Doug, I understand the LAW very well and yes when I signed my Carstens checks Irealized the same, and while it might have been presumed that I signed my rightsaway with Hundman I never actually

All, Thank you very much for the enlightening discussion of the procedure to obtain permission to reprint articles from Mainline Modeler. As modeling columnist, I was inquiring for the purpose of

Dave, I find myself asking this question once again. Why in heavens name wouldyou ever try to reproduce a model of something from a $5.00 set of drawings?They ma be beautiful but they are nothing

I have been reading this thread with interest but the answer still seems murky. But then that could be because the law is flexible. So let me ask a question and hopefully there is a clear answer. Let

Years ago, Bill Schaumburg advised me to simply cross out that agreement on the check and write "no transfer" beneath. Absent such an agreement, the publisher only has rights to the appearance of the

The opening in the extension on the BRC hoppers suggest perhaps coke service? Something else? George Courtney

Perhaps Belt Railway of Chicago, the location is Bureau, IL. Don Burn

Hi List members, Interesting set of hoppers with side extensions https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/12308164005/sizes/o/ Anyone care to speculate on the road name? might be BRC, does

I use the snipping tool on my computer to grab these reversed images, stick them into Paint, do a horizontal flip to turn them “un-backward.” I’m sure there are other methods to flip them, this

Interesting. This looks like the same early Van Dyke frameless tank car that subsequently was mounted on 3' narrow gauge trucks and used on the D&RGW Narrow gauge lines in Southwestern Colorado.

Also interesting is the single rows of rivets where the interior tank dividers are located. Usually what I have seen on these types of conversions are double rivet rows evidencing two interior tank

A few clicks away from the three-compartment car is a two compartment tank car: https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/12308237644/in/photostream/ Gary Laakso south of Mike Brock

This car (or a sister) is a subject for one of the 1950s color slides often referred to as "the Gerstley Collection". It is, of course, a frameless Van Dyke tank car which the Monon acquired for

Another backward print from the Barringer Library: https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/12324448105/in/dateposted/ This is CIL 805, a three-compartment tank car. I seem

Scott: This is a good place to start on safety placards: Tank car placards: prototype Tank car placards: prototype One of the items I discovered at Winterail

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

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'