My purchase of one of F&C's new Reading DD steel cars reminds me how I wish someone would put together a presentation on northeastern boxcars for Lisle, Cocoa Beach, etc.! I should say given its size

Clark In 1960, there were still 887 of these cars on the roster, down to 37 by 1965. Rupert Gamlen Auckland NZ From:STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] Sent: Friday, 17 October 2014 3:02a.m. To:

---In STMFC@..., <pullmanboss@...> wrote : "Those car bodies are scattered all over north Texas along the ex-FW&D main line, fewer now than when we began making twice yearly trips to the Dallas area

Thanks Dave, By chance are any of the FT-T flats in the 95588-95599 series? And if so is there a shot of the deck. I'd like to get a deck view of one of the tractor flats to see the hardware for the

Disregard my previous email. I found I have photos of the ATFS cars from Richard Hendrickson and the RI car is in RMJ Nov 99 p 29. Thanks anyway... Clark

Alain KAP, a native of Luxembourgand resident of Germany,is modeling the Santa Fe’s Los AngelesDivision/Fourth District in HO scale. For a modeling project he researched Higgins Industries

I have a C&BT body with 12 panel riveted sides, 4/4 IDE (rolling pin)ends and rectangular panel roof. According to Ed’s spread sheet on post war AAR cars it appears the ATSF andRI may have had

Those car bodies are scattered all over north Texas along the ex-FW&D main line, fewer now than when we began making twice yearly trips to the Dallas area in 1991. There were eight in the little town

Clark yes some lasted into the 60’s and longer. From the BRHS list: According to the November, 1973 ORER, there were still four cars in the series CBQ 15615-16728. The XM-25/26 cars were covered in

Clark, I built the Speedwitch kit, but Ted didn't include ORER data in the instructions. I have the Sunshine flier for these cars from 1993, and it states that there were 1759 cars in 1956 and

Hi Devlyn, I am interested in your list of resin cars. Please send the list to doswift@.... Best Regards, Darrall Swift

I was just about to decal my upgraded Accurail model for the CB&Q whenI noticed Micro Scale has included reweigh dates as new as 1960 in their singlesheathed box car set. Did this cars last that

Merde indeed! :-) Pierre Oliverwww.elgincarshops.comwww.yarmouthmodelworks.com On 16/10/2014 8:23 AM, Benjamin Hom b.hom@... [STMFC] wrote:

Merde. Shouldn't reply before the first cup of coffee in the morning. Ben Hom

Maybe this is subliminal advertising for Bernie's DODX flat! BT I'm in the office today if you want to pass on the SDTS issue - (571) 256-8577. Ben ________________________________ To:

While the manual might be interesting it's not going to be terribly helpful as a modeling guide since everything from the types if rail cars to the military equipment to the chain falls and tie downs

I have a coppy of the aar diagram books for that period. If you got an idea what is under the tarp i can look up the drawinng. mark rickert Sent with Verizon Mobile Email

Once again... RPC 20 has an excellent article on flat car loading. I knew I had seen an extensive treatise on this, it just took me awhile to remember where! Scott Haycock

Rick, My curiosity led me to Google where I found a training manual for military personnel on this subject. While it only contains drawings, not photos, maybe it will help. here's the

Rick, MR, June 2015, has an article on securing loads, including a couple of tanks and a scraper on flat cars. Scott Haycock I am wondering if there is anywhere on the web that