I have the same or a similar kit with the same stencil. My thought has been that the car was assigned to carry petroleum products in barrels, and that the producer was located in Bakersfield. When

I am doing some research at the club to find out what the origin of this stencil was. The other night, no one knew. Will advise. -Jay Styron

FWIW, The California State RR Museum Library has the General Design drawing for that class. https://csrm.andornot.com/en/permalink/techdrawing32274 Tim is right about the trucks. Cheers, Dick

Bruce, The TEM's Railway Accounting Code was 754 and 33 of their 149 stations had agents and their remainder were prepay only for receiving freight. At Trout Mills Ont. Wm. Milne & Sons was the only

CDS does not sell chalk marks. John Riddell Sent from Mail for Windows

Eric, Remember those hot, muggy days of summer when you walked out of the air conditioned house and your glasses fogged? The same may have happened when you brought the 50 degree models into the 70+

Allen Montgomery wrote: Allen, the model looks excellent. It is almost a dead ringer for the H-70-2 class on Southern Pacific. Any chance some of the bodies will be for sale or trade? Tony

in the UK the brine used for preserving fish in a barrel was actually just salt and the water present in the fish turned it to brine. A good fish wife (herring gutter) could gut between 2 and 3 fish

Instead of detergent, use Kodak Photo-Flo. On 1/25/2022 12:39 PM, WILLIAM PARDIE wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Great looking car! Will these be available to purchase anywhere? <sandbear75@...> wrote:

Unfortunate about the trucks, but you may have used 100 ton trucks, which have a 5-10 wheelbase. A 50 ton truck has a 5-6 wheelbase with 33" wheels. Tim O'Connor

I believe I am done with the fine tuning of this 3D resin printed car. I spent yesterday adding the final under frame details that I can make out in the pictures. I know I missed a few things that are

Yes my folks moved to lakeland in '61 and the water stunk. I left and moved back in 1972 to Winter Haven a few miles away wasn't as bad. Lakeland is OK now but there were palaces in that state that

Hello Group, Does CDS Lettering have dry transfer chalk marks available? Thanks,Barry

Here in TN, it’s minerals in the water, mostly limestone. I always use distilled water. No detergent. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of O Fenton Wells

Some of the new ultra-thin decals come with instructions not to use anything but water for placement. I found out why the hard way. These decals also have a tendency to curl, so you have to slide them

Jay Styron wrote: Good point, Jay! But also don’t forget what one former employee told me about such stencils: "Sure, we’d follow it if it was convenient." Tony Thompson tony@...

 Hi List Members, I just remember that they go on in alphabetical order - "Set" alphabetizes before "Sol" Claus Schlund

Fenton, you reminded me of the sulfur water in Callahan, FL. We moved from Jacksonville to Callahan when I was in the first grade, and I had to put a clothes pin on my nose to take a bath. I

The lake herring or cisco of the Great Lakes, Coregonus artedi, might more properly be called a whitefish. They were brined in barrels same as Atlantic herring, hence the common name. They were and