Thanks to many who have provided me with three or four more sources over and above MyTopo.com. Al Kresse, currently with the MOS of "Garden Slave and Dog Washer"

This is a good time to mention that the STMFC rule regarding messages associated with the selling of items as part of a commercial activity is: "Messages regarding the selling of products as part of

To Whom It May Concern:   Mount Vernon Shops is happy to announce the introduction of two new products this week to its line.   1. HO Scale PRR GLc and GLca decals. These are for cars done in

Al, Have you tried the Virginia Department of Mines? http://www.dmme.virginia.gov/divisionmineralresources.shtml Several years ago I needed an old topo of the Elkins, West Virginia area. I called

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Maybe I am missing something based on what they did where I lived, but: The guys I knew at Conway included guys whose job it was to look for the cars in

At the time of the majority of the Blue Box kits I think 15 and 18 inch snap track was very common and I'm sure the cars were designed for that. I really hate to admit this but my very first

Greg Martin wrote: Not to pick on Greg, but I think this "box scale" story is an urban legend. Athearn had several other box sizes for passenger cars and locomotives, and to maintain that

Regular grade is available in most hardware stores as well as Lowes and Home Depot. I also only use it as styrene glue. -- Jon Miller For me time stopped in 1941 Digitrax--Chief/Zephyr

IIRC, I found some 1920-era topos on this site a while back. http://data.geocomm.com/catalog/US/61079/1516/group4-3.html David Thompson

Jared Harper wrote: If the label doesn't say MEK, it might list 2-butanone. Same stuff. Chuck Soule

I returned to Oelwein, Iowa -- CGW's Hub City -- today and took photos and made measurement of the M&StL bulkhead flat toolbox. If any of this would be of use to you (or anyone else here), let me

Al, Don't know for sure. My guess would be no more than 300 dpi. The files are big enough to be much more than that. Rich Orr

Group, A project is underway to produce Wabash hopper decals in O Scale. Basically, these would be O Scale versions of Mark Vaughan's HO hopper decals. At this time, it is planned to have both 18"

Rich, Many thanks! Do you know what dpi they have scanned them at?  MyTopo is marginal:  OK for a PPT presentation, but leaves a little to be desired for an article image. Al

Al. Try this. http://mysite.verizon.net/resteele1/newsites/va_historical_topos.htm Rich Orr

Al, Oh course they do... They have been doing it for years... And they transmit signals to you while your sleeping making you believe that the Athearn Gondola has a prototype similarity....

Peter, Hope I am not to late to the party. As I reminded everyone at my Clinic in Cocoa Beach when we were cutting these critters up to make something a bit more scale out of them (thanks to Richard

Peter, this topic comes up periodically on the STMFC list, and the answer is always the same. There is NO prototype for the Athearn 48' mill gondola. I have it on the authority of the toolmaker

Jared Harper wrote: Jared, I too am a straight MEK devotee'. Works da' Bomb!!! Would not consider using anything else. I had an "in" with a pharma supplier in Upstate NY, that allowed me to obtain