Dean: Tim is correct; it is an AC&F Type 21, 10,000 gallons. These are still available in Walthers Proto line, ready to run. I have not seen the schemes on the the cars in Ted's book, nor decals for

I think a UN committee came up with the numbers starting in 1975, but they didn't appear on freight cars until mid-1983. That's when I saw my first one (1203, gasoline) on a company service trailer

Sorry, I meant to. P. 22 On Thursday, June 15, 2017 1:34 PM, "Dave Parker spottab@... [STMFC]" <STMFC@...> wrote: Dean: Can you provide the page number for the car in

Bob That's a first for me, and I've looked at a LOT of freight carphotos. Tim O'

It's an ACF Type 21 i.e. the Proto 2000 10,000 gallon car. Tim O'

Do not assume anything. Ask a general question to C&O HS folks to get Bob's Hundman's intent. C&O HS rates ease of sharing railroad knowledge as their top priority. I would GUESS not-for-profits

That is an interesting change as Bob and I spoke several years ago about C&NW articles and at the time he gave the society verbal permission to use any C&NW article needed for the CNWHS Modeler. Per

Doubtless many of you already know about this, but the Operations Special Interest Group or OpSIG has just published a sizable book about model railroad operations, including a whole chapter about

Dean: Can you provide the page number for the car in question so we don't have to flip through the whole book? Thanks, Dave Parker Riverside, CA On Thursday, June 15, 2017 9:19 AM, "Dean

If you enjoy building Resin Kits or want to know more about this aspect of the hobby please join other Resinators at 11 AM on Saturday June 24 to meet each other and talk about what we enjoy doing so

This print is backwards but if you enlarge it you can makeout that the car end reporting marks for this C&O boxcar are nowhere nearthe top of the car, probably due to the lack of space for a

I am a bit of a novice so the following are likely novice questions: In the Speedwitch Freight Cars Ref Manuel, V 2, there is a photo of an Amoco tank AMOX 1799 which looks like it could be

Group, The True Line Trains website does not appear to have been updated in the recent past and I missed out on the Klasing 626 handbrake when it came out. Would anybody have 2 or 3 of them they

Those are not the first on the market, but Tony is correct, the hazmatcodes began in 1975. Too modern for 1971 modelers as well. Tim O'Connor

Doug; Hundman told me the same thing that Steve was told by RMC. I hold the rights to my article to publish again. The compressing of said article and miniscule photos were what gave birth to TKM,

My bad. They were 41 foot cars. UP class G-70-5. The SP cars wereonly 50 ton, G-50-28. Why the SP opted for 50 ton cars so late seems odd...they were certainly built more ruggedly than the previous GS

Schuyler And how is that not highly variable from place to place? i.e. some places you see the same stuff over and over. other places you rarely see the same cars. and some places it's seasonal,

Nelson, that is good news. It sounds like the WhiteRiver Publications and the new RMC has taken a new position on the matter of who owns submitted material. Of course that is their position. It does

I ask Stephen Priest about copyright issues with the new RMC. Did sighing his release mean I was transferring copyright to them, and said " just the opposite, you're allowing us to publish your

Greg did you retain copyright of your articles that Hundman published? If not, and you were compensated, they are most likely the property of the publisher, and by transfer, thus property of the