Does anyone have a photo/scan they would be prepared to share of one of the ATSF Ga-54 2 bay hoppers that had roofs added in 1945, please. Various numbers within 180800-180999 - 45 cars in total. Or

Bob McCarthy wrote: "Am interested in starting a project building a 10' IH 40' DS 7/7 fishbelly DD boxcar.  Am looking for candidates to model from various railroads." 7/7 what?  Murphy ends? Ben

Charles Hostetler wrote: Since the CGW did not have a direct connection with the SP&S, the empty car, if not needed for loading, would not have been sent "homeward" at all, but returned to the

Good evening!      Am interested in starting a project building a 10' IH 40' DS 7/7 fishbelly DD boxcar.  Am looking for candidates to model from various railroads.      Please send

Thank you for the clarification Dan, I'll paraphrase to make sure I understand - if there had been a loaded order for the car at Green Bay or Sturgeon Bay then the movement from Iowa to Wisconsin

Dan Holbrook wrote: Thanks to Dan, who knows this stuff better than likely anyone on this list, for the clarification. But it's worth pointing out that in the early 1950s, an AAR survey found that

I also thought that the use of an SPS car for this shipment (away from its home district) was interesting. Car Service Rules allowed cars located within an AAR district to be backhauled empty in the

I think there are a couple more model railroad uses for distilled water; thinning paints when water is the appropriate thinner, and soaking decals. The latter is especially true for those of us who

IMO, just about any shade of orange will work if you are modeling a train of PFE reefers as they appeared in the "wild". There are many color photos of such trains and the number of different

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

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

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

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:

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

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

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

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

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

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:

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