A friend is scratchbuilding a model of an L&N 9800-series door-and-a-half boxcar. The roof design has him stumped. Since there appears to be 24 running board supports, I assume there are 24 carlines

---In STMFC@..., <sarahsan@...> wrote : >By now you know about Dairy Shippers Despatch, and their secrethistory. Doesn't it make you stop and think >why it was in a townwith two colleges? Went to

 Thanks Brian - Paul Hillman

> ... with the passing of Terry Metcalf I do not know who fills that roll today > for UP cars. Does anyone come to mind? > Bill Pardie Dick Harley would be my guess.Tom Madden

Ask the Sheriff or his Deputy. Even if they doesn't know, they's smart enough to make it seem like they knows. :-) (Just kiddin' Mike & Jeff!) Tim

Thanks Garth, Good catch to change "reefer" into "insulated box car" in my caption. New e-mail address? Al

Al, By now you know about Dairy Shippers Despatch, and their secret history. Doesn't it make you stop and think why it was in a town with two colleges? DSDX 4423 was not a

For 1950 you want the freight car red with circle keystone. Brian J. Carlson

In searching this list's archives it appears that the Bowser PRR H30 Covered Hopper is an accurate model, but what was their paint scheme for 1950? Bowser shows 1935 then 1962 schemes, and later

Tony has recommended contacting an expert on UP freight equipment for more information on this car (A-50-6). While Tony is the reigning expert on SP freight cars with the passing of Terry Metcalf I

Tony thanks for the clarification. I was merely quoting another person’s interpretation. I found the quoted blog interesting as the cars being restored are only 20 miles from where I live, and I was

Doug Harding passed along this quote: Whether it was just Schlitz is open to question. All the beer brewers in Milwaukee used these cars (and the Milwaukee Road shops maintained the cars, even

Interesting I just looked at my copy of the Jim Sands photo I mentioned. It has a placard card tacked to the tack board, which reads GLASS Switch (not sure of last works) Doug

To quote from: http://www.ists.org/train_blog.html (scroll to the bottom) “DSDX refers to a company called Dairy Shippers Despatch (yes, spelled despatch, not dispatch), a shell company for

Ben, Your are correct! The for "D" was right on top of "X" ooops. That means it was there either to serve a dairy coop in Lexington for the farmers or its stuff was heading in for the universities.

Al Kresse wrote: "I have picture of a string of freight cars at the now C&O Lexington, Virginia, depot yard (W&LU and VMI campus complex is next door) taken in May 1953 by Randy Kean. It shows a

Hi folks, I have picture of a string of freight cars at the now C&O Lexington, Virginia, depot yard (W&LU and VMI campus complex is next door) taken in May 1953 by Randy Kean. It shows a reefer

Frank Hodina is now blogging. He plans to share tips, techniques, and other goodies. Contributions will be posted from other modelers in the upcoming months. Bookmark it! Resin Car Works Blog | HO

Again thanks for all the input. I have been trying to be more selective on what to put on my layout and the research end is something I am trying to learn. This group has been very beneficial. I

Al Westerfield wrote: I'm not disputing anything about the kit for the B-50-20. We were discussing the UP A-50-6 originally, a much older car. For the era of the B-50-20, I would be pretty