Could someone please let me know when CNW began to paint the "Route of the 400 Streamliners" slogan on box cars? Thanks in advance. Tony Thompson tony@...

I've always liked this photo. utility tractors on one end and row crop on the other. A fair difference in height between the two versions. Martin put this photo in the sheet for his tractor load too.

Farmall decals came up over a year ago, and I think Tony Koester was working with someone to bring them back. I haven’t heard anything since then. Perhaps Tony will give us an update? I have twelve

Clark, Nice job. Thanks a lot, now I have to get one of these. I love the board streaking. Not overdone like someone I know did (ahem).. May I forward this to PanPastel for publishing? Rob

Scott, There is a tab of customer reviews that you can read. judging from his image as seen on my laptop the dimensional data looks quite readable. I like the custom decal option. Maybe I'll produce

A little housecleaning on my last post: One of the SP series was 34', another was 36+'. Both close-ish to 34'. There might be other candidates. Ed Edward Sutorik

Charlie, I usually use the process you describe (if I can't get a car number, etc.), but I didn't like it for this because the picture gets pretty fuzzy when it's blown up that much, and it's kinda

Thanks Craig, I believe a few of us have that tee shirt too.-- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Todd, thanks so much! I had forgotten about those trucks, and they are perfect. Not roller bearing like the MDC, and since I don't want the roller bearings, that works out well. Richard

I took a quick stab using Charlie's suggestion and got 5-8. Pretty close to 5-6 given the fuzziness of the photo. -- Dave Parker Swall Meadows, CA

Re K4 decals -- I recently ordered four boxcar sets, and was amazed to see them in my mailbox in three days. They catalog a huge variety of roadnames, including some real oddballs

I hate to say this but Ford sold an aftermarket kit to modify the exhaust on 8N tractors to where it resembled the as built Ferguson. The stock exhaust interfered with some implements. Jim

I think “not opaque enough” is a common complaint about ALPS printed decals if you want to model a new(-ish) paint. For faded and/or weathered lettering, I’ve heard (and experienced) that ALPS

Striker casting drawings…and many more! For obvious reasons, we have cancelled two of the third weekend archives work sessions at the SRHA archives building at TVRM so far. We typically have 10-12

Al Kresse

Al Kresse

Hi Richard, I looked on eBay for Roundhouse SP ore cars, as that's where I thought the MDC trucks were used, but the photos in the auctions I found were not conclusive. Have you seen Cory Bonsall's

Yes, you want bulk density . . . . different for lump, stoker or pea sized coal. Then you need the heaping rules for different railroads. N&WVGN used 15" and C&O 10" max. Al Kresse

Dave, Give the attached Green Bay & Western conductor's train book from 1945 a try. It is from my collection. Lots of coal in there, much of it going westbound from Green Bay (station 0) to the paper

A lot of coal was shipped fairly finely divided, in small pieces, large chunks with air gaps less so. A reference book I have quotes the density of coal as 75 to 94 lbs/ft^3, so you could use the