Hey, seeing Rich Yoder's comments on his beautiful brass O scale USRA mill gon offering, reminded me; Rails Unlimited offers this car in a resin O scale kit: a one-piece body, separate under frame,

To all interested, I also produced this model in "O" Scale a few years ago. There are several good photos on my web site of Reading cars. http://www.richyodermodels.com/rym_fc_rdg_cont_gon.htm Rich

For those "Ya'll Modelers" I have a Mt. Vernon Builders photo and an in-service photo from a group of L&N gondolas that with the exception of an early Dreadnaught end are almost certainly copies

In addition to the RMC article Tom Houle references, the Richard Hendrickson article in the July 2002 Rail Model Journal, and the discussions in the Steam Era Freight Cars Reviews are both helpful

To all interested in the USRA 70-ton 46' mill gons operated by the Reading, Pennsy, NYC, B & O, and a few other eastern roads, I recommend the RMC multi-page article "USRA Steel Mill Gondolas" by

Eric, Don't interpret the pre WWII percentage to equal an immediate post WWII percentage. In preparartion for WWII there was a rapid conversion of many cars in 1940 and 1940. In addition, the heavy

In addition to the load, I wonder when these USRA mill gons were equipped with AB brake systems. A recent comment here noting AB brake systems on less than 25% of the 1940 freight car fleet had me

Google is a wonderful

Guys. If this chatter regarding the resin sale...ALL of which should be OFF GROUP...continues, the new jail cell will be opened for all contributors tomorrow morning. Let this be a warning. Moderate

Sorry, do not see any attachments. Jim Jeffery

Not many RDG USRA gons running around the Upper Midwest, but here's one. RDG 7321 6950-7449 GB steel billets Clark Propst

It's attached Jim!   Regards, Ray Breyer Elgin, IL ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Sunday, January 1, 2012 9:03 PM Subject: Re: [STMFC] Happy New Year's resin

Can you guys take your business off-list?  I don't need your e-mails cloggin up my inbox. Ben Hom ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Sun, January 1, 2012 10:03:09

Please send list of resin kits. Thank you. Jim Jeffery

Sorry for wasting bandwidth everyone. I'll be more careful! Regards, Ray Breyer Elgin, IL

Rich, I'm not sure if the Reading ever shipped containers that far. Tom

Hi Scott, No message was attached to your reply, but I get the idea: the list is attached!   Regards, Ray Breyer Elgin, IL (don't feel bad; that sort of thing happens with my  Droid II all the

On Jan 1, 2012, at 9:03 PM, "rtbsvrr69" <rtbsvrr69@...> wrote: > Evening everyone, > > To kick off the New Year, I've got 33 resin "will never get to them" kits for sale. 16 Sunshine, 12 F&C, 4

The third issue of the NYCentral Modeler has been posted on the NYCSHS website http://www.nycshs.org today. This issue has articles from several new writers and a couple authors who have contributed

Evening everyone, To kick off the New Year, I've got 33 resin "will never get to them" kits for sale. 16 Sunshine, 12 F&C, 4 Westerfields, 1 Speedwich. If interested, please email me OFF LIST at