Brian, Thank you. Ken Montero

Tim, Thank you, especially for the Intermountain information. Ken Montero

Don, With respect to M3 Lees and National Guard units, a qualified yes, but only in the context of early to mid 1942, and activated Guard units. Post war, the surplus of M4 Shermans meant that the M3s

Bob, Thank you. Ken Montero

Hi Gents, Looking for help please with GN box cars. I have this Intermountain model that is a 10-foot IH, post-1948 (diagonal r/b), 12-panel car. Ends are 3-4 Improved Dreadnaught. Series on the

As Eric Hangman noted it has been a crappy year for modelers. I really morn the loss of Bill and others. And it goes on. I am normally a very posituve person and greet each day with enthusiasm.

I echoed my sentiments about the loss of Rob on the Illinois Central group. I was fortunate to meet and talk with him at many train shows both here in Wisconsin and Illinois. It was always a pleasure.

I have enjoyed Bill Welch's work ever since joining the STMFC and especially enjoyed learning from him and sharing what little info I had on "watermelon cars" as we always called ventilated boxcars in

So sorry to hear that Bill passed. To much going on this year. My wife, Diane passed Sept 30th. Her father passed and brother. Sincerely, Mark Morgan

San Juan Car Company is operational and they have added several different lines like Grandt and San Juan Decals. They are about to release a new Tank Car in On3. There website is

The photo of the NC&StL flat car with two lee tanks is helpful Bruce. Note that it too has a cable along the side between the inner piece of the stirrup steps on each end. Thus I believe you are

John Riddell wrote: "Here is an ad for THE FOWLER CAR printed in the 1916 issue of Car Builder’s Dictionary and Cyclopedia" and included a photocopy of the ad. That's all well and good but

Am I all wet or is there a cable running beneath the deck of this BAR flat from mounts just beyond the outer side of the last stake pocket on each side, perhaps to indicate how depressed the deck is

So sorry to hear of another passing. Rob was a great modeler and eloquent spokesman for Pan Pastel weathering. Steve Hile

 Hi Bruce and List Members, Thanks Bruce for the illuminating words on the topic. One other possibility (the one I would chose if I were inthe crew's shoes...) might be to get the door to tear

Hi Eric and List Members, I send my thanks to Perry Squier, Ray Breyer, and to Eric for the excellent article! A very enjoyable read! Claus Schlund

R.I.P. Bob Paul Doggett England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

 Hi List Members, Bill and I got to chat briefly at Cocoa Beach one year, and we conversed via email from time to time after that. At one point, some months before the corona virus situation

I learned Rob Manley, master of Pan Pastel’s, died on Monday. I understand he had a heart attack. Here is his

I think that was a resin vendor who offered a 70 ton AAR flat car model that was far easier to build than the SUNSHINE kit but then Intermountain introduced a very good plastic