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I too, am looking forward to the L&N artwork and also that for the MKT cars. Cheers, Bill Keene Irvine, CA

By Bill Keene <wakeene@...> · #147627 ·

Tony The "trash talk" was not posted to this list - it was a privatecommunication that was forwarded to the list. And, I've seen plenty of models trashedhere over the years, many times unfairly and/or

By Tim O'Connor · #147625 ·

Re: Accurail 36 foot boxcars

I'm really not sure why Andy has tried to mask Byron Rose'sidentity. Byron is not shy about sharing his opinions, and he is about as"extreme" a modeler as I've ever met - even more so than Bill Welch,

By Tim O'Connor · #147624 ·

Re: Steamtown photos

Hi Eric and List members, I had not known the car had an end door. I wonder if perhaps the intention of the side openings was to allow one to load the car with a conveyor from the side (one door

By Claus Schlund \(HGM\) · #147632 ·

Re: Accurail 36 foot boxcars

John Barry brings upsome interesting 36-foot box car quantities for 1945. While the individual US road quantitiesdon’t seem large, a rough summation brings the total near 50,000 cars. Add inthe

By Eric Hansmann · #147623 ·

Re: Accurail 36 foot boxcars

I am tremendously cheered by the fact that Accurail will be continuing to offer their renumbering decals. It will be so much easier to create a fleet. Can hardly wait to see the L&N artwork. Thank

By Charles Peck · #147626 ·

Re: Accurail 36 foot boxcars

On 2/18/2017 9:37 AM, Ray Breyer rtbsvrr69@... [STMFC] wrote: Thanks Ray, I looked it up earlier and that wasn't there. I afraid it was a computer cash memory problem.

By Jon Miller <atsfus@...> · #147622 ·

Re: Accurail 36 foot boxcars

John, Here’s the NKP art. http://accurail.com/accurail/ART/1300/1302.jpg For other Accurail models, click on the model you wantto know more about and there are links at the product pages

By Eric Hansmann · #147621 ·

Re: Accurail 36 foot boxcars

Hi Jon, Accurail posted it earlier in the week: http://www.accurail.com/accurail/1300.htm http://www.accurail.com/accurail/ART/1300/1302.jpg Ray Breyer Elgin, IL

By Ray Breyer · #147620 ·

Re: Undelivered Oranges & Rare Crate Labels

My grandfather was a boilermaker foreman at L&N's South Louisville Shops. I was a small boy when he came home in a hurry one day, gathered up all of us in the car along with boxes and buckets. As we

By Charles Peck · #147618 ·

Re: Accurail 36 foot boxcars

On 2/18/2017 8:21 AM, John Barry northbaylines@... [STMFC] wrote: I'm missing something (or old brain) but where is the artwork, available for viewing, for the NKP car?

By Jon Miller <atsfus@...> · #147619 ·

Re: Accurail 36 foot boxcars

Too bad the monkish distinguished respected anonymous correspondent is so isolated. What has it been, a year perhaps for the uncloistered among us, since we started receiving periodic alerts from Eric

By Bill Welch · #147617 ·

Re: Accurail 36 foot boxcars

Jon, Hopefully our wait won't be too long. The NKP artwork shows a 1945 re weigh date. I can easily change that last digit or ignore, but the remainder of the paint looks spot on to this ATSF

By John Barry · #147616 ·

Re: Accurail 36 foot boxcars

>>And with that thought in mind I would assume that by 1941 most/all would have been repainted. >>So if I wanted to buy (am going to do) 2 of each type what ones would I buy? If all the

By Ray Breyer · #147615 ·

Re: Accurail 36 foot boxcars

I've been spending a great deal of time reading old railroad journals lately. It is amazing the variety of designs that existed, even within a short time period on a given major railroad. The Master

By Charlie Vlk · #147614 ·

Re: Accurail 36 foot boxcars

After reading through the responses to Andy's original post, it seems the situation illustrates the value of this group. I hope Andy encourages his contact to join the group and learn more. I see

By Eric Hansmann · #147613 ·

Re: Accurail 36 foot boxcars

On 2/18/2017 6:44 AM, Ray Breyer rtbsvrr69@... [STMFC] wrote: And with that thought in mind I would assume that by 1941 most/all would have been repainted. So if I wanted to

By Jon Miller <atsfus@...> · #147612 ·

Re: Undelivered Oranges & Rare Crate Labels

On 2/18/2017 6:47 AM, ron.merrick@... [STMFC] wrote: Depending on the location and date I bet the full crates might have gone to a local market and the rest would

By Jon Miller <atsfus@...> · #147611 ·

Re: Undelivered Oranges & Rare Crate Labels

The other day my wife and I were at Jo-Ann Fabrics and I turned to her and asked, "Do you remember these?".......they now sell orange crates as decorator items!!! We used to go to the back of a

By Charlie Vlk · #147610 ·

Re: Undelivered Oranges & Rare Crate Labels

I believe we can see half of the end of the deceased reefer, the end that would have been to the right of the viewer who was watching the train, and a portion of the adjacent side that would have been

By mopacfirst · #147609 ·

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