Mike: You have way to much time on your hands. But I did enjoy the story. Paul C. Koehler From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 7:38PM To: STMFC@... Subject:

Ben, A question for you, is there information about when were the top cord reinforcements were added vs. when the saw-tooth hoppers were added on the PRR class H21? Bob Witt

Amazing that they even cared about matching the paint on a boxcar. Todd Horton

Thanks to all who responded with info about the Santa Fe Bx-27 box car. Special thanks to Al for mentioning the Duryea underframe. I'll have to look into that some to decide how I'll handle it. I

SR auto/box car 12220 arrived in Portland, OR in need of some help in 1948. Apparently it had suffered a side swipe collision which damaged the grabs on the right side. Crews in in Portland replaced

Interestingly, this car has the partial top chord reinforcement that was applied to help strengthen these cars. Regards Bruce Smith Auburn, AL ________________________________________ Sent: Sunday,

Don Valentine wrote: "Don't recall seeing a Pennsy clamshell quad with the large "COKE" notation on the side of it." The Class H21 quads were originally designed for Coke service and rated at only

Bruce Smith wrote: Yes, back in the day Floquil's Grimy Black had a greenish tinge, and the Weathered Black had a slight purple tint. In those days, I mixed my own with Black, Gray and BCR to

Bud, When a senior Pennsy modeler told me he used grimy black for PRR steam locos, I thought "that's nice... but wrong" and then I heard that grimy black also had a touch of green in it, and the light

The steel hopper with the windup shafts is N&W class HM, built ca. 1910-11. N&W extrapolated the basic configuration of its Seley triples to an all-steel design. Not a true Seley, since he was long

schuyler.larrabee wrote: What I like about the NYC gon is the extensive chalk marks. They appear to be arithmetic about the light weight - or some kind of weight. Tony Thompson

P&R car is either an HTd or HTf (hard to tell from that angle). Third photo is interesting for the large "COKE" lettering on the H21a, and the N&W HM behind it (which also show up in the first

ATSF Bx-27 boxcars had early Duryea underframes. That would show up by having the couplers stand out from the end of the car by about a foot. If you don't want to model the Duryea underframe you can

Neat photo with the NYC gon, Schuyler. Don't recall seeing a Pennsy clamshell quad with the large "COKE" notation on the side of it. And what is that we see beyopnd it? A Seeley hopper constructed

Gene Green] wrote: When the car was built in 1937, Santa Fe did still use both the ampersand and the periods in reporting marks, but the ampersand went in 1938 and the periods in 1943. Since maps

Yes, 1947 saw the maps replaced with the "Ship& Travel" slogan but by 1950 there were many maps still around. Prototype N Scale Models (TM) by George Hollwedel 2108 Buffalo Tundra Dr Austin, TX

Nelson Moyer writes: Do you have a cross-index for color temperature in Kelvin and color rendering index? CRI isn’t given for the 5,000 K bulbs I’ve been using, and I’d like to know my CRI.

In the second photo one can read "P&R" on the second hopper. The first one has an "H" and a "4" below it. It is a twin hopper. Maybe other can read more, but paint looks like it has received a lot of

Just received a Red Caboose ATSF box car kit # RC-8030-4i. Car is numbered ATSF 138019 and appears to match some photos I've found of cars in ATSF Bx-27 series 138000-138499 except for one

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: "PRR H-somethings http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-07-20-14/C4802.jpg http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-07-20-14/C4803.jpg Not entirely