Much too complicated. 1. improvement: use Word. This gives you automatically the correct link once finished composing. No browser to be opened, just click on the hyperlink. 2. improvement: I just

Charlie, I have a BLI AC-5 Cab Forward No. 4120. I like the engine and it hauls great. In looking at your website when told aabout the next run with smoke, I reviewed the specifications you have

There are a lot of Cudahy reefers in SGL's most recent Erie consist, particularly considering Cudahy had many fewer cars than either Swift or Armour. This train had mostly meat reefers which may

Armand Premo wrote: Early Athearn metal kits had a wooden subfloor and were bears to build. All of the locknuts and such certainly made the Athearn metal kits a bit of a juggling act, but you've

--- In STMFC@..., Ted Culotta <tculotta@s...> wrote: Al has just ensured us that a color photo showing yellow in the diamond will appear within the week! Indeed! I'm an Erie enthusiant

It would be nice to restore it. Ted Culotta

Al has just ensured us that a color photo showing yellow in the diamond will appear within the week! :-) Regards, Ted Culotta

Ex-N&W B-7a (rebuilt from late class BS). The end view confirms it. David Thompson

For what it is worth,IMHO,Globe car kits were better than Athearn.They were constructed around a four piece sub frame made of wood.The rest of the body was stamped metal including a metal underframe

In a message dated 7/16/2004 8:54:30 AM Central Standard Time, tculotta@... writes: It would be nice to restore it. Yes, if anyone wants to have it shipped to the Amarillo Railroad Museum,

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/misc-frt/rex6435dgs.jpg

Anyone know about this PFE R-40-10 in Indiana in 2000? Is it still there? Who owns it? http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/misc-frt/pfe41465ags.jpg

"Subject: [STMFC] One thing about Accumate scale couplers I noticed after I applied the Accurail scale couplers and draft gear boxes to a couple of Branchline box cars, that when I coupled the cars

Doug, you need to get a real mail reader :o) like Eudora. Just click on the "edit" icon, then move the cursor to the end of the split URL and hit 'delete' and it pastes the second line onto the first.

Ben Hom: of Globe box cars had 4-5 dreadnaught ends; Athearns had 5-5. Tom Madden

For the benefit of everyone who's saying, "Oh, for an end view of that car": http://gelwood.railfan.net/misc-frt/rex6435cgs.jpg (But you don't HAVE to look at it, if you want more of a

Clark Propst wrote: Of course I would read your post. All comments to STMFC are appreciated. I must add two more things to this discussion; everyone's follow-up comments are welcome, especially on

I noticed after I applied the Accurail scale couplers and draft gear boxes to a couple of Branchline box cars, that when I coupled the cars to each other, they were unrealistically close. I positioned

I don't see it happening - it would take a really impressive alternative to make me change away from the 58/78 at this point. But the option is there, if it should happen. Andy