Bill, John Frantz is the proprietor and a member of this group. I would suggest contacting him directly in case he doesn’t review every message. His email address is in the group directory.

Very interesting Hudson, thanks for sharing Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Philip Morris (PM) did not finish moving out to 'South of the James" until 1990. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=47427 PM was only one of several cigarette manufacturers or tobacco warehouse companies on

Philip Morris had moved south of Richmond to Manchester (not on the RF&P) during the time period in question. There might have been a smaller cigarette producer or two left in Richmond proper but I am

Paul, my understanding is that Mike’s widow, Georgia, is not in a mental state that would appreciate cards. I don’t think we should go in that direction. Tony Thompson tony@...

Try the ELHS for info.

Cigarettes are a likely cargo. Richmond was home to Philip Morris and other cigarette manufacturers, but I don’t know if they were on the RF&P. Philip Morris was a huge manufacturer and made many

I've never used them, but just tried https://www.mountvernonshops.com/ and it came up ok. -- Bill Parks Cumming, GA Modelling the Seaboard Airline in Central Florida

Bill, the site opens for my iPad. Gary Laakso

Is Mount Vernon Shops still in business? I tried twice to place an order in the past week. I went through Pay Pal and both times my bank denied the charge as bring possibly fraudulent. The website

I was heading there Jack but after seeing this photo I’m not sure. This is a Lot 721-F car. The end flanges seem to sit completely below the deck already, so why go lower in the middle? Note the use

One piece at a time: http://research.nprha.org/BRHS2/BRHS_467_1_2714.jpg http://research.nprha.org/BRHS2/BRHS_467_1_2729.jpg http://research.nprha.org/BRHS2/BRHS_467_1_2726.jpg -Hudson

It's a consequence of minimizing the deck height. Between bolster and striker, the height of the top of the centersill is controlled by the coupler height and center plate height, and is a minimum of

Was there ever a straight-sill Erie gon that resembled the Athearn 50' mill gon? I purchased what was claimed to be an Erie gon kitbash, but it turns out the 14500 series had fishbelly side

I didn't know Mike well, but her was a great modeler. Godspeed Mike.

They look rather alike. I know they are rebuilds of rather different vehicles - WAB's from USRA-like DS clones vs L&N's from ARA 1924 boxcars, but what are the major differences? Lots of surface

The 70 ton car is the one with the bolster and couple covers flush with the deck, right (ie NYC, ERIE and NH among others)? If so I think I know what is going on. Mike Clements Wakefield,

I have limited knowledge here, but can only guess it helps structural integrity on the ends? Could it have something to do with the draft gear pocket? -Rob

I was thinking through some planned car projects, and remembered (or thought I did) that sometime back there was developed here a list of all the box cars that got the “corrugated” Viking roofs.

Thanks for the comments, Dennis. I remember when I worked at the Vernon plant of Alcoa during college, helping out in the metallurgical lab, I was told that the most skilled and valued people in the