ForThrowback Thursday I’m posting this photo of my new O‑scale Santa Fe express boxcar,a recent pandemic project. It startedout as an automobile car that the late Jim Pierce built from a vintage

Bill, Microscale did sets to letter the City Classics HO gas station kit. The Flying A set is 87-874 and the Gulf set is 87-902. Happy hunting. -Jeff Ford Sanger, TX

Bill Jolitz wrote: Until the early 1950s, the "insulated boxcar of the day" was the ordinary reefer. Everything from pharmaceuticals to dry goods to canned goods moved routinely in reefers if

Canned goods in reefers! June thru Sept. Wondering why. What does RR Bob have to say? Bill Jolitz

Philip, I think the Roundhouse roof is a fairly standard tongue and groove wood roof. It doesn't appear dissimilar to the one on the ARLX 11000 series car. -Phil

The Mssouuri Pacific car I was referring to, was part of a class of 2,400 gondolas built in 3 lots for the Mopac and subsidiaries between 1937 and 1942 that were built new with paneled sides

I can't believe that there have been so many posts on such a useless topic!!

Marty McGuirk wrote: And of course "fouled up" is the euphemism. Anyone with any time in or around the military is very familiar with that other "F" word. An observer of the British army once

Marty McGuirk wrote: Full agreement, Marty. Tony Thompson tony@...

Marty McGuirk wrote: "Other Fouled has a specific meaning on a ship, No self respecting sailor would ever say Fouled Up when he or she meant Fu...." Concur. This thread is FUMTU. Ben Hom

Thanks Dave and Steve. This info works very well for me. Another great example of the shared help available from this fine list. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA

Perhaps not; unless one were discussing the native birds of the Solomon Islands with the professor. :-D Do boobies build foobies? (desperately trying to steer back in

Gary; You are welcome. They were a dull grey from the factory, probably primer. They made so many, I expect they just primed all but the advertising one. Here’s a GSC cast F30A after the

Couple of thoughts on what is rapidly steaming towards off topic - 1. Other Fouled has a specific meaning on a ship, No self respecting sailor would ever say Fouled Up when he or she meant Fu.... 2.

Guys; At least on PRR: early gon and hopper side replacements involved removing the rivets, then replacement of side panels or boards, followed by re-riveting, painting and lettering. As time

Expressing my crusty old fart side . . . (sorry) I am of the opinion that the difference between Fu . . . and Fo . . . UP BEYOND ALL . . . Trending toward the first, is an example of the

unquestionably Intermountain :-) -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

I agree Tony - I think that is how I understood it the first time I heard it. I'd heard FUBR (beyond repair) FUBAR (beyond all recognition) variants expressed in Hollywood movies (usually

As an old AF aviator, those expressions were in use back when Jimmy Doolittle was a Captain. Definitely is use in Viet Nam.

This is a case where the tank-car tariff books can really help clarify things relative to what you can tease out of an ORER.. As per the 1936 edition, RGOX 234 had a dome volume of 256 gal, very