Hi Folks, Ironically, someone asked me OFFLIST yesterday if it was okay to discuss eBay policies on RealSTMFC. I told him NO, and he has kindly refrained. Now I

Besides 2 days is BS in my opinion when I was getting paid in seconds when the buyer used pay pal which most did

That’s not the way I read the eBay message. They sold it as a fast, 2 days, direct to your bank account regardless of how buyer pays minus selling fees. I felt they wanted to control paying the

Think I have this figured out. They say the buyer paid so you're to ship, then they give you the money when the buyer gets the goods...??? Clark Propst

Photos: Borden’s Milk/Chemical Tank

Hello- I am finishing up the reworked patterns for my HO Western Pacific (company rebuilt from box car in 1937) 40' Stock car. I need at least one good image showing the reporting marks on the car

Thanks for posting. Great video, upbeat and confident. A look inside various railroad operations. I loved the Potato Yard segment. -Jay Styron

Whomever made it, thanks to you, Dave! Schuyler

OK, got it. I think there's a summary of the dates of adoption of those paint schemes on line, but what I was more interested in is whether there was an effort to repaint as many cars as possible, or

Jim, The details came directly from James Lane's original work in the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society’s “Railroad History, No. 128” published Spring 1973. This has

Clark According to the new eBay rules you should have the money paid into your bank account in two days. You need to contact eBay. Paul Doggett

EBay, in my opinion, is trying to make money on the float. You were requested to send your bank info so they would deposit the money to your bank in 2 days minus the selling fees. I think it's a

I've been selling freight cars on eBay for a couple years with no issues. When listing a freight car a couple weeks ago I had to re-sign up through Google. I used to get an email saying the car sold

Ron; From my research, it looks to me that a majority of X26C and X29B were repainted into Shadow Key by the late fifties, beginning with the introduction of that scheme in 1954. A few cars

This list shows 9760 assigned to the Pennsylvania. Other sources say 9900. The ORER for October 1944 apparently shows more than the 9760 still running. Where were the other 140? Jim Gates

These later tabulations of the USRA single-sheathed boxcars are great resources. As a starting point, the original USRA car assignment details are available on this resource page.

PK didn’t start until the 60’s so either CK or SK. Brian J. Carlson

For the X26C and the X29B/X29D, in the late 50s timeframe, what would the most common lettering scheme be? I know what they were built with. As 10 to 14 year old cars, were many of them repainted

My pleasure. One of my uncles flew into Goose Bay, Labrador, and got a tour of a Liberty Ship there. The OTC tools were still there in the 70’s. Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone)

Brian, Thanks for posting the family related photo! Although Joshua Hendy was in Sunnyvale at the other end of SF Bay, my layout serves the Kaiser Richmond yards that Hendy made scads of engines for.