On the GN plywood cars with oversize doors, were the door openings oversize as well as the doors? If so, sometimes that extra six inches might come in handy for a particular lading and customer. For

The M&StL (west of the Mississippi) purchased 10 covered hoppers in 1940. They were used for cement service. Next order for covered hoppers was placed in 1947 for 50 cars. Doug

Eric if you use drops of acrylic paint, it should not be a problem. Future is pure clear acrylic. I would not use any petroleum based paint, ie no enamels or lacquers. Doug

"Animal products" is a huge category -- from hides, bone meal,tallow, whole animal carcasses, milk, butter, cheese to processed meats, etc-- A total of 183 cargo categories according to the July 12,

Santa Fe had some before the war, all in cement service as far as I know. UP also bought some close to 1940, don't have the date at hand, and likewise for cement. Tony Thompson Editor,

Your search for covered hoppers out west may be unfruitful for two reasons. - Most of the early adopters were northeastern roads. The Florida roads like ACL, SAL also, who employed their covered

Ray, Interesting that ICC data does not substantiate a reduction in animal traffic due to trucks prior to and through WWII (and trucking within the US was frowned upon during WWII - see the earlier

Hi all, Does anyone know if Covered Hoppers were used prior to WWII (Late 30's to early 40's) that may have found they're way West of the Mississippi? I've looked on the Funaro-Camerlengo site, which

Colin I have All About Tank Cars published by Standard in 1921. It has a fold out of a car with probably enough underframe information to get you where you need to be including the KC brake

Hi Folks, I'm looking for a Mr. Gregory E. Dixon from the recent St. Louis RPM Meet in August. Mr. Dixon, can you contact me offline at Golden1014.com, please? Thanks! John John Golden O'Fallon, IL

ohn Hagen wrote: Exactly my practice, John. But one word of caution: Testors evidently does not have adequate quality control on this product. Some cans, I would estimate about one in six, tends

“"SC Johnson Pledge Floor Care Multi-Surface Finish 27 OZ" I can only find this product on Amazon. One comment there indicates that it is the same or formerly the "Future" product. Amazon also

Hi Group, Can anyone point me to where/how I can obtain drawings for Standard Tank Car Company's tank car frame. I'm modelling a British American 10 000k tank car built around 1923. I have the

I'd be very cautious about mixing other paints into Future! There's a lot more in paint that just pigments. If you have some powderedpigments (I do -- bought them years ago from Micromark) those may

I shoot a coat of Future over a freightcar after decaling to seal the work. Has anyone added drops of the car color totint the Future and create fading lettering? Eric Hansmann El Paso, TX

 I have had good results usingModel Master Flat finish.Armand Premo

Dave Nelson wrote: And equally sadly, a similar story at the AAR. I inquired some years ago (when I was on the AAR Research Committee) about holdings of the Car Construction Committee minutes

Did they go to the PennCentral or ConRail collection archived by Uncle Sam? Al Kresse From: "'Dave Nelson' Lake_Muskoka@... [STMFC]" <STMFC@...> To: STMFC@... Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Reasonable thinking Claus but sadly, no. I visited the ICC Library before it was closed and asked the Librarian about stuff like this and he shook his head and said “No, all the good stuff was

The ICC no longer exists. The Surface Transportation Board replaced it as far a Railroads are concerned. All of the ICC holdings were sent to the Denver Public Library where if I understand