Richard, you're living in the past. ;o) Oh wait, so am I... but less past than you are. And Al Westerfield is even more past than either of us. Has anyone passed Al's past as yet? And is Dick Harley

Attention! Achtung! Attencion! The STMFC is pleased to announce that Byron Rose will be returning to active participation by joining the STMFC. Although Byron indicates he is going to do it on a

So.... I see fourteen names in the "Members" list so far, all but two of whom I either know personally or have had extensive e-mail correspondence with. I'm flattered to be included, but I figure I'm

Tim O'Connor wrote: BOOORING! Let's hear it for Andrews trucks, truss rod underframes, outside metal roofs, and Murphy corrugated ends. Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland, Oregon 97520

Tim O'Connor...who will probably have to retake his class on steam history... writes: 1960? UP STILL runs steam. 844...renumbered to 8444 for awhile....has never been removed from the roster. It and

Mike and all, Didn't UP run steam into 1960? I think 4-8-8-4's would have to qualify as legitimate steam... For myself, I prefer the cutoff date of December 1966, when the current appearance of

Guys, There have been several messages regarding the objectives, reasons for initiating and methodology of the Steam Era Freight Car Group including its relation to the current FCL. A few answers are

Dave Nelson writes: That's probably about right; some steam survived later, but not much. However, I'm inclined toward ca. 1960 as a cutoff because, give or take a year or two, that was the beginning

Thanks, Jeff. Just what I need - another way to spend money! Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland, Oregon 97520

In the interest of making the STMFC more useful, I will compile a simple document containing links to internet railroad book dealers, and will keep it reasonably up to date, and the document will be

As we continue to talk about talking about freight cars, :-) WRT binaries, they shouldn't be mailed out, but put in the shared files area. The ReeferMadness list (all refrigerator cars, all the time)

Richard writes on his reasoning for a new group: subscribers who Item 1 can be addressed by establishing a different, group. The only way to deal with item 2 is to keep the new group closed, by

I agree with Dick Harley. I would like someplace where there is only serious discussion of freight cars, and not a lot of chit-chat, and no declarations of one's preference for the "three foot rule"

the This, in my opinion, is one of the great weaknesses of Mr. Hosker's list. The last time I tried to search the archives, well, I couldn't. Suppose I want to know how to tell a correct RC

While we're still off topic, you may also find http://www.bibliofind.com/ to be helpful. Note that neither Advanced Book Exchange (ABE) nor Bibliofind are actual booksellers. Instead they contain

brockm@... writes: "interesting" I'm on the phone with Byron as we speak, reading him this note. "Now I guess I'm committed," sez he, amongst many other things. He'll be on.

I have gotten the message "refused by server" on this site several times this afternoon. But the URL is presumably good. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden

Try again. Tom M.

I tried that website and it wouldn't come up. ??? Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland, Oregon 97520

Dave Nelson wrote, in response to Jeff Aley, Actually, there are two such books. General American Tank Car Journeys was published by GATC in 1931 (under the title it says "Vol. 1" but there