[STMFC] wrote: Bill, As far as I know, the paint specs for the interiors of MoPac's gondola cars are unknown. The railroad built many of the steel cars in their car shops from 1948 through the 1950s,

Bill, The builder's photos I have seen which show the interiors seemto be painted to body color. However, after a year or two, they were pretty muchbare metal due to wear. Jerry (not an expert, but

BTW, the first two LoC image links in Claus' message both feature the same rail site in Pittsburgh. As Claus notes, the Heinz factory across the Allegheny River can be seen in this image.

Scott wrote: "Pat's brief mention of these cars in the War Emergency Boxcar article had me wondering if they weren't all steel versions of the W.E.cars!" There was no "War Emergency" design. There

Not for quite some time. Pierre Oliverwww.elgincarshops.comwww.yarmouthmodelworks.com On 10/21/2014 11:01 PM, jaydeet2001@... [STMFC] wrote:

Greg, don't be shy, post a shot in the photo section... Mike Smeltzer

Thanks, Ed Your information led me to the next (and apparently identical) series of cars-#19700-19999, of which a photo (repainted) appears in the Seaboard Air Line Color Guide. Both series combine

Scott, When the builders first reverted back to building steel freight cars that had been composite due to the WW II steel shortage, they called them "Victory" cars. Regarding Seaboard 19500-19699,

"While it may not be illegal, I find it ethically lacking when one persons buys a book and then shares the contents freely with others." Isn't this one of those literalist approaches that achieves

In RPC 19, on page 42, Pat Wider notes the building of 200 "Victory" Boxcars (19500-19699) built by Pullman Standard (Lot 5768) in Sept. 1944 for the Seaboard Air Line. Does anyone have more

Sorry for the multiple posts and messages if you are on more than one listbut I wanted to be sure everyone saw the updated flyer with Saturday Dinnerinformation: PROTOTYPERAILS 2015 COCOA BEACH,

Fenton, David and all, My car is now finished as I mentioned and I shot the photos over theweekend between clouds. I have sent one member a teaser shot this evening and Ican send anyone an embedded

Scott Haycock asked: > Are any of these the domes that Bill Welch was working on awhile back? No, Bill's dome is for a 10K Semet-Solvay tank. The acid tanks are 7K and 8K and have much smaller

Are any of these the domes that Bill Welch was working on awhile back? Scott Haycock Frank only had the one acid tank car model on display. There's a photo of it on Marty's blog. Here are links

Tim wrote: > I can't believe I missed those! I was very much looking forward > to see what Frank's been working on. I hope someone got pictures. Frank only had the one acid tank car model on

Will the roof and ends be available as separate parts? David Thompson

Fenton, et al, As a reminder, John Barry posted a very good discussion of painting and lettering Santa Fe rebuilds on his blog at

Doug Harding wrote: "OK I looked at the list posted at http://elgincarshops.blogspot.ca/and I do not see a single Wabash car on the list. Am I missing something?" Try

OK I looked at the list posted at http://elgincarshops.blogspot.ca/ and I do not see a single Wabash car on the list. Am I missing something? Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

While I agree in general with giving an author appropriate rewards for intellectual property, this appears to be the wrong situation in which to vent. A man asks about the roof color for one specific