Fenton I just looked at the Joe Pennington RPC article you referenced and would call your attention to the difference in paint color between newly repainted 162234 (pg. 71) and a similar steel

I am saddened to hear of Jon's passing. I have always read his emails to the group members. Tom that tag line of his is something I will always remember. My prayers go out to Jon's family. He will be

I am very sorry to hear of Jon’s passing. I met Jon and Richard Hendrickson on the same day in October of 1988 at The Santa Fe Modelers meeting at a private home in (I believe) Walnut Creek. Jon

While we're on the subject of Frisco, I have noticed that early offset-side twin hoppers and covered hoppers, when new, were black. Later ones were that Frisco red. The Frisco gons of the

So sorry to hear this. I usually saw Jon at (and at dinner after) various railroad meets here in Northern California. He was always interesting, friendly, and knowledgeable. And like Tony, I

Thanks, that’s interesting. I already have that mixed up. I have to change the MDC inverse 3/3/3 end to a regular 3/3/3 end.

The Sunshine Frisco Howe Truss boxcars were featured in the RPC Volume 2 and the Joe Pennington formula for paint was a 50/50 mix of Floquil boxcar red and Southern freight car brown. Gary

I'm sure I'm like a lot on here. I started with trains when a child became a teenager, still interested in trains but had also started getting interested in the opposite sex so that started taking

Thanks Chris, I’ll check it out. The Bill Welch article in Speedwitch magazine looks very red. Bill used Vallejo paints which don’t give paint colors that a model railroader can translate at least

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. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

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@...