Don: I spent my working life in advertising production. There were many attempts for an ironclad color system. The world settled into the Pantone system which seemed to be the best of a bad thing.

Nelson and Schuyler, I thought I knew quite a bit about hand brakes but I have never encountered a "Handcock" or "Hancock" hand brake. Could one or the other or both you gentlemen provide me with the

Schuyler, Thanks for the spelling lesion, but no, Google or Walthers still don't produce any results with the correct spelling. FWIW, the Sunshine instruction sheet and prototype data sheet for

Thanks Roger - A great resource no doubt, though a little difficult for me as a CPR west coast modeller to justify the $90. price. But I'll have to consider it. . . . Rob

Nelson, would your searches produce a different result if you spelled it "Hancock," the correct spelling? Schuyler Sent: Monday, May 27, 2013 9:22 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC]

Ed It depends on your time frame. I didn't have access to the ORER notes but I found that - 1907 Outside length was recorded as the length over sheathing, length over end sills or length over

One of the pictures (Lacawanna # 40118) has a metal brake step on an otherwise all-wood body. Ken Montero

I have only paid attention to the bulkhead measurement in relation to refrigerator cars which for a nominal forty-foot is usually around 33-feet. I don't see how these interior devices and their

Ed, Coincidentally, I spent part of the day trying to figure this out myself. I started the hard (but rather enjoyable) way by looking at a "Plan and Sections" diagram of a UP B-50-24 box car (Car

Does anyone make a Handcock hand brake in HO scale? A search of Walthers and a Google search both came up empty. Nelson Moyer

I have been researching older ORER's with idea of scratch building some cars that are not available commercially. Most of the measurements are self evident except for the outside length. What are

Pantone (PMS) and Munsel systems are commonly used by those of us doing restoration feasibility studies, but there are issues. Pantone was developed for printer's ink... and until recently when

John, I have a pair of Tayolr trucks. COntact me off list if you are interested. Fenton Wells <srrfan1401@...> -- Fenton Wells 5 Newberry Lane Pinehurst NC

Hi List members, Nice image of PFE and SFRD reefers here http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15799coll65/id/9514/rec/408 More detailed zoom image of PFE 71991

Ok... assuming the photos get approved by the group owner... they should be viewable via the following link : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/photos/album/374241816/pic/list If the link

OK, nevermind... I had forgotten that this group does not allow attachments! How inconvenient. I'll post the photos to my site and re-post the links later. John

I am in in the market for ONE set of Taylor Flexible caboose trucks (as seen in the attached photo - S&A256Truck.jpg) and one other type of leaf-springed truck, which I cannot identify, for my S&A

Gents, I have used a very simple method for holding cars when airbrushing, both resin cars and others as well. I take a length of plastic pipe hanger material and bend one end sharply at the

RJ et all, I've just blogged about I solve this problem for myself. http://www.elgincarshops.com/mylayout.php Enjoy, Pierre Oliver

I have a photo of a SK-T 60289 marked A.T.S.F. that must be mid 50s or later. It is beside a FT in Cigar paint with lifting lugs and a Firecracker antennae. Photo at Perry Oklahoma. ______________ J.