Problems with China. Dennis Williams/Owner http://www.resinbuilders4u.com/ ________________________________ To: "STMFC@..." <STMFC@...> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 4:43

They announced a shipment last week - one container of all types of track, turnouts etc. The supply is very limited. Website is down due to Sandy. Rich Orr

They haven't imported it in some time. Not sure why, maybe lack of factory time. Wish they still made it here. Brian Carlson

Anyboy know why Atlas code 83 is hard to find? Have they stopped making it? Jim

Staffan,      What color would the bodies, ends and roof have been of the GN 9000 series cars at that time that had survived?  When would they have been rebuilt and painted?  Also, what would

you might want to check out item #3129-BG on RIOGRANDEMODELS.COM web site. eric

--- In STMFC@..., Bill Welch <fgexbill@...> wrote: ...I was very happy with the return to the familiar Naperville venue ...Sunshine's absence was a bummer but very understandable. ...Last

Tony Thompson wrote: And it may be even more complex than he wrote. For example, the B&M purchased 100 34' IL Hart gondolas from AC&F in 1907. Joel Homes asked: I have attached a copy of the B&M

Bruce Smith, member of the original and continuing cast for Prototype Rails and perennial member of my op session got most of it right. He did not mention, however, a long standing tradition

I don't know what "I'm"stands for but the color of GN flat car and the 40' SS box car trucks (and the entire cars for that matter) around 1950 was mineral red. Staffan Ehnbom

John Golden writes: "I'm finishing two HO scale GN models in November (Chad's flat car and the Sunshine SS box car) and would like to know please what color to paint the trucks. Were they black or

These cars are essentially modeled by the ancient Athearn 50 ft riveted side reefers, although there are technical errors (mainly roof and ends). If you're willing to turn them into "flat kits" they

Stuart, The fun usually gets started with Thursday afternoon ops sessions, as well as a few clinics late in the day. Friday and Saturday are solid clinics until about 9 or 10pm when the discussion

Ken O'Brien wrote: Freshly painted, the cars were Daylight Orange on the sides, but this faded in the direction of yellow, so Tichy's suggestion is for a weathered color. The ends and roof

Tony...    Many thanks for the info.   Steve Vallee

Steve Vallee wrote: PFE used this term for all its heavily insulated 52-foot cars, starting with R-70-2 in 1934. The 200-car group referred to are the R-70-9 mechanical cars, PFE 300138 to

Dear Group...    I found this item on page 114 in the April, 1954 issue of RAILROAD MAGAZINE:    Frozen Foods are becoming so popular in American diet that the Pacific Fruit Express is adding

I'm working on a Tichy PFE Reefer and I was wondering if there was an off the shelf paint for the sides and ends. Tichy's instructions call for blends of Daylight Orange & RG Yellow for the sides; BCR

I'm thinking of attending for the first time ever and would welcome a general idea of the schedule for the purpose of making travel arrangements (e.g., do I have to travel from San Diego on Wednesday

I assume you mean 1950 not 1950s, then the trucks on those two cars are sort of a brown not black. The GNRHS website I believe still posts Reference Sheet 28 which lists colors; unfortunately, there