JP, You need the articles by Stafford Swain and Ken Goslett that were in the December 1995, January 1996 and February 1996 RMC. There is a photo in SACRAMENTO NORTHERN GALLERY by

It can take some time to finish some projects, but it’sa great feeling when they are done. I started six USRA double sheathed box carsfive years ago and finished the weathering them in the last week

Fellow modelers, I have run into a snag in trying to decide which car numbers to use in decaling some 8 hatch CN reefer kits I purchased from F&C. Could one of our experts on Canadian car numbers

Wow! Some excellent modelling, there, and a lot of subject variety. I learned a lot just by looking at these photos. Nice to see some of the works of those who post regularly on the STMFC Group. Great

Dan, This is really interesting data, especially with respect to the reduction in home road cars in he Eastern District during WWII. Two questions come to mind immediately, 1) What railroads make up

This may show what most of us missed: 2015 St. Louis RPM Meet 2015 St. Louis RPM Meet golden1014's 2015 St. Louis RPM Meet set View on www.flickr.com

Tim, I have seen the term used to designate any car that not a house car namely open-top hoppers, gondolas and flat cars. I am not sure how the term is used in Dan's data. Bob Witt

For some reason my replies aren’t getting posted, so here is the text of the reply to Tim’s ‘rule of thumb’ method of assigning motive power to trains. I found an article in the November

> I'd like to assign motive power based upon tonnage of freighttrains. Grades are a huge consideration -- Rules of thumb -- 5 hp/ton on 0% grade (flat land) 25 hp/ton on 1% grade 45 hp/ton

Dan Since the data says "open top cars" does that include gondolas,or is this only for open top hopper cars? I was thinking about what someone said about cars going offline and never returning, but it

Jason Klockeis such an artist. It is hard to imagine anyone who could hold the interest of agroup with pictures of a layout where the trains were not even visible or onlyancillarily. But he does such

My bad. It's a Randy Anderson collection photo, not a Gerstley.

I've posted to files section the percentage of home road cars on-line from 1940 to1960. This information is from Car Service Division records. Thought it might be interesting with the current

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Tim O'Connor said: That's interesting. The Gerstley 1949 photo shows the Wine door locks mounted on the side of the outlet bays. Maybe they were relocated during the rehab ? I'm not sure what the

this one has the continuous, straight sill, whereas the previous release had the notched sill. i really like these cars ! :-) http://www.kadee.com/month/6376lw.jpg Tim O'Connor

I don't generally make too many comments on the topics du jour, but I do need to add to the compliments for the recent RPM in Collinsville. I have attended the last three or four and they have gotten

Big number of variables, Nelson. Are you looking at reefers with fresh produce rushing to market? Hoppers full of low value minerals needing the most economical transport? Great Plains? Through the

Nelson, This information is typically found in the Employee Time Table of the prototype. Since it completely depends on the ruling grade, it varies for each segment of a railroad. Regards Bruce