ExactRail Announces the All-New Release of the HO Scale B&O M-53 Wagontop Box Car! The Baltimore and Ohio M-53 Wagontop Box Car is a true signature classic! In an era when the major design elements

As a follow up to my last posting about Stanray, the job at John Gillen had two benefits. First, and most obvious, was the paycheck. But second was the daily parade of Zephyrs, CB&Q commuters, the

Stanray was a large corporation that bought up many other businesses in the early 1960's. I worked at one such company, John Gillen & Company, in Cicero during summers of 1962 and 1963. Stanray also

I will give you some money and have you order mine too. Bill ________________________________ To: STMFC Discussion Group <STMFC@...> Sent: Friday, March 8, 2013 9:00 AM Subject: [STMFC]

Hi, For Sale: I have 6 brand new, never been opened, Intermountain HO Northern Pacific gray 1958 cubic foot 2 bay covered hoppers with the 2 triangular openings on the side. Built 8-1940 in black

Gene, thanks for the info...Is a "Stanray" roof a Standard Railway Equipment Co moniker? TIA, Clark Cone [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

If they irritate you now Bruce, wait 'til you've painted it.  Tom Dempsey, Spokane, WA ________________________________ To: "STMFC@..." <STMFC@...> Sent: Friday, March 8,

STMFC Members, The RP CYC Publishing Company is pleased to announce the imminent release of RAILWAY PROTOTYPE CYCLOPEDIA, Volume 26, scheduled for distribution beginning in the last week of March

Just wanted to straighten out the record about all the early names of Reefer companies and who owned what. My source is on page 299 of March 1905 issue of "Everybody's Magazine" in the first part of a

Very interesting... I think the c'52 date on the RPI site with a script herald makes sense. The reweigh date isn't very clear, but seems to be '52 or '53 to me. The F&C instructions also include a

It may be a "Texas thing," but I can buy gallon-sized cans of lacquer thinner at Home Depot. Along with Naphtha, MEK, and lots of other good organic solvents. Jerry Michels

I don't think this is the part I am referring to Dick. The fitting I am speaking of had no ability to keep the door tight against the side. The function of the strap I am talking about was to keep the

Don, I have had similar problems with Yahoo. What I do to correct is to close the image file and start over again, which usually gets rid of the yahoo hiccup. Last night I found I somehow missed three

Steve, My plan for the couplers is as follows. Trim the end off of a #58 or similar coupler (should even work with a Sergent) by cutting parallel to the shaft, through the hole. This will get the

All, The following articles should help anyone trying to model the D&H or B&O converted cement cars from the 1930s. D & H 40'SS Cement hopper boxcars (Tichy) - Mainline Modeler June 1994,

Gene, is there a way to obtain these as a single ZIP file. The Next and Previous, and many of the links themselves that Yahoo provides are all scrambled and get stuck in a loop. Thanks. Don Strack

My underframe arrived this week. It is interesting to think about how it was created. Has anyone figured out how to mount a coupler in the draft gear? It won't fit a Kadee or an Accumate.

Gene Green, Thanks for posting the roof photos. Could you please contact me off-list to answer a question? allencain@... Thanks, Allen Cain

Hi Folks, As Dan has discovered, I posted a number of ads and a couple of magazine articles for freight car roofs in an album in the photo section entitled "Roofs, freight car." I have posted only

At Accurail we just did a custom job where we had to use Scalecoat II to match the color; the folks at Weaver recommended common paint store naphtha for thinning. Dennis