Thanks, Claus, for the link. I know (Tony) that there are Frequent Posters who would know when the use of these cars was current. However, I am not one of them and would appreciate guidance on the

Hi List Members, Nice image of PFE 744 express reefer. https://archive.org/details/cscrm_000264 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

The latest DesignBuildOp blog post takes a closer look at weathering washes. Questions were raised after recent weathering factory output were featured. People wanted to know more about weathering

Mike The Avenarius ( no "o") company was german but they had a plant in Milwaukee. Best suggestion is a sort of chestnut colour when new. Tamiya Red Brown XF64 is, I think, intended for WW2 panzers

What is Andy Carlson's email address?

It looks to me like the cars are being papered for clean lading. This was a common practice on the Reading, not for grain, but for cocoa beans and bagged sugar, prior to the switch to covered hoppers

I have for a long time affectionatley called them "Content Providers"! Building up my numbers, -Andy Carlson Ojai CA From: "thecitrusbelt@... [STMFC]" I did some quick

I did some quick calculations. These ten members comprise just under half a percent of allmembers yet they generated over twenty-six percent of the message posts throughAugust 9. A lot of

Thanks to all you folks who take so much of your personal time to educate and enlighten the members of this group. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

What paint color would approximate wood painted with dried Avenarious Carbolieum? Various texts describe it as red brown or nut brown. These descriptions do not specify newly cured or aged color.

Jeff Aley wrote: Tim, you da man! Tony Thompson tony@...

Folks, As a result of my downloading the entire contents of STMFC using PG Offline, I am also able to see some statistics. The most prolific posters in the history of STMFC (as

STMFC, Tom Palmer was kind to provide the requested information. Thank you, Ed Hawkins

STMFC members, To help fill in a data gap for a presentation, request a favor to look up the number of cars in service for Shippers’ Car Line (SHPX) tank cars in series 1942-1971 from the 1/50 and

Ed, I recall that Rob Adams undertook maintenance of the Steam Era Freight Cars website. I know Rob is a member of this group, so perhaps he'll respond. Andy is so right that the data you've shared

 On Aug 11, 2016, at 12:37 PM, Mark.Rossiter@... [STMFC] <STMFC@...> wrote, "I havebeen looking without much success for Sunshine Models kit # 18.2 - AAR 1937C&O Box Car with Deco Ends. I know

Thanks Ben! One can only hope the fidelity to the prototype is better than some of their offerings. The drawing suggest that they are going to use the correct roof and doors, if nothing else. Mark

Thanks Mark! I guess I missed that announcement.

Mark Rossiter asked: "I have been looking without much success for Sunshine Models kit # 18.2 - AAR 1937 C&O Box Car with Deco Ends. I know one popped up on Ebay a few weeks ago as part of a 6-kit

Mark Not a direct solution to your request and I always prefer to build it myself, but Intermountain announced this car in two different paint schemes a few months ago. I believe you can still