I'm looking for some information and a picture of WM boxcars in the 4001-4050 series. These 40' boxcars were built in 1951 with 7' door openings. I like to know what type of roofwalk, brakewheel

Santa Fe Bx-52 (1947) cf5250 <timboconnor@...> wrote:jerry glow wrote MEC, C&O, UP, MC... and others. I don't have my notes here at work. Tim O'Connor Yahoo! Groups

Garrett, You will want to check out the August 2004 issue of Mainline Modeler. Mont Switzer has an article on this very car. Mont used the Intermountain car and modified the roof, sides and added

jerry glow wrote MEC, C&O, UP, MC... and others. I don't have my notes here at work. Tim O'Connor

Probably the best approach to pre-1950 "PS1" cars would be in the form of a Sunshine "mini kit", i.e. a kitbash with resin roof and ends, using one of the available AAR 10'6" car bodies. At least some

I'm thinking of attending this year -- my first time. Where is the event held? I'd like to call them about rooms. Dave Nelson

The Tiki Lounge link was interesting..... -- Brian Ehni From: stde32a <rwboehm@...> Reply-To: <STMFC@...> Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 05:28:19 -0000 To:

end Ed, et al: This post caught my eye as I do need to model one of these cars in HO. The roof could be easily done, but the sides of the car (6' door, 12 panel sides) appear to be more of a

Gentlemen, I thought you'd enjoy a quick note on yesterday's RPM Meet in St. Louis. I'm happy to report that we had 89 attendees from the local area and around the country. We were disappointed that

Just catching up after company: What roads had these "early models"? Jerry in Fla end

This has happened in S Scale at least twice times and the models in question are as bad as bad as the ones copied. The S models were copied from HO models. Thank you Larry

I'm no freight truck expert, but I am told that these are Crown trucks in these pics. (No attachments to post to list.) Bert DuVernay

In a message dated 8/22/04 1:22:17 AM, rwboehm@... writes: << These appear to be traction engines being shipped on flat cars via a Transfer Steamer in

Boy, I thought this would generate more interest. Normally, everyone is looking for new ideas on open loads. Here are some I found on the Internet. Surely, this group must have some more

Hi Mark & List, The Greenville gondolas are listed in the book "Pere Marquette Revenue Freight Cars" (Hundman Publishing 2001) on pages 113-114. It lists and describes the circa 1944 70-Ton

tmolsen@... writes: I hope that copying brass models will not be a wave of the future as we already have a lot of equipment that suffers from lack of research. I have a buddy that calls

Can anyone here provide me (off list probably best) with the address for Gregory M Smith, President (I think) of the B&O Historical Society? SGL

In a message dated 8/21/2004 11:10:25 AM Eastern Standard Time, STMFC@... writes: Which ever you use in grit-blasting cars, it is best to wear a mask to prevent inhalation of whatever

Hi All, I can't believe I am writing this for 2 reasons. First, I can't believe it happened, and second that I noticed it just now. I have been to 3 events this year; the RPM meet in Malvern Pa. in

Roger - Thanks for the info. It means that the car is not an XM7 but indeed the one in Chris and John's MM article. Thanks. - Al