Some rebuilding programs around the mid 1930s wereincentivized by the federal government. I believe the RDG conversion of USRA boxcars to all steel auto cars were and the LV steel underframe box cars

During World War II the Office of Defense Transportation ordered the railroads to use available refrigerator cars for perishable lading regardless of ownership, a rule that was not rescinded until

Ed Mines asked: "Mentioned p 140 of the SFRD book. What was this?"   WWII expediency.  Search "PFE SFRD WWII" in the list archives.     Ben Hom

Albion alloys has 2 assortments - SFT1 has 0.4, 0.6. 0.8 & 1mm OD 12 inch tubes. The 0.8mm OD tube (about 2.73 HO inches) makes nice couplings for Tichy tank car hand rails. Ed Mines

Mentioned p 140 of the SFRD book. What was this? Ed Mines

I’ve built and run two of his kits, both very nice and more hardy than youmight think. He wasn’t at CCB this time or I probably would have boughtanother. You’re right about the instructions. I

Portable devise used to move dry material. Typically used to load freight cars and sometimes used to move material from a rail car unloading site to trucks or storage piles. Cyril Durrenberger

The NYC gon has been bashed (trashed?) so badly on this list of late that Factory Direct Trains is now selling them out at $12.74 each! This is the Walthers Mainline 910-5660 40' 50-Ton Drop-Bottom

Mystery load is a conveyor belt on a stand with a scoop at the end. ________________________________________________________________ Steve Sandifer 12027 Mulholland Drive, Meadows Place, TX

Are these photos available for purchase? If so, where? They do not print up ( at least on my computer) off the e-mail. There ae several that I really want in my collection. Bill Pardie

Thank you, Tony, for your prompt response. All this time I thought the designation applied to the whole car design, apparently a polular misconception. Regards, Otto K.

Here's a question sent to me: Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax, (510) 540-1937;

I have it, but have not found it helpful for the AB brake version. ________________________________________________________________ Steve Sandifer 12027 Mulholland Drive, Meadows Place, TX

On 1/16/2014 9:37 AM, Steve Sandifer wrote: Steve, Ted Culotta built one of those as part of his Essential Freight Car series in RMC. I don't have the date in front of me,

Bill... It is in the March/April 2010 issue. Jack Burgess I enjoyed several presentations, especially Tom Madden's but the one that stood out for me was done by Tom Williams, who is a

I have a copy of NYC Spec P-5-A dated 1922 , spec P5 is dated 1916 Tile of the Spec is "Painting Open Top and Flat Cars" Para 1 reads: :Paint. Paint shall be to New York Ccntral Formula "A" for

Amen to the Southern Car and Foundry tank car kits. I have one in process, a twin dome, and the instructions are lacking to say the least. I have built many resin kits, but this in the hardest and

Jeff Pellas wrote: "Whether or not this account is factual, what it illustrates is an adaptive or flexible approach to car rebuilding that was probably necessitated by the greatly increased traffic

He did a book Emil Albrechts Union Pacific small steam power I think it was called Paul Doggett England

It seems that Albrecht photo'd mostly Utah and adjacent areas as I've been unable to find any other references to him. Are there more elsewhere that anyone knows about?