That is a very nice looking layout thanks for sharing. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Good morning, Just saw the photos of the NP stock car in Winchester,VA. Love it. Do you live near or in the area of Winchester? If so I would love to see your layout. Always like to see models of my

I pretty much went with what Andy described when I built my CV NP stock car. However, being a "good enough" model for my HO late 1956 era B&O Shenandoah Sub-division layout, I just narrowed the ends

NPHS offers corrected ends for the CV stock car. Bill Welch

On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 01:33 AM, Fred Jansz wrote: speaking about PFE decals; wish someone would print the 'inverted' UP herald as (accidentally) used on the R-30-16 (and maybe others). fun to add

Hi there Garth! please do read the whole discussion. Short: NIPX 6 & 7 were back in the GATX pool, but 1930 built NIPX 8 was pictured by Arnt Gerritsen in 1988, so one might presume it was also among

Gents, agree with that (fonts, size and thickness). would like to emphasize Ted's excellent PFE decal line too. speaking about PFE decals; wish someone would print the 'inverted' UP herald as

The Airhose bracket on the SSW is rubber Hi-Techs and the DL&W is plastic Kadee with those crappy flimsy hoses replaced with black wire. As for the deck, that is a strong point of the Tichys.

Dick Harley wrote: Dick is exactly right. I haven't bought any Tichy PFE decals, because I rely on the "gold standard," the new Microscale sets with Dick's superb artwork, taken from PFE

Second article listed at link below ("Modifying Central Valley NP Stock Car") describes the procedure for narrowing the roof and hiding the joint:

The Central Valley NP Stock Car roof is too wide as a relict of a decision which Jack Parker made in the preliminary design of the stock car. He felt that if made wider, it would allow the cars to

This sounds interesting and a way to salvage these beautiful looking paint jobs. Andy, when you say narrow the roof by 1/8", do you mean remove the running board and split the roof under the running

The problems with Tichy PFE decals far extend past their being too thick (you can feel the ink with your finger nail). Tichy PFE decals have lettering that is the wrong size and shape - some too big,

Very interesting science of making something truly "black" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/11/science/black-fashion-physics-animals.html -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

Tichy ought to try producing decals for actual raised lettering applied to the prototype, for example for steam locomotive smokebox number plates. Something about turning a pig

So this site still does not allow files to be uploaded? I have an excel spreadsheet on the SP&S USRA DS box cars but I can't upload. Thanks, Rich Wilkens

my bad Staffan On 11/14/2019 5:00 AM, Staffan Ehnbom wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Richard Townsend wrote: There is a brief summary of this topic in Chapter 3 of the PFE book. CFT was the first big, private fruit shipper, and operated 600 cars by 1891, but their high rates led

Revenue Divisions Between Railroads This is part of a discussion on the CB&Q Group about car routing. What caught my eye was the mention about revenue divisions between railroads being confidential.

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