Let me add that on some cars, using RP CYC 18, B&O added a fixture tohang the side ladder from running the width of the ladder, just above the toprung: pages 70 top pic, p 71 top pic, pages 72-73 all

---In STMFC@..., <barrybennetttoo@...> wrote : To add to Bill Dixon's comments, it is as bad to the UK. If you offer items for sale on eBay please do not use the Global Shipping Program because I and

Joe Binish asked Clark Propst: "Am converting a couple of Kadee PS1 into CGW 93000s. I have perused your posts on the Freight car list and M&StL list. The last question ins the brake wheel. Do you

 Clark, Am converting a couple of Kadee PS1 into CGW93000s. I have perused your posts on the Freight car list and M&StLlist. The last question ins the brake wheel. Do you know whattype? Thx, Joe

Thanks again Elden. I have ordered two just now from my LHS. The tack board additions are indeed a bonus and one of the reasons that I doubled the order. Dave Snyder Louisville, Ky.

Folks Please mark your calendars now, if you have not already, for the 2016 Savannah RPM to be held April 1-2 at the Port Wenthworth, GA Community Center. The community center is located at 103

Thanks Ben, I appreciate the info. I ordered the XM-32 reprint from the Burlington Society. Fenton -- Fenton Wells 5 Newberry Lane Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-1144 srrfan1401@...

Dave; That is the one I got! It also has really nice signs for tack boards, like "DO NOT HUMP" and the like. Elden Gatwood

To add to Bill Dixon's comments, it is as bad to the UK. If you offer items for sale on eBay please do not use the Global Shipping Program because I and a growing number of other people will not bid

Same situation for Europe. The ebay rates for postage are not great considering they are a consolidator and do not use USPS when shipping, yet they use USPS to set pricing and the delivery service

One more post to put these cars in context - the Q went big with the AAR steel boxcar, producing them in their Havelock shops between 1940 and 1958 (with a gap between mid-1942 and 1944). The Q

Renamed it Rocky Mountain, eh? That's be typical Coors. How about Fish Creek Falls (on the classic Coors can)? Do I need to make another trip to the Shenandoah to annoint the new source, just like

Hello Mark Some interesting stuff there. I would love to participate but you are using the the Global Shipping Program. That program adds high shipping charges and Bogus import fees to things

When Andy Carlson slipped up (an easy mistake to make) and sent his message to Fenton via the group instead of offline in a PVT message, he also let it slip that he is expecting a shipment from

My bad should have gone to Andy -- Fenton Wells 5 Newberry Lane Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-1144 srrfan1401@...

Will do check will go out tomorrow, Thanks -- Fenton Wells 5 Newberry Lane Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-1144 srrfan1401@...

Dennis Storzek wrote: Yes, I understand your point and didn't meant to signal disagreement. I was just explaining why the "h" was missing for a time from "Pittsburgh." Tony Thompson

---In STMFC@..., <tony@...> wrote : and Dennis Storzek added: Both names stem from the brief period (ten years or so) during which the name of Pittsburgh, PA was spelled "Pittsburg" also (early

Since its founding in 1759 Pittsburgh, PA has been spelled with an "h" except for 11 years from 1890 - 1911. In 1890 the United States Board of Geographic Names ruled that the "h" was to be dropped