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Re: PFE Reefer paint suggestions

Dick Harley at Naperville had many PFE reefers on display; he prefers the P-B-L "Star" brand color for PFE orange to others. The Tru-Color to my eye seems a tiny bit off, but in the past I've mixed

By Tim O'Connor · #111905 ·

Re: GN Freight Car Painting, c. 1950

Bob, By 1950 some 9000 series cars were repainted all mineral red (including trucks) with the 54" GNR (Great Northern Railway) herald. Those not repainted after 1947 would have black ends and roof

By Staffan Ehnbom <staffan.ehnbom@...> · #111904 ·

Re: GN Freight Car Painting, c. 1950

Scott Pitzer says: "Somewhere along the line, the formatting for an apostrophe was just too much to handle, so you get that instead." I like the Chinese answer better. Mike Brock

By Mikebrock · #111903 ·

Re: GN Freight Car Painting, c. 1950

Off Topic, but &#39 is the ASCII code for an apostrophe. So Yahoo had a problem with the HTML conversion to what should have "I'm". HTH Mark Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 9:34 PM To:

By Mark Stamm · #111902 ·

Re: GN Freight Car Painting, c. 1950

Somewhere along the line, the formatting for an apostrophe was just too much to handle, so you get that instead. Scott Pitzer On Oct 30, 2012, at 6:34 PM, "John" <golden1014@ [Non-text portions of

By Scott Pitzer · #111901 ·

CGW Waybill

Good Evening All, Andy Laurent and I have completed our second post in a series that examines features of prototype waybills. Those interested can find it

By Charles Hostetler <cesicjh@...> · #111900 ·

Re: Schedule for Prototype Rails in Cocoa Beach

STEWART--As you may have already gathered, the folks involved in Cocoa Beach are, to a person, kind, outgoing, helpful, and easy to get to know. You'll quickly feel among friends even if you don't

By Carl · #111899 ·

Re: GN Freight Car Painting, c. 1950

Hi Stephan, I don't knows what all that jibberish is either---something added by the Chinese as they review all our emails, of course. Nonetheless I got my flat car painted today and thanks to you

By golden1014 · #111898 ·

Re: PFE Reefer paint suggestions

I built this kit a couple of years ago, painted all sub-assemblies with off-the-shelf paints from spray cans, without masking. Orange was Model Master "Go Mango 1969-70" (different from plain "Go

By al_brown03 · #111897 ·

Re: F&C GN Truss Rod Box Car 26178 Photo

You must know somebody... I see that it’s blocking the main at Dale... Hope it moves before January. :>) Bill Schneider Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 8:27 PM To: STMFC@... Subject:

By Bill Schneider · #111896 ·

F&C GN Truss Rod Box Car 26178 Photo

I have uploaded 3 photos of my recently completed F&C GN truss rod box car in the album GN Truss Rod Box Car. I have to say that I don't understand why some people's photos seem to take such a long

By Mikebrock · #111895 ·

Re: Schedule for Prototype Rails in Cocoa Beach

Hi Stuart, I live near Sacramento. I depart at about noon on Wednesday, arriving very late on Wednesday evening (~11PM). As Bruce pointed out, there are Op Sessions on Thursday, and

By Aley, Jeff A · #111894 ·

Re: Atlas

I'm having the same problem down here in south Georgia. My local hobby shop (not the one in Savannah) cannnot get any. And I hear the hobby shop in Savannah (which is reputed to be going out of

By John Degnan <Scaler164@...> · #111893 ·

Re: Atlas

I sent a quick message to Paul Graf about this and this was his response: "We are in the midst of changing track suppliers, and most of our track is in short supply. The first container of track has

By Jeff Shultz <jeff@...> · #111892 ·

Re: Atlas

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

By Dennis Williams · #111891 ·

Re: Atlas

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

By SUVCWORR@... · #111889 ·

Re: Atlas

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

By Brian Carlson · #111888 ·

Atlas

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

By naptownprr · #111887 ·

Re: GN Freight Car Painting, c. 1950

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

By Bob McCarthy · #111890 ·

Re: 34' Hart gondola (was Train Miniature Hart Gondola)

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

By Rio Grande Ltd <rgmodels@...> · #111886 ·

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