​Bob, You seem to have already made that "educated guess". That's quite a string of a "dogs breakfast" of cars that all seem to be undergoing the same treatment as well. The boards appear to be

What a great detail photo, especially when enlarged. Did anyone notice that the Chicago & Northwestern boxcar had a CMO reporting mark? I assume that is the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha

I enjoy tank-car underframes very much ... let's see: Judging from the sill steps and lack of end or side sills, built by General American? Three drains: three compartments. Bleed rod comes straight

---In STMFC@..., <chris_hillman@...> wrote :  Thanks Schuyler, ---- So THAT'S what they're from. Strange thing is manyother hoppers & other cars show no signs of these markings, at least not

 Thanks Schuyler, ---- So THAT'S what they're from. Strange thing is manyother hoppers & other cars show no signs of these markings, at least not inclearly visible areas. Either the other cars were

http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-08-07-16/B0798.jpg et seq. This image plus the few after this one show a LARGE number of steam era freight cars in 1911, way before the

This is a link to a photo from the Kansas State HistoricalSociety: http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/218115/page/1 It shows workmen engaged in some activity along a string ofboxcars and

They are caused by ejector pins. Moldings don’t automatically eject from the dies and have to be pushed out. I agree they can be a pain, especially in older dies where you can find flash standing

Ejector pins... without them... it would be extremely difficult to get the warm injected part out of a complex mold. Description at:

Just a question here. Nothing we can do about it except fill them in but, why are there small circular holes or impressions in various plastic castings? They can't be for material-flow in the casting

Re. the recent discussion about oiling ballast, there is abrief history at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101048999310;view=1up;seq=95and a list of railroads using oil at

FYI. Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2016 8:58 AM To: Aley, Jeff A <jeff.a.aley@...> Subject: More New Tichy Train Group Decals (all scales) TICHY TRAIN GROUP INC 8/6/2016 Dear

I have progressive view photos of a Reading gondola with drop vertical brake shaft if interested contact me off the list. Rich Y

A few HO scale box cars were recently lettered for service onthe Wheeling Freight Terminal. Most of the models illustrate the differentlettering guidelines of the 1920s. Check out the details on the

All, It also looks like there are "braces" along theside. Chuck Hladik

Hi List Members, For that special breed of modeler who enjoys tank car

Chuck, I use paper stock for the route cards andplacards on the models. Plain newsprint is cut into narrow strips about fourinches wide. Small squares are cut from the strip and these are

As Tim suggested, I went to the RMJ issues he cited. Although I have the issues on the shelf, in the midst of lunch, I elected to go online to https://www.trainlife.com/ . What a surprise! The good

STMFC'ers- I am offering any of these decals, which are mentioned as all being in stock, to list members. Take 20% off of list. Modest shipping charges will be assessed. I accept checks

Per the NKPHTS Company Store the Summer 2005 issue of their magazine has an article titled ... By Any Other Name by Peter K. Shepherd; on the 22000's. Includes 10/23/29 builders photos of 22249 and