Gene Green wrote: "This seemed somewhat germane. 'The Central of Georgia has ordered 500 50-ft, 9-ft-door box cars from Pullman-Standard, for anticipated delivery in March 1956, at an estimated

Denny Anspach wrote: If we really BELIEVED that a foobie is better than nothing, we would all still be re-decaling Athearn box cars. Shame on you, Denny. I am certain that you know

Andy Carlson wrote: Andy says it exactly right, in my opinion. If a historical society cannot make financial ends meet except by issuing foobies, maybe they have exceeded their "sell by" date.

Thanks, Gene, Were these 1000 cars the extent of the aluminum oval paint scheme? I have also read that this scheme only appeared on 50’ cars. Is the correct? Schuyler Newton Highlands MA

Well, by that argument, the societies should only produce models in Prototypical scale (i.e. Proto:48, Proto:87, etc) ignoring the inaccuracies forced by 60+ years of NMRA "standards" and "recommended

Andy Carlson writes: I find it odd that in this forum (STMFC) dedicated to promoting greater accuracy in modeling, we find several defenders of the practice of historical societies offering sham

I find it odd that in this forum (STMFC) dedicated to promoting greater accuracy in modeling, we find several defenders of the practice of historical societies offering sham cars as fund raisers.

Thanks Ben. I'm researching the MILW / NP lines from Chehalis to Raymond / South Bend, Wash, and in addition to looking at the various traffic origins and destinations, I'm looking at interesting,

Schuyler objects to my lumping together all societies . Fair enough! So, as amended, I will simply repeat- "Modelers are just one membership segment of [many of] these societies, and if they know it

Brian R. Termunde asked: "On the NP Telltale group, it was recently discussed about the NP using stock cars to haul railroad ties, does anyone know, perchance, did the Milwaukee do the same thing?

First, my apologies for not correcting the subject line in my last e-mail! On the NP Telltale group, it was recently discussed about the NP using stock cars to haul railroad ties, does anyone know,

 Ben, Thanks for the link to Micro-Scale. While on their page I was looking at their adhesives. Could you helpexplain the meaning of their description for their MB-52 ? (highlighted in red&

This seemed somewhat germane. The Central of Georgia has ordered 500 50-ft, 9-ft-door box cars from Pullman-Standard, for anticipated delivery in March 1956, at an estimated cost of nearly $3.5

Here are links to some Shorpy photos of Duluth, Minnesota, circa 1905. When you get to the photo sites, chick on thephotos to enlarge them. There is a fair amount of detail in each photo.

On 11/23/2014 10:36 AM, 'gary laakso' vasa0vasa@... [STMFC] wrote: Curious on the number. I can't tell the first one, could be a 6, but the last ones seem to me to be

A foobie, but is it a crime? The historical societies do what they can do economically by making use of what is available in the market. For them, a foobie is better than none. Modelers are

That would make a neat weathering project. Paul Doggett UK Sent from Samsung mobile "'gary laakso' vasa0vasa@... [STMFC]" <STMFC@...> wrote: The picture is not dated but it

The picture is not dated but it shows the flat end doors on the Santa Feautocar 61692 (neat paint erosion on the end door too):

Something to keep in mind is the purpose of these cars includes raising funds. Does anyone object that a coffee mug with a flag isn’t actually identical to those found in that road’s Dining cars?

Well if the options are use what is out there or don't make it at all I personally think the historical societies should use what is available with the caveat that it is not an accurate car and then