Hi guys, Is this an example of an early ATSF chip hopper that has been converted from an O.B. box car? Cool car no matter what. This image is quite small and I can't make out the

Hi List Members, I'd like to invite everyone to consider the nice image linked below: http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-12-05-13/C3665.jpg The two cars closest to the camera

Bernard, Nice work. Always good to see someone making good better... Greg Martin Eventually all things merge into one and a river runs throughit. Norman Maclean In a message dated 3/5/2017

Does anyone have any more information about the prototypes BLI chose? I'm curious to see if any of these cars would have been painted in other, more plain looking lease schemes such as GATC or UTLX. I

​Mark, YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary Ya know, when in doubt, you can alway google an abbreviation and find out pretty quickly what it means ;) Regards Bruce Smith Auburn, AL From: STMFC@... Sent:

I have used a rather involved method of attaching Carmer cut levers that goes back to the Freestate product. I try to make all of my rolling stock as "bulletproof" as possible. I turn mounting posts

In June 1910, the ARA accepted theproposed classification of cars that had been drawn up at its request by theMaster Car Builders Association. The complete list was published at the time invarious

The Ethyl cars look good! Soon they will be transporting motor fuel anti-knock compound from Baton Rouge, Louisiana to North Bay refineries: Standard, Richmond via Santa Fe Shell, and Associated

Jim, Covered in my blog: Locomotive Sand at Richmond Locomotive Sand at Richmond The Richmond Roundhouse was the locomotive servicing facility for the west end

I have thought about this more in terms of scenery, but the same principles apply to loads. If you are a soil scientist, sand particles range in diameter from 0.05 to 2.0 mm. A good starting point

That's close enough for me. There's a big difference between a few drops added to a bottle full and a few drops added to half a paint cup full. Jim

ugh! pass. ymmv. to each their own. Tim O'

That was really my point Armand - the notion that the term"automobile car" is anything more than a "nickname" for certain types ofcars. In the 1950 ORER for example, you will see double door ATSF box

Jim, I use a paint cup with the airbrush. Iadd the base color paint up to the halfway mark then add the drops ofadditional color. I have no idea what the ratio would be. I just wing it eachtime.

Eric, when it came to painting, you suggested Vallejo rust with a few drops of scarlet red added. Add a few drops of red to how much rust? A bottle? I like Vallejo and have been using it for some

One document I saw (http://www.nakina.net/other/aartype.html) derives its list of AAR Mechanical Designations from OfficialRailway Equipment Registers starting in 1917. The range of years to which the

Scale Hobbyist has better prices than Amazon. No connection just looking for the best value for my hobby dollar. http://mrhmag.com/scale-hobbyist-paint/vallejo Mark P Stamm Mark at Euphoriatt dot

BLI has updated their website to include photos of the actual models. http://www.broadway-limited.com/6000gallontankcar.aspx Andy Cich

Build date is 11/1924 on those cars, per the one photo I have of the type (Erie 67607, with a reweigh date of 5/1937). Ray Breyer Elgin, IL From: "ed_mines@... [STMFC]" To: STMFC@...