Jim. I understand your point. I too don’tintend to try for full prototype accuracy. My goal though is to be at leastsort of accurate. Since my layout is more or less complete(and building seems

.... forgot to say ... I'm letting the industries I'm modeling "define" the car mix of my trains by car type - and my relaxed version of "the formulas" determine what cars I will and will not run.

Jim Pattison in MossyRock, It is easy to take "prototypical accuracy" too far - far enough that others may not even notice and probably don't care ... one of the costs of ultra high

Charlie, Thanks for the Add. Jim Pattison From:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Charlie Duckworth viagroups.io Sent: Thursday, June 23, 202210:48 AM To:

The photo is dated 1939, so I would agree with Bob that it's just been rebuilt. Doug Paasch

On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 10:15 AM, Schleigh Mike wrote: Also note the stack of perhaps ten 2 x 12 planks in the foreground. Is this a soon to be assembled grain door?These *are* grain doors. 20" wide,

Owl Mountain SP flatcars. Tichy PFE reefer -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

Tim, Thank you Jim

A sample of HO scale SP box car models off the top of my head B-50-1/-2/-4/-6/-9 Westerfield B-50-12 Westerfield/Tichy/... (USRA single sheathed box car)

Hello Group! Comments by Dennis S. & Bob H. have brought me to conclude that the car of interest in Bob C's posting is from the GN series 38000-38499 (291 cars in Jan 1943). Was there perhaps a

Photo: Flour Mills & Freight Cars, Minneapolis, Minnesota (1939) Photo from the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017719026/resource/ Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Hi Phil, I don’t have any of the conductor’strain books, but that work has already been done for the SP Coast Line by TonyThompson. The questions I imagine asking are along the line of, is the

Funny message. If you have access to conductor's train books, I would recommend analyzing those until you have a large sample of cars. The results can differ somewhat from the various formulas that

HI Tim, HO Jim

Jim your scale ? On 6/19/2022 5:33 PM, Jim Pattison wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Chuck, The rule was one safety valve for up to 6,000 gallons. Any size tank over that had to have two valves. Regards, Bruce Smith Auburn, AL From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of

To go around the Facebook page, try this link: https://www.prrths.org/content.aspx?page_id=86&club_id=171391&item_id=112154 Note that only the last four issues are available now for free download.

The markings also suggest that these are for training rather than actual service. SCCX 169 is marked CAPY XXXXXX LTWT XXXXXX, and the third compartment is marked BUTANE. Both cars have dashed lines

The only source I've found for that twin L-mount safety vent on the dome in HO is Owl Mountain Models. It's in brass, so is pricey. Single L-mount vents are available, but I also like the twins since

On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 11:45 AM, Bruce Smith wrote: I wonder if these were 1st responder training cars? The assortment of hatch types seems a little odd otherwise.That and the added railings. The