Frank, of course, has a great number of those signature C&IM coal gons with the cast-on details on his C&IW layout. One is superdetailed to the max with stand-off grabs, etc. Even under good layout

I know a DRGW modeler who can¹t afford a fleet of the brass GS gondolas Challenger came out with a while back, even if he could find them. A resin kit like this, thoughŠ.. Thanks! -- Brian

That's a beautiful casting. I also sold my Sunshine IC hopper car kit -- Hopper cars are probably among the most difficult resin kits to build, unless they are complete one piece bodies like this

I love zerohedge---wish they offered more vintage steam articles though... I would be keen to see the CB&Q pic. Brad Andonian out west---where it rains.

Oops, wrong key sorry, it is Friday the 13th! http://www.shorpy.com/node/17486?size=_original#caption gary “egg on the key board” laakso

I don¹t think that link is what you intended. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: STMFC List <STMFC@...> Reply-To: STMFC List <STMFC@...> Date: Friday, February 13, 2015 at 2:08

While in the foreground is a shiny B&O 2-8-8-0, in the background bythe front of the locomotive is single sheathed boxcar CB&Q 1308 and I thinka 5. The lumber door has a frame that extends out beyond

Wow, do we always have to devolve into name calling here? Can't people express their preferences without being attacked and having mudpie epithets thrown at them? I just originally said I'm not

Really Armand? Way to kick over the can. :-) Pierre Oliver www.elgincarshops.com www.yarmouthmodelworks.com

Begs the question,what are some of those missing cars?I'll bet that the list would vary greatly with individual modelers.Armand Premo

Tom, I'm with you (and Frank Hodina). I do not have unlimited timejust for resin kit building,besides all the other facets of layout building(locomotives,structures,scenery,etc.). My wife's recent

Garth Groff wrote: Garth, I don't believe they did, though it is possible. Most Harriman freight car designs were bought just by Associated Lines (IC never came under Associated Lines management),

I would like to sell the following undecorated Intermountain kits. All are new, untouched and gray plastic. I'll never get around to assembling and painting them. Price for any one kit is $15.96,

It's Frank's project, I'll let him disclose the price. From the preliminary figures I've seen, it'll be considerably less than the acid tanks. Aaron Gjermundson is doing the casting for these uni-body

Garth, There is no diagram for a 40 foot flat car in my 1954 IC freight car diagrams book. The 1960 equipment list shows 15 40'2" piggyback cars. They still had 145 of the 45' flats in

I would buy several of those. What will the price point be? $65 for a resin acid car that you might need one or two of is one thing, but I couldn't afford that for 50-100 hoppers.

Awsome master, casting! In spite of my earlier post, those are cast on grabs anyone should be able to live with. Tom Casey

Jim Betz wrote: Me, for one, and I bet Clark Propst is the same. I simply realized I wanted to change being in the place you describe, Jim, and have built, traded or had someone build,

Hi, Thought I'd point out a detail that may be affecting the widely varied responses to Frank's decision ... It's a good idea (to me) to offer different products with different target buyers.

Frank asked me to post a couple of photos of his IC hopper offering. Here they are: http://www.pullmanproject.com/Hopper1.JPG