I'm not certain this is the "same" type of Viking roof used by the SP, but this one was used on a few classes of N&W boxcars: https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=3680 Jim Brewer

Tim O'Connor wrote: There were at least two match factories in California in the WW II era. Tony Thompson tony@...

That roof is interesting to me. It is a very early Viking. Please send me some roof shots before you attach the running board. I want to modify one of my spare flat roofs for a Maine Central

There was (is?) a large Diamond Match mill in Chico, CA making matchsticks & toothpicks ( plus other products), enough to supply most of the west. Lee Thwaits

Also, during the frequent "car shortages" experienced by postwar railroads, I think it's a very good bet that if a car was suitable, and was needed for an online customer, then

EGADS! That sounds movie-worthy! I get vertigo just thinking about it. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Hi Tim, Yes, it is an ACF car and is represented by the Kadee model. All the Kadee ICC 105A-300W tank cars are listed as Discontinued, and there are no large images of the models on their website, so

I was very surprised to learn that Idaho Potatoes with those wonderful brown skins.. are actually treated with SULFURIC ACID sprayed onto the fields. The skins are a defense!

Different varieties. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Hi I am building a Sunshine SP B50-14 with a Hutchins roof I already have two with Hutchins roofs and have two more to build again with Hutchins roofs what I would like to do is to build one of them

Another product : wooden kitchen matches. EVERYONE needed them. One of the match makers had an enormous factory near Duluth-Superior but there must have been others.

So is this UTLX tank car an ACF product? Does it match the Kadee model? And check the roof on the lumber box car - Evidently a Milwaukee rib side car. :-) -- Tim

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/38940569.pdf Muscatine Melon: A Case Study of a Place-based Food in Iowa Muscatine Melon: A Case Study of a Place-based Food in Iowa Susan Futrell – One Backyard

Dave Parker wrote: Not sure where this comes from. The Car Service Rules as we know them were adopted by AAR in 1934, and were described as codifying principles already largely in operation. Tony

Dave Parker wrote: Then why are the same Car Service Rules in the back of ORER issues prior to 1942? Tony Thompson tony@...

Kenneth Montero wrote Jul 8 #175385 "There was a large rayon factory (American Viscose Corp.) in Front Royal, Virginia, served by the Norfolk & Western Railway - which was controlled by the

Does UTLX 96720 look like an ACF built tank car? Is it the same as the Kadee model? Tim O'Connor -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Steve I use a plastic cutting mat on my table tops. These come in many sizes and are really handy for all modeling uses. Here is an example -

Dave, it does not require "free running". It could have been loaded by ANY railroad in the AAR region (or regions) served by the BAR and sent to the AAR region that

There was an American Viscose Rayon plant in Lewistown, PA, served directly by the PRR, that operated from 1921 until 1974. In the 1950's the captive service rayon cars for this plant consisted of 18