Tony Thompson writes: I take it from your comment about lettering that the car has Well...either that or the car will experience that rather strange phenomenon perhaps unique to Sherman Hill in which

Bob, Thanks! I found the second article on line, and was able to download some servicable photos. I'm still trying to find others, as well. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, Oregon

Since when is straight talk condescending? ;^) I gave my preferences, for ME, not you, not Richard, or anyone else on this list. To ME, as an owner, a railfan layout becomes boring very

Richard Townsend wrote: sheets and bottom sheets as a result of hauling (high-sulfur) coal or sulfur. Anybody know of any? > Richard, I know of two seminal articles about steel freight used by the

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Thanks, Richard. When I first started seriously reining in my expectations (yeah, Horseshoe Curve was long off that list), I went from wanting to model the

I've seen only one example of such a train, at the annual Santa Fe convention held in San Diego years ago. I don't remember who brought it but it was a sight to behold in regards to the level of model

Yes, because the Supreme Court ruling which forced the break-up of Standard Oil limited Sohio to only retail outlets in Ohio See http://www.dantiques.com/sohio/timeline.htm For this history of

I'd love to do this! Would someone on the list supply me with consists for Missouri Pacific Trains on the Benton or East-West Subdivisions of the Illinois Division anytime from 1945-1957?

Well said, Elden. My thinking exactly. To model prototypical main line operations realistically requires a hell of a lot of real estate. I' don't know of any small (e.g., bedroom-sized) layouts

Mike, Overland also offered them in Sinclair (e.g. OMI 3482.8). Search the STMFC archives for "HO brass GATC tank cars from OMI". There were a number of emails on these cars in 2001. According

I concur with Richard -- and I do find Bruce's description rather condescending. Nowadays a home layout can run into 10's of thousands of dollars, not to mention requiring space in one's home (which

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE For those many of us that cannot/couldn't host a "full-sized" (whatever that implies) layout, the "railfan" layout is a great compromise. I had just

Sohio operated outside the state of Ohio as Boron Oil Co. However I blew up that photo and in the haze on the horizon to the upper left there is at least one skyscraper and I'm gonna bet its

I'm not doing exactly that - I have no train consists from my modelling area and era to work from (the nearest consists are dated some 25 years later). However, on the advice of a mathematically

???????????? Elden I have seen dozens of consist lists posted here (conductor's books) and I have bought conductors' books on Ebay. Friends have given me a number of modern consist printouts. I

Yes, I have a couple of the same Challenger cars, received gratis for having helped with proto info. You are right that the operating rod for the doors should be square. Some of the 1920s GS

30 bucks??? Does this guy have an address?? (I just saw one listed for $150) Challenger imported both SP G-50-9 and G-50-12 models. And similar UP gondolas too. Tim O'Connor

Yes, but only after WWII.

Rich Orr wrote: Boron was indeed a subsidiary of Sohio but there were Boron stations in Ohio, too. Not sure how all that worked. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,