Tony, I'm in agreement with you on this however I should porbably have noted that the vast majority of my work is for rail cars from the 50's and early 60's. This is the era most often modeled by my

I'm on travel so I don't have my book available but there is a table of photo confirmed stencils against each lot in the book Roger Hinman

Mike Brock wrote: Until SP bought new cabooses in 1961 with oil stoves, all caboose stoves on the system burned coal; so did most section houses, sand houses, depots, and other structures with

If ya really want to start a heated discussion about paint mixing, ask about the “correct” N&W diesel, passenger car and caboose blue! While this blue is post-1960, it proves that colors were

Ben, many, many, thanks. Given I intend to model fall 1953, (looking at the month after I look at crop and weather reports for fall 1953 for my modeled area) you provided me with EXACTLY the

I would state that I think the belief of this (in thosetimes) was accurate. Researching and having just presented on NP reefer traffic,this thought was held by the early engineers of my studied

James Dick asked: "Could you however put a better dating (by decade, by year if possible) on the statement in your last paragraph of: 'The Accurail car represents cars with late R+3/4 improved

Tim O'Connor notes: "Be mindful that 'later in the year' the sun in Wyoming is lower and so you are seeing sunlight passed through much more atmosphere -- this lowers the temperature of the light

Tim O'Connor says: "I get your point about reflected light but it's not necessary to shine colored lights on our layouts. I've seen the red rock scenery on your layout so my guess is that a good

On 7/19/2014 10:08 AM, pullmanboss@... [STMFC] wrote: Tom, I hope you find someone there, but as the town apparently is owned by two Vietnamese men (according to

Ben, this no doubt has been covered on this list prior so forgiveness is asked if you are repeating yourself. Could you however put a better dating (by decade, by year if possible) on

Jim Betz wrote: When people make this point, I'm reminded of the time I looked at a modeler's paint job on a G scale reefer, lettered for PFE in the 1946-49 scheme with color UP emblems on each

Be mindful that 'later in the year' the sun in Wyoming is lower and so you are seeing sunlight passed through much more atmosphere -- this lowers the temperature of the light (towards red). The same

Mike I get your point about reflected light but it's not necessary to shine colored lights on our layouts. I've seen the red rock scenery on your layout so my guess is that a good amount of

Carl Roberts asked: "After attending Dave Messer's Collinsville, CT clinic I decided to model a MDT 11000-11499, lot 867 steel reefer. This lot was the first built (1951) with Despatch ends and roof.

Tony and all, I think there must have been a lot of different approaches/sources for paint. I know that when I was growing up in the late 40's/early 50's they still sold linseed oil and oil

Hello group, After attending Dave Messer's Collinsville,]CT clinic I decided to model a MDT 11000-11499,lot 867 steel reefer. This lot was the first built (1951) with Despatch ends and roof. I have

The car diagram also includes that they were Barber Stabilized and the photos show Barber S-2 trucks with spring planks. The best match in HO is Tahoe Model Works' TMW 113-213 trucks, "50-ton Barber

When these cars were built in 1940, they had a mixture of ASF and Bettendorf AAR trucks with spring planks. So says the car diagram. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

Tim, Would you be willing to share the yard shot in your comment? It would be swell to see and very helpful. THank you for considering, Brad Andonian On Friday, July 18, 2014 5:01 PM,