I have an OLD bottle of Solvaset, having always preferred Champ’s Decal-set. But Solvaset’s always had the rep of being able to really settle decals into scribing or whatever. This bottle

My apologies to the group, that is the second time this morning I’ve made the mistake of sending to the STMFC group and not just the intended addressee. However, in this case if you have the

Eric, Thanks for your response in the email below and to the query I sent Allen Stanley this morning. I started a list of modeling points I need to be aware of before I even get started. •

Has anyone extracted month-year built forany PRR/PCo freight cars from the ledgers at the PA State Archives? I'dlike to be more specific about renumberings through the 'teens into the twentiesand this

Of course the Toole Army Depot was active and probably then a marshalling point for the military rail service equipment. So, this could be a movement of equipment between installations. Were the cars

The CB&Q Kitchen Cars ran with Allieds for some years before being changed. I doubt that any Troop Pullmans or Kitchen Cars were converted by the Army as the cars retained were so equipped through

Good morning Allen, It’s been about a year since we communicated, hope all is well with you. I retired June 1, 2013 and am in the midst of writing a book on the relief efforts of American and

Did the "Feds" remove any of the high-speed trucks? . . . . or were they as is? Al Kresse

Didn't David Lambert do an article on a number of the railroads that converted Pullman Troop Sleepers/Kitchens into baggage and/or express cars after the war in RMC some ten to fifteen years

I just looked at some of the SP lettering diagrams from the early 1900's. They clearly indicate that the medallion be painted on the car. There were lettering diagrams for the medallions, in this

Right, I have read Pat's article. What I'm saying is a subtle point, while the War Assets Administration did advertise the cars availability, the ARR, being a federal entity, requested transfer of

Actually, it is cooler to see an old V carin use in 1948. Lots were used during WWII, but disappeared fairlyrapidly after as they were not converted to AB brakes. Thanks for finding this one!

Per Railway Prototype Cyclopedia #5: In 1947, the U.S. War Assets Administration Office offered 2290 troop sleepers & troop kitchen cars for sale to the railroads for a fraction of their origianal

More than 20 years into the future for this list I saw some ARR boxcars that had been converted from the troop cars and then further converted by cutting them horizontally. One car that had its roof

Thanks, Steve! I was momentarily stunned finding not only a BAR plugdoor refrigerator car in the Albrecht collection but a BAR single sheathedboxcar. gary laakso south of Mike Brock

At least they got rid of the high-speed trucks.

Back in 2006 in the [Baltimore_and_Ohio] Yahoo! group... James Mischke provided history on the exC&O deco-end cars sent to the B&Os as class M-25e... (below). Other than "well known" M-25e car number

Frank Greene wrote: My dictionary says, if it's not a physical medal, it's an "oval or circular design." It's true that PFE for a few years used metal plates for this purpose, but SP never did,

Although OT for this list some troop sleepers made it toCuba. See: http://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=79466 Matt Herson

Gary, I love this photo! See how the clerk has wiped the number of REX 6221 so that it can be read? A cotton swap and some thinner or isopropanol (depending on the paint) can be used to give the same