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Re: Anyone looking for a Terry Wegmann PFE R-30-18 kit?

I would be interested but cannot figure out how to reply off list w/o your email address. Bill Welch fgexbill(at)tampabay.rr.com

By Bill Welch · #165661 · Edited

Re: 1932 ARA body styles [was: Atlas Freight Car Announcement]

Buy the 1932 book. Bill Welch

By Bill Welch · #165660 ·

Re: 1932 ARA body styles [was: Atlas Freight Car Announcement]

Don, Thanks. Your list is excellent, but I was hoping to find out which roads had various body types. I suppose I could match your list with the list on STMFC, but that looks

By Garth Groff <sarahsan@...> · #165659 ·

Re: Mathieson Tank Cars

On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 08:13 AM, Tim O'Connor wrote: The age of the tank was probably important enough to record the built date clearly on the tank.Yes, but the built date for the tank isn't the date

By Jack Mullen · #165658 ·

Re: Mathieson Tank Cars

On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 03:44 AM, RICH CHAPIN wrote: I would think no shipping in adjacent tank carsPlacement of an anhydrous ammonia tank car next to one of caustic soda isn't prohibited today.

By Jack Mullen · #165657 ·

Re: 1937 AAR boxcar with wrong roof 😞😞😞

Brian Carlson wrote: Certainly true for SP, especially at the end of the 1930s. New cars not following the 1931 SP drawing. Seems unlikely that SP wouldn’t send same. Tony Thompson

By Tony Thompson · #165656 ·

Re: 1937 AAR boxcar with wrong roof 😞😞😞

Ok. While not definitive there have been cases where commercial builders used stencils that were not exactly the same as the railroads own. Or in the case of the other E a resourceful c&EI employee

By Brian Carlson · #165655 ·

Re: 1937 AAR boxcar with wrong roof 😞😞😞

Brian, thanks. But I did actually read the links before posting. I was looking for additional explanation, dates, etc. I assume the 1937 cars would have gotten the same scheme as the ACF cars, if

By steve_wintner · #165654 ·

Re: 1937 AAR boxcar with wrong roof 😞😞😞

The schemes are explained the links. The Black Cat set is for the postwar 12 panel car, not the 1937 AAR car. The cars are years apart so differences are not unusual. The speedwitch set is the

By Brian Carlson · #165653 ·

Re: 1937 AAR boxcar with wrong roof 😞😞😞

Regarding C&EI paint, there are also these : https://www.blackcatdecals.com/product/cei66359-chicago-eastern-illinois-acf-built-40-box-car-skinny-lettering/ It seems to have a slightly different font

By steve_wintner · #165652 ·

Re: Anyone looking for a Terry Wegmann PFE R-30-18 kit?

Looks like I probably have a buyer. Wish I had more than one to offer. Jack On Friday, July 19, 2019, 09:05:18 PM

By C J Wyatt · #165651 ·

Re: Funaro 1932 CP Boxcar ( freight car paint schemes)

Hi Guys, It appears to me to be a browser thing. I was unable to get to either page using Google (not uncommon), but had no trouble using both MS Edge and Firefox. As to “https://” sites, I

By Ralph W. Brown · #165650 ·

Anyone looking for a Terry Wegmann PFE R-30-18 kit?

I bought one at Naperville a couple of decades ago. Changing scales so it needs a good home. Please reply to me off-group. Jack Wyatt

By C J Wyatt · #165649 ·

Re: freight car paint schemes was:[RealSTMFC] Funaro 1932 CP Boxcar

Fantastic! May we post a copy in the RealSTMFC FILES section? Regards, -Jeff

By Aley, Jeff A · #165648 ·

Re: 5th Avenue Car Shops/Accurail CB&Q XM-30 Boxcar

Accurail cars are like all off the shelf models, both kit and RTR, in that manufacturers select one prototype or a composite of multiple prototypes for the dies and paint the cars for several roads.

By Nelson Moyer · #165647 ·

1937 AAR boxcar with wrong roof 😞😞😞

Dan Hall's SouthWest Scale Models has this 4/6/6 Improved Youngstown door as one of his offerings. -Andy Carlson On

By Andy Carlson · #165646 ·

Re: 1937 AAR boxcar with wrong roof 😞😞😞

Nate we should move this to the BBFCL. I didn't know about the C&EI rebuilds. Thanks! Tim O' On 7/19/2019 12:55 PM, Nathan Obermeyer via Groups.Io

By Tim O'Connor · #165645 ·

Re: 5th Avenue Car Shops/Accurail CB&Q XM-30 Boxcar

Pete Steinmetz asked: "Is the Accurail car accurate for the CB&Q XM-30? It looks like the sides near the ends of the car have different spacing than the Accurail

By Benjamin Hom · #165644 ·

Re: 5th Avenue Car Shops/Accurail CB&Q XM-30 Boxcar

Is the Accurail car accurate for the CB&Q XM-30? It looks like the sides near the ends of the car have different spacing than the Accurail car. Could be the angle of the prototype photos. I like

By Pete Steinmetz · #165643 ·

Re: Funaro 1932 CP Boxcar ( freight car paint schemes)

I had the same problem. If you click on view/reply online and go tot eh thread, they work fine from there. Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn, AL "Some days you are the bug, some

By Bruce Smith · #165642 ·

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