I uploaded 9 color swatches from C&NW box car photo scans so you can see the range of colors over time, under different lighting conditions and paint schemes. I don't know how to combine them into one

What's the good word(s) about Prototype Rails 3? I'm looking forward to it. Will Bob's Photos be there set up? Any lectures scheduled yet? Richard Stallworth

Count me in too! I would be glad to pay for copying/postage for any handouts from Naperville. I can only get to a few RR related events a year, usually events that are close to home. Richard

Shawn, In addition to information Bill Schneider and Chet French have provided, selected 50' auto box cars built circa 1949 to the mid-1950s had this type of roof. Recently I came across the ACF

I was recently given an old HO tankcar made by Gilbert. Sez so right inside the fishbelly centersills. My guess is it represents a WWI vintage MCB Type III tank, since it has the safety valve on an

I spent yesterday at the Library and Archives of Virginia going through the Annual Reports of Fruit Growers Express Company from 1920 to 1955. There are enough tidbits of infromation to be gleaned

While not an answer to the question, some comments may be in order. During my research for the Morning Sun color guide on the CGW I discovered that there was no one shade of CGW maroon. Instead,

Garth, unless you are modeling a brand new car, color can be anything from nearly black, through various shades of red, to nearly pink or orange... You CANNOT trust photos, and especially not

Morning all, Sadly, I cannot attend the PS this year. Of course there are all kinds of seminars I would like to attend. Can someone come up with a way for us non-attendees to get the handouts? A

Dear friends, Now another paint question, though this time it is on behalf of my friend Bob Campbell, who is no longer on-line. He sent me a photocopy of page 553 from Myrrick's RAILROADS OF NEVADA

Dear friends, I need some advice about CNW paint of the mid-1950s. I am building a CMO 1942 10' 6" AAR boxcar with a Viking roof. I planned to letter it in the post-1955 giant "C&NW" lettering, per a

Intermountain <SNIP> Garth, The CNW/CMO typically used a color called "CNW#3 Standard Red-Brown Paint" during the mid to late 1940s and into the 1950s. Depending on the vendor of the paint, I'm

Richard, How do I get to be one? :-) Victor Rance Adelaide, South Australia

Apologies for abusing the list but . . Dennis for whatever reasons your recent message to me asking for an email address for Ken Goslett is bouncing for both Ken and I. -- Stafford Swain 26 Kenneth

OK, guys. Marty asked everyone to get back to him off line. For those that don't know...that means go to him directly and not through the group. While Don didn't say to contact him directly, he knows

Could I have a list?

Marty, I am also interested in your list. L. A. Buell Naperville, Illinois 60565

I just placed Tichy and Funaro kits on eBay. Westerfield tommorrow. Probably not in their file yet. Also lots of brass locos etc. Don Winter

I believe Mr. Brazelton passed away a few years ago. I had tried to contact him and that was the answer I got through a third party. I am not aware that any one else is making his drill presses. Jim