I’ll check with Frank Hodina about this detail. Eric Hansmann RCW web guy

there is: https://www.protocraft.com/category.cfm?ItemID=1170&Categoryid=36 norm buckhart, protocraft decals

I thought Cairo was the southern most tip of Illinois.

The new RCW 8k X-3 kit seems to have the same description as the 6.5k X-3 kit; one of the issues with the Sunshine 6.5k tank was the the dome was too small. Was the Sunshine 8k dome too small as

New price is $150, which works out to $25 each well below my cost. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA Hello- I have a 6-car set of the released this month (July 2022)

All- I would be interested in learning more about the NP bobbers based on the Q design. From the photo it looks more like a 20’ NE1 than the 25’ NE2. The NE2 was the one that appeared in MR in a

Nice photo Tim! Thank you for sharing. PQ Corporation still exists, and sodium silicate is a great example of a high specific gravity liquid (1.3 to 1.5 x heavier than water, depending on

There are liquids that are far heavier than water and petroleum. You can probably find out a lot online about chemicals without consulting any tank car information.

It in fact is a brand name and here is some more history. I'd be intrigued how they stacked and loaded them . . . but labor was

I recently built a Sunshine #62.5 UTLX X-3, 6.5K tank car. I was wondering if these smaller cars were used for any special/unique commodities or whether they were used in general service as most of

Yes, I see the number now , 340254 is what I read so that is from the later series built in 1930 (340200-340299) actually they went from 340000-340999. Southern owned 5750 of these cars. Some were

Yes the second car is the furniture car, the one Sunshine made the 40 ft double sheathed (148000-149999)-- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

BRHS_467_1_1901 crop boxcars -Hudson

Good day all The D&RGW stock car kits are now on the website, http://www.yarmouthmodelworks.com/index.php/Home/Index and available for purchase -- Pierre

Chance you can save a better copy of the scan say "TIF" might be able to zoom in better. Looks like both "far cars" might be Southern. Left does look like a Hutchins end.

I live in "Little Egypt" well to be technical, about 5 miles north of the "Gateway to Little Egypt". Local lore says the Little Egypt name for Southern Illinois originated during the

Looks like that might have been a trademark of that brick company. https://thatwasourwork.tumblr.com/post/21018853984/murphysboro-paving-brick-company-egyptian-block/amp Dave Smith (just home from a

John, Thanks for sharing that file and info. Very interesting. I also see the wording of the North Dakota caboose law you presented in bold is similar to the wording of the 1913 Ohio law. In the

Three new kits and a few older kits are now available from Resin Car Works. The latest blog post has more info. http://blog.resincarworks.com/august-rcw-kit-update/ Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Eric, thank you for bringing this to my attention. I looked at prior data and I was in error on those dates. The wreck I mentioned was in 1907. Here is an exert from an article I wrote