Several months ago there was a brief thread about the Menasha Wooden Ware freight cars. There is a "rebuilt" 40' car here in the National Railroad Museum as well as a model of a 40' car (forget the

This photograph, from the Midcontinent Railroad Museum link that Doug sent, is worth a thousand words...

It's operable as long as you don't load it with gravel, coal, ore etc. As and when there are a surplus of Gondolas and capacity in repair facilities then repair it. Perhaps outside the STMFC era it

Folks; Thought you’d enjoy the attached and see if anyone had the guts to model it. I talked to a few of my friends, and we think it is a bad repair of a burned-out wooden floor. The MRY is

Yes, the two center panels are wider. I'll do a blog post on how to make and easy USRA 3-bay hopper. Frank Hodina Resin Car Works

Sounding off from the Northern DC suburbs, here are my two cents: I'll give another big thumbs-up for Mainline Hobby Supply in Blue Ridge Summit, PA. I consider this my LHS and it's well worth the

Rick, The short answer to your question is yes. The box cars in the subject line "NKP 20000-20500" were of mixed designs. NKP 20000-20499 was comprised of two orders of different box cars, neither of

I have some decal sets with that range of numbers, supposedly these were ex-W&LE boxcars. the capacity and dimensional data suggests a 1937 AAR Boxcar with a build date of 1941, but the 1937 AAR

Really like the faded paint! Great model Charlie! Scott McDonald

This is from a 1955 a L&N Freight car Diagram book. Never saw a photo of one. Lee S.

From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io>On Behalf Of gary laakso Sent: Thursday, 24 March 2022 12:51 pm To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] transport of locomotive

Thanks, I’ll use the Lines logo then. -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

Charlie I've seen a car repainted in 1952 with "lines" and a car delivered brand new in 1951 without the "lines". Tim O'Connor On 3/23/2022

Locomotive Quarterly, a long gone publication, had one photo of what appeared to be 63” drivers tied down on a flat car. Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

 Hi Frank and List Members, Frank, it appears to my eyes that the two center panels on your hoppers are wider than the rest of the panels - and this is correct for the prototype. How exactly did

My guess is the wheel centers were shipped separate from the tires and axles. So lying flat in a gon or one a flat. Perhaps raw castings from foundry to the railroad shop, where they were machined.

Half a year ago or so, we had a number of photos of manufacturing plants for wheels, photos of wheels in gondolas and on flats. Tichy makes a very nice model of a wheel car. But... how would the

Went did the Frisco drop the word ‘Lines’ from their coonskin logo. I’m building a Westerfield CB&Q XM-18 but want to do the Sunshine Frisco stockcar next. -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

Oh-Oh! You guys bring up more memories. My parents started me out with Lionel, and it all came from Corr's, but when my tastes changed, around the corner to Keene's I went. Arlington Hobby Crafters

Thanks for the photos -- and especially appreciate the captioning! Bob Chapman