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Re: [Non-DoD Source] [RealSTMFC] Photo: Reading Well Hole Flat Car 99009 (Undated)

I looked up the Reading car in the ORER and it is listed as a FW, a well hole car. I use the classification in the title of photos I download. Bob Amsler St. Louis, Missouri

By Robert J. Amsler, Jr. · #179227 ·

The Fall issue of The Keystone Modeler is available

Folks, The Fall, 2020 issue (#114) of The Keystone Modeler is now available on the PRRT&HS web site at: http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/newPRRKeystoneModeler.htm A gentle reminder - If you don't

By Bruce Smith · #179225 ·

Re: [Non-DoD Source] [RealSTMFC] Was there ever a clinic on Delano-based paint and weathering?

Where does one go to see his paintings? On-line, I see images that are affected by all the challenges we speak about whenever sharing colour information. Rob

By Robert kirkham · #179224 ·

Re: [Non-DoD Source] [RealSTMFC] Was there ever a clinic on Delano-based paint and weathering?

Amen, Elden Gatwood

By Gatwood, Elden J SAD · #179223 ·

Re: Group of automobile boxcars May 31, 1949

Tim, Then does that mean that the Western Pacific really didn't order 100 PS-1 double-door boxcars with Evans Auto Loaders in 1955, their 19301-19400? Or again in 1955, another 150 numbered

By Garth Groff and Sally Sanford <mallardlodge1000@...> · #179222 ·

Re: [Non-DoD Source] [RealSTMFC] Was there ever a clinic on Delano-based paint and weathering?

Let me remind everyone that we do have a superb source of color information about PRR freight cars from the 1940s and 1950s: the Grif Teller calendar paintings. Teller was a skilled and experienced

By Tony Thompson · #179221 ·

Re: Ann Arbor Hutchins End (was FW&D 7231 Accurail kitbash)

The Rob Adams article in Culotta's Prototype Railroad Modeling book includes Arnt Gerritsen's drawings of one of the AA 74000-series cars. A photo of the actual car Arnt and I measured is attached.

By Craig Wilson · #179220 ·

Re: [Non-DoD Source] [RealSTMFC] Was there ever a clinic on Delano-based paint and weathering?

Nature of color and perception well described, Bruce:This excellent book covers color and perception for those who may want additional detail, and I do not think it has been recommended here before.

By Rufus Cone · #179219 ·

Re: Group of automobile boxcars May 31, 1949

That looks like one of the Soos centered door boxcars - which I thought were used almost entirely for loading huge rolls of paper. ( The doors weren't offset to the left like most double door cars.

By steve_wintner · #179218 ·

WANTED: NORWEST 113 NP REEFER KIT.

COMPLETE KIT OR JUST ROOF.

By Jim Hayes · #179217 ·

Re: Group of automobile boxcars May 31, 1949

as for the assortment of road names, MP SP CG were all in nearby states not far from home. the double doors could be useful for stick lumber, plywood, or furniture - but not

By Tim O'Connor · #179216 ·

Re: Ann Arbor Hutchins End (was FW&D 7231 Accurail kitbash)

I wish I had drawings Dennis - my version is scaled from photos. But to answer the panel question, I simply went with what I could see in photos. When my project started, I referenced the Jim

By Robert kirkham · #179215 ·

Re: Photos: Bangor & Aroostook Flat Car 71710 With Army Tanks (Undated)

Steve, You can broaden that shipping time frame a bit. M3 tanks were used for training in several locations around the United States. In addition, some M3 Lees were rebuilt into other types of

By Bruce Smith · #179214 ·

Re: [Non-DoD Source] [RealSTMFC] Was there ever a clinic on Delano-based paint and weathering?

Bill, Sorry, but you’ve “triggered” me. Please save us from the pseudo-science babble of people like your optometrist friend. Bottom line, the emission and absorption wavelengths of refracted

By Bruce Smith · #179213 ·

Re: Ann Arbor Hutchins End (was FW&D 7231 Accurail kitbash)

Rob, where did you find a reference that shows two pressings per panel? Any drawing or photo I've seen shows only one, and lots of separate panels combined to make up the end. Dennis Storzek

By Dennis Storzek <destorzek@...> · #179212 ·

Re: Suggestions? - Livestock Cars & Operations Books

Here is an ad for THE FOWLER CAR printed in the 1916 issue of Car Builder’s Dictionary and Cyclopedia. John Riddell Sent from Mail for Windows 10

By John Riddell · #179211 ·

Re: Chicagoland 2019 Minikit

Your secret is safe with me, Bob. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

By Eric Hansmann · #179210 ·

Re: Photos: Bangor & Aroostook Flat Car 71710 With Army Tanks (Undated)

Garth, Folks, This set of photos is a companion to a set of photos of NC&St.L FM-7 #70035 with a similar load. We discussed BOTH loads back in April of 2017. This appears to have been a load test with

By Bruce Smith · #179209 ·

Re: Suggestions? - Livestock Cars & Operations Books

Don, I'm just going by the titles of the articles, and yield to your knowledge of history in this matter. Yours Aye, Garth Groff

By Garth Groff and Sally Sanford <mallardlodge1000@...> · #179208 ·

Re: Photos: Bangor & Aroostook Flat Car 71710 With Army Tanks (Undated)

Friends, Am I seeing a distinct dip in the BAR flat car with the tank? Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🦆

By Garth Groff and Sally Sanford <mallardlodge1000@...> · #179207 ·

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