadnaught series of boxcars.
Gary Laakso North west of Mike Brock
From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...]
Sent: Saturday, December 9, 2017 9:59 AM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] Rapido's NP Boxcar Update
I wonder if any NP experts have thought about other cars that could be modelled by modifying these cars? Do these cars have that potential?
Rob
From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] Here is the latest info from their website: https://rapidotrains.com/ho-np-boxcar/ Bill Welch
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Re: Rapido's NP Boxcar Update
Knowing Bill Welch, he is thinking: “Rapido has done a decent enough job, but these cars need some Xxtreme detailing!”
:0) Michael
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fire
Jon Miller <atsfus@...>
On 12/9/2017 10:02 AM, 'Jack Burgess' jack@... [STMFC] wrote:
Yes, while these fires have destroyed a lot of homes, all of them are in rural areas surrounded by trees and grass that dries out during the summer months Santa Rosa was a little different in that respect. It had some regular suburb area destroyed. -- Jon Miller
For me time stopped in 1941 Digitrax--Chief/Zephyr systems, JMRI User NMRA Life member #2623 Member SFRH&MS
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Re: California Fires
Greg Martin
Can we stop this thread now.
I appreciate the the circumstances that all are facing and the loses they are experiencing , like my friend Andy Carlson; however, how about getting back to business here.
I am not being insensitive I have just seen these kinds of thread of on and on...
Greg Martin
Eventually all things merge into one and a river runs through it.
Norman Maclean Sent from AOL Desktop
In a message dated 12/9/2017 10:02:15 AM Pacific Standard Time, STMFC@... writes:
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Re: California Fires
Jack Burgess
Yes, while these fires have destroyed a lot of homes, all of them are in rural areas surrounded by trees and grass that dries out during the summer months (no rain in California during the summer). We live in cities…
Jack Burgess From: STMFC@yahoogroups.com [mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups.com] Sent: Saturday, December 9, 2017 9:20 AM To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [STMFC] Re: California Fires Whew! So you guys are good for now (assuming there are no more north CA fires)? -- John
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Rapido's NP Boxcar Update
Robert kirkham
I wonder if any NP experts have thought about other cars that could be modelled by modifying these cars? Do these cars have that potential?
Rob
From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...]
Sent: Saturday, December 9, 2017 3:45 AM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] Rapido's NP Boxcar Update Here is the latest info from their website: https://rapidotrains.com/ho-np-boxcar/ Bill Welch
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Re: California Fires
Tony Thompson
john sykes wrote:
I live in Berkeley, which is in northern California, and also some miles from the disaster in Santa Rosa. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; e-mail, tony@... Publishers of books on railroad history
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Re: California Fires
Whew! So you guys are good for now (assuming there are no more north CA fires)?
-- John
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Re: California Fires
Jack Burgess
Tony and I live in the San Francisco Bay area…
Jack Burgess From: STMFC@yahoogroups.com [mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups.com] Sent: Saturday, December 9, 2017 8:30 AM To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Subject: [STMFC] Re: California Fires How about Tony Thompson and some of the other list members who live in CA? -- John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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LNE Boxcars
First, I will not make it to Cocoa Beach in January -- business commitments take precedence. On another subject, does anyone here know when LNE switched from boxcar red to black on their boxcars? Also, did they starting adding the billboard "LNE" at the same time? I am thinking 1957 or so but am just guessing. -- John
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Re: California Fires
How about Tony Thompson and some of the other list members who live in CA?
-- John
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Re: California Fires
Dave Parker
I can't think of any relevant, mandatory freight content, but here's what CalFire has to say about aircraft used in fighting our wildfires: I have seen the DC-10 VLAT dropping retardant from about a mile away. A jaw-dropping experience. Dave Parker Riverside, CA
On Saturday, December 9, 2017 5:34 AM, "Rich C rhcdmc@... [STMFC]" wrote: The Santa Ana winds are the biggest obstacle. I am sure there is a major bombardment of fire retardant being used. I used to watch those planes swoop down and drop that red stuff. They are using many old air force and navy planes for that now. They used to use old US Navy S2's, but their age and federal law on the lifetime of the air frame forced them into retirement. I will have to see what they are using now.
On Saturday, December 9, 2017, 4:46:36 AM CST, Paul Doggett paul.doggett2472@... [STMFC] wrote:
I hope everything calms down quickly, what is happening to California is dreadful. Paul Doggett UK 🇬🇧
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Re: California Fires
Rich C
The Santa Ana winds are the biggest obstacle. I am sure there is a major bombardment of fire retardant being used. I used to watch those planes swoop down and drop that red stuff. They are using many old air force and navy planes for that now. They used to use old US Navy S2's, but their age and federal law on the lifetime of the air frame forced them into retirement. I will have to see what they are using now.
On Saturday, December 9, 2017, 4:46:36 AM CST, Paul Doggett paul.doggett2472@... [STMFC] wrote:
I hope everything calms down quickly, what is happening to California is dreadful. Paul Doggett UK 🇬🇧
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Rapido's NP Boxcar Update
Bill Welch
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