Sorry, a short addition. I should write that painting and decaling was done by a very good friend. This was not my work! Thanks! Bernhard

One of you has come forward to help with this opportunity on Saturday, Oct. 22. I look forward to seeing everyone there and please sign-up at the Registration area if you want to do some spraying with

Did you use the Clover House dry transfers? Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: STMFC List <STMFC@...> on behalf of STMFC List <STMFC@...> Reply-To: STMFC List

This weekend I finished the firts of five billboard reefer with "White Swan" advertising. Models were built after a sketch and some prototype information from a NWSL reprint of Seattle Car and Foundry

I have added some restocks to the Speedwitch site, including a couple things that I haven't had for some time. What's been updated can be viewed at the Speedwitch site. Cheers, Ted Ted

This is a link to a Library of Congress photo showing bulkwheat being blown into a boxcar in 1941: https://www.loc.gov/item/fsa2000021299/PP/ Notice the grain doors and the hanger for

Tim, Incorrect… but close. AC&F Type 11, 10,000 gallon car. The identifying difference is the single instead of double rows of rivets on the radial seams. The type 17 had double rows. BTW, the

If you search with boy and train keywords at the LOC site, you come up with two other photos of the same cars in the sequence. John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast Freights

Bob I think it is an AC&F Type 17 10,000 gallon tank. Just a wildguess. Tim O'

Bob, I don’t know about the tank car, but theautomobile box car has remnants of a door seal visible in the upper left cornerof the image. It looks like a portion of one batten is flapping on

This is a link from the Library of Congress website to aMid-Continent Petroleum Corporation tank car, COSX 823. http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/fsa/8a05000/8a05800/8a05815v.jpg The

I cannot answer your question Fred. Here is name and address for their Customer Service person that was very helpful to me: Steve Millenbach, smillenbach@... Bill Welch

Good to know Bill. I'm currently building six of these cars in WP livery. Missing one 7' youngstown door though. Any chance Atlas might have these for sale as spares? If not I'd have to use a Kadee

Johannes, Regarding the Monon car, this is the first series of cars delivered in this scheme that i can find. The Monon also had a similar series of hoppers delivered in 1940 numbered 41500-41699.

Thanks for that information, Tim. Eric Lombard Homewood, IL rericlombard at gmail.com elombard at uchicago.edu

Thanks to a couple of list members I have been able to round up some Undec. Branchline—now Atlas—postwar steel boxcars but I wanted a few more and decided to order three from Atlas, their

Tim wrote : > > It looks like clever STMFC members have found a way around the 'approval'process for > photos to STMFC - just post them to the FILES section of the web site!There are now a > few dozen

It looks like clever STMFC members have found a way around the 'approval'process for photos to STMFC - just post them to the FILES section of the web site!There are now a few dozen JPEG files in

Hurricane Matthew seems to have slipped by the Space Coast without major damage. It could have been a lot worse. Alex Schneider

Bill Welch needs someone to help. I was scheduled to help a Lisle, but a work commitment has me needing to leave by noon on Saturday. I was one of the coaches at the St Louis RPM, had a grand time.