Thanks, with Tony’s C for Colton, we have, at least, a reasonable idea for those other letters. Steve

Fenton It sounds a little counter-intuitive but it is always worth consulting a purportedly matching TruColor chart of freight car colors. The Frisco color mentioned there is TCP 184 1944 - 1960 bc

EC appears on many GATX tank cars. SHN (Sharon) is another. On 2/8/2021 5:06 PM, Richard Townsend via groups.io wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling,

I joined the Facebook "Athearn blue box" group for the same reason - many inexperienced modelers and lots of enthusiasm - I don't know (or care) about their ages but many of them

Bob; It's nice to hear some good news among all the negative! Thanks for sharing both of this cheerful items as well as all of the other nuggets you are so generous in sharing. Especially the

I just stopped by at East Deerfield, Mass after getting my car washed. Not much going on; there was a young guy - late teens/ ear twenties - standing taking pictures for at least 20 minutes. It was 27

I'll make some nominations. Not the least bit authoritative, but based on where GATC had some type of facilities, so somewhat SWAGish. L - Lawrenceville, IL J - Jacksonville, FL P - Portland,

I belong to the NMRA Facebook group and the posts age rife with questions from beginners, many obviously young because they want answers from the net and not from books or magazines. And they usually

Tom Madden wrote: I will certainly miss Jon and his trademark fedora. He often contributed to this list, as experienced members will remember. He was a fixture at Pacific Coast Region events and

Tim O'Connor wrote: Very true. In this context, I always mention the editorial in _Model Railroader_ in the early 1950s, a period when MR surveyed its members every year or two. They had noted that

Thanks Tom, so sorry to hear.-- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Another good one, gone too soon. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of "Tom Madden via groups.io" <pullmanboss@...> Reply-To:

Just heard from Jon's daughter, Stephanie, that Jon passed away on January 21. Jon was diagnosed with lung cancer in early January and it was too advanced to treat. I believe Jon was one of the

Thanks Ron-- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Steve Hile wrote: GATC had a repair plant at Colton, California, likely the "C". I have seen photos of GA tank cars with either C or COLN on them. Tony Thompson tony@...

Ken Adams wrote: Do you mean the onboard motors and drive belts in the PFE car? The question was about the motors that shippers kept in their facility to use with the original mechanical

PFE was responsible for maintenance motors and fan belts in 1971-72. I worked the PFE payables desk during that period and processed many payments to outside vendors for rewinding burned out motors

I have been looking at a lot of Swift reefer pictures recently, partially for reweight dates and locations. I have seen a number of cars with EC which makes good sense as East Chicago,

Advice from somebody who can't see reds very well -- I have four Sunshine Frisco cars that will soon be ready to paint. The Sunshine instructions (based on Floquil) suggest a color similar to oxide

Our club here in Houston is helping sponsor a model railroad club at a local middle school. The kids are building modules and learning how to do things. We include them on our layout tour and support