George Toman sent photos and techniques to upgrade the RPM Chicagoland IC boxcar mini-kit. It's the latest post on the Resin Car Works blog.

I ordered Microscale's #1388 for the GN's wood Boxcars as it has the Monograms i wanted. Bill Welch

What the gnrhs site doesn't mention is that those are"logos", but all weren't on the sides of freight cars. Also, the date (1936) shown for the introduction of the side facing goat herald is not

Hi Hudson, An interesting array. It’s too bad they don’t have dates for each of of them. That would be a big help to the GN uninitiated, like me. Pax, Ralph Brown Portland, Maine PRRT&HS

From the GNRHS website http://www.gnrhs.org/gn_logos.php -Hudson

Hi Todd, given that the photo i have was purchased from one of our valuable venders, I am reluctant to post online as doing so could undermine their business. Hope you understand. the photos R.J.

Thank you R.J. I just measured the decals I have: Westerfield is about 46" scale inches or .6205 actual inches. Speedwitch is about 49" scale inches or .6465 actual inches. This Microscale set has

I found even more. I was thinking single sheath, but maybe looking at my collection the truss rods were DS, so maybe this big huge thing? RJ Dial Mendocino, CA

Since I only use "Front Facing Goats", I chuck the "Sides" into a tin. I find 4 sizes in there, with 24" and 34" being the smallest. The 34" are the only small ones with the "Railway". Is that what

Hi Bill, It's a little difficult to visualize the herald you are talking about. Any chance you could post the photo of GN 9996? Todd Sullivan.

I am decaling at Westerfield GN truss rod boxcar w/inset Murphy ends using a Bruce Meyer photo circa 1954 of #9996. It displays the GN Monogram w/the side facing goat with "Great Northern Railway"

That should be not far from Victorville Don Ford Cameron MO

the containers look some thing like parts for airplanes or some other kind of ordnance. The Marine supply depot is far for Victorville Don Ford Cameron MO

Aha! Now I know what these look like. I think they are bundles of untreated ties ready to be put into the creosote retorts. I lived in Chattanooga when they still had a creosoting plant. Ties, line

Back in the mid 1970's I used to see this type of car at the old Pennsalt plant in Riverview MI. Most of them looked like the ones in the 1940 CBD which was my basic resource then (the Kalmbach

Plans for these cars for 15 canisters from ACF can be found on page #348 of the 1937 CarBuilders Cyclopedia with a photo on page #349 acompanying photos of the USN and USA helium cars. Cordially, Don

And here's an Ft-G with a wire wrapped redwood pipe load !! -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

I used to pack a Sandvik Brush Axe for clearing photo lines. They can cut up to ~1" diameter & are (were) used by land surveyors. I used it only occasionally, so it now resides in my coat closet. Tom

I see it’s more properly called a grass whip. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of "BRIAN PAUL EHNI via Groups.Io" <bpehni@...> Reply-To:

Besides water treatment, these cars also would have delivered chlorine to paper mills. Attached is a photo of an unidentified chlorine TMU car at the Consolidated Papers mill in Wisconsin Rapids,