If it were not in PA., this could have been the delivery of our Southern California 1957 4-door Chevy. As a kid, I remember being troubled--should I be glad to have a 57 Chevy, or embarrased to have a

Model Railroader, in their September 1958 issue, presented an article on scratch building these unique cars. Regards from Mike Schleigh in Grove City, Penna., in the middle of heavy weather.

Also Sinclair used a round dot on the dome and had GAT Type 17 tank cars. Steve Hile

My apologies, Don. I mixed up your question with when the RDG introduced speedlettering. As others have pointed out the "America's Largest..." herald was around by your cutoff date. Drew in

All three of the WAG tank cars came from Sinclair. Two were of the 'Type 17' type from General American. WAG 200 was from Pennsylvania Tank Car Company. Regards----Mike Schleigh

A two-part decal (white over black) is SOP for the NYC herald as offered in commercial sets. YMMV, but I would rather deal with the registration problem on the model (HO scale) than in a printer that

I have a photo of RDG 70056, a four bay rib side hopper with a reweigh date of 8-49 with the anthracite logo. I cannot see the class designation on this car, though, as this car has paint damage in

WAG company tank car. Jerry Stewart thinks this could be ex-SDRX (Sinclair) because of the proximity to a Sinclair refinery https://www.ebay.com/itm/123759473545 Tim O' -- *Tim

I hope some enterprising person on this list will use Bruce's drawings from his article and offer the photo-etched parts for the PRR decking. Please announce here if someone does decide to do

Having done a fair amount of artwork, I'll add that as the lettering gets smaller, you have limits to what your printer (commercial or otherwise) can do. I had to use thinner lettering widths at the

Related - Icve been wondering thetsame thingt but thought of another approach. Ghost cartridges convert a CMYK color printer into CMYW, if I understand correctly. So, has anyone tried using (in CMYK

Thats a neat article on doing Photo etch. Didnt realize Highliners was backnin business. Scott McDonald

Hi Everyone Thank you to all the contributors to these threads concerning white toner and printing decals; I have learned a lot! It has been very timely as I purchased a ghost white cartridge for my

Thank you for the notice, Bruce. I enjoy every issue, no matter the features. Many thanks to Jim Hunter for corralling the parts for each issue. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

I made note of that in my note. Thanks Steve. Gordon Spalty

Thank you Drew and Bruce. I feel a bit better knowing the herald was around in 1948. It is easier to change car numbers and built dates on commonly found cars that it is to change the herald

Jim, Thanks for that info. Roger Huber Deer Creek Locomotive Works

Hendrickson and Kaminski's Billboard Refrigerator Cars shows several Northern Refrigerator Car Co. cars in the 3600 series. The standard portion of the lettering looks correct, and one of the

I just tried to search the MTH site. I have never been able to negotiate that site. Roger Huber Deer Creek Locomotive Works

Hello, Atlas O also offered that car many years ago in O scale. Their research might be somewhat better. Ted Schnepf 126 Will Scarlet, Elgin, Ill. 60120 847=697-5353