I thought it meant shipped from that packing plant. Fred Swanson

Hi Bill, Per Bruce Smith: “Scalecoat, 1930s - 4 parts Scalecoat Illinois Central Orange to 1 part Oxide Red.” For comparison, he provided this too: “Scalecoat 1940s - 1 to 2 parts Scalecoat

Had a nice surprise this morning. Quite a while ba back I was working on a model of the Pnnsylvania X31c auto car. Folks on this list were gracious and helpful in providing information on the chain

-----------------------------------------From: "Rene LaVoise" To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Cc: Sent: Tuesday August 11 2020 10:47:18AM Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] inexpensive kit-bash I recently

Or, maybe the 1st "San Juaquin Valley" shipment of oranges, as their becoming commercial citrus growers came long after Southern California's. -Andy Carson Ojai CA

Bob Chaparro wrote: I agree, Bob, but note that the TITLE of the photo is "first refrigerator car," not "first orange shipment." I think you are reading the expanded caption wrong. But of

Chuck, Thanks for the feed back; much appreciated. Jim Brewer

Hi Chuck and Jim, I'm glad this topic was raised and discussed a little. In N scale, we have far fewer decal options available than HO. AFAIK the entire Tichy decal line is available in N, so this

Photo: SFRD 13000 - Stainless Steel Reefer (1946) A photo from the Tulare County Library: https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A177995 I think the caption for this photo is

These are most definitely NOT Dreadnaught, and have no association with the Standard Railway Equipment Co., owner of the Dreadnaught name. Near as I can tell this was a proprietary design developed by

Hi Claus, there is zero photographic evidence that any ACL USRA SS cars were painted with a monogram like that. The rest of the paint and lettering at first glance APO pears satisfactory. John

Chuck Cover wrote: I would agree, Chuck. I have not found them objectionable, though I would prefer not to have the (minimal) 3-D aspect. Tony Thompson tony@...

Chuck -- Nice work, and brings back a modeling memory. Several years ago at Naperville, Chad Boas offered these spiral dreadnaught ends for sale, and I couldn't pass them up. The

Rene, As far as I know those cars were painted freight car red like the old Floquil Boxcar Red. It appears that a few cars were rebuilt after WWII for on-line quarry to mill service. Those

Far, far in antiquity, before Photoshop, before scanners, heck, before digital imaging altogether good art for railroad heralds (logos, monograms) was really, really hard to come by. There was a

Nice build, Rene! Elden Gatwood

Group: Thanks for all the positive comments. Jim Brewer asked: How were the Tichy decals to work with? I know that Tichy decals have been discussed previously on this list and some have said

That’s an unusual cars Chuck it looks really good. Paul Doggett England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I recently finished the same kitbash using the an undec IM USRA gon as the starting point. The spiral ends available from Shapeways are a drop in replacement of the kits ends. Very easy

Nice car Chuck! How were the Tichy decals to work with? Jim Brewer