Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Guys; I have just been drooling over this car. It has been executed VERY nicely. I love the interior detailing, and the delicacy of the grabs and end

michael gross wrote: Thanks for the kind words, Michael. I would like to see your placards (or scans of them). As it happens, there was a terrific article in _Mainline Modeler_ in 1993 by John

Dear Tony, Thanks for the clarification about the placards. Thanks for the link to your blog. I was curious about these placards, because I also have several I would like to share with the group.

> > Hi again folks > > I've been looking hard at photos of the Railworks NYC milk car I found online, and I have a question: It appears that there is a metal plate with two vertical grab irons on it

Curt, its in the files section. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Where is it posted? I don't see it in the photos section. Curt Fortenberry ---In stmfc@..., <raildata@...> wrote: HI All, Just posted a Piedmont & Northern box car photo that was on a

The GN called their version "movable door post" andit moved with the auxiliary door. Would it make it possible to nail grain doorsto the double doors with this arrangement? Staffan Ehnbom

Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: Placards 2 John Allen once showed us a boxcar that he had rigged up to simulate a hot box.He often put it in trains for guest operators.It consisted of a ramp and a

Subject: [STMFC] Re: Placards 2 I need one of those explosives placards. In the late Fred Dabney's collection is a Lionel exploding boxcar that he had repainted and modified such that it would

Gary, The short answer is someone must have screwed up. To be honest I never paidmuch attention to that article, in print. I did a series of four M&StL freight car articles I thought would

The 'centerpiece' has what looks like a door roller on the bottom. Did it move with a door or not? Tim O'

Hi Tom, These were Automobile cars which had a removable centerpiece between thedoors. See RP Cycl. # 13 and/or Railmodeljournal Dec. 2004 page 53-58. (downloadable through Trainlife.com) Ben de

Tim, Thank you for your response. Looking at the photo more closely now, I can imagine that is the case. It certainly looks a bit odd but would make an interesting model. Tom Baker

Having swung enough full 40 qt. milk cans into a cooler, out of a cooler and/or onto the back of a truck and then unloaded them at a creamery ("country station" in milk parlance) in my life I

Don't know what is going on with the STMFC of late or if its a problem with Yahoo but this response appeareing this morning, 11/14, was sent over two weeks ago. Cordially, Don Valentine

Tony I love the eggs, and wet corn placards! An explosives placard is included in the set of placards RichardHendrickson designed for Microscale. I used that placard on a box car that was to beused on

Tom It's part of the left hand door. I don't know why they were built that way -- perhaps they couldn't buy a factory made door of thewidth they needed so they welded an extension onto it? Tim O'

In perusing an old Newton K. Gregg Train Shed Cyclopedia No. 17, on page 136, I examined a photo of a Milwaukee Road double-door ribbed box car. The arrangement of the double doors puzzles me: The

First of all, thanks for an informative article on these cars and it raised2 questions: 1- the photo of the modification of the model with the unpainted DetailsWest dreadnaught end shows the stiles

Scott, there is an excellent file in the file section for the group onFreight Car Underbody Detail by Gene Green. The diagrams and pictures area real value for understanding how the system’s parts