Hi Tim, Well, the only InterMountain car I have in an original box is the 10'-0" version of the AAR car, and I didn't remember that they made a 10'-6" version. But I'm sure you're right and I'm glad

Okay, I dug out some of my Bx37s (ATSF boxcars) this weekend. The finished models have no maker's marks and I've long since disposed of the kit boxes. They definitely don't match the InterMountain

Ted, Maybe not hard for you, but for the rest of us getting parts from Sunshine is as likely as getting to the moon in this lifetime. Paul Lyons Liguna Niguel, CA

Clark, and others, I need some guidance as to which HO models are available to model cement hoppers that would have served the cement plants in Mason City, Iowa. I am looking at the following RR's,

Tim, It is the GULF, Florida and Alabama we're talking about, not the Georgia, Florida & Alabama. The Gulf ran from Pensacola to Kimbrough Alabama. I'd have to dig my records up with the dates if

So don't trust that photo, Ed. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax, (510)

Lee B Singletary wrote: Au contraire, according to pages 1694-1695 of the 1930 MOODY's STEAM RAILROADS. The Seaboard Air Line leased the properties of the Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railroad Company

You don't really need a complete set of drawings to make these cars. They are 1925 ARA design standard box cars with increased dimensions. So, you can take an ARA 1925 underframe (from Sunshine).

Thanks, Lee. It's a neato photo. Wish there was some way to scan that image, but at 60" long or so, not likely to happen. SGL

Schuyler, Galveston was an important port back then... The GF&A was a Southern subsidiary, but I don't recall any port city names beginning with a "G". Nahlins, Mobil, Jacksonville, Savana,

This is the Gulf, Florida & Alabama in Pensacola, Florida. The giveaway is the The Lewis Bear Company. They are a local distributor in Pensacola. Still there in in 1997 before we moved away. The

--- In STMFC@..., Anthony Thompson <thompson@s...> wrote: I hesitate to trust an old slide, how much less can you trust a printed color photo, especially if (as is common nowadays)

--- In STMFC@..., "Aidrian Bridgeman-Sutton" wrote "....Hopper and SS boxcar pictures on Taplines http://taplines.net/" Under what headings? Ed

Georgia, Florida and Alabama was leased by SAL in the late 20s and eventually merged. The road was one of those that bought the standard Baldwin decapods in the twenties. The port was probably

Greg Martin wrote: Bluelines were far more common with books than with magazines, and they are dodgy to send to an author anyway, as they fade rapidly and dramatically in bright light. Nowadays,

Chris Barkan has summarized the problem(s) very well. I hesitate to trust an old slide, how much less can you trust a printed color photo, especially if (as is common nowadays) someone has fiddled the

--- In STMFC@..., CBarkan@a... asked: changed over completed? I have no idea about any of this. Ed

Joe Binish wrote: I am trying to find a set of plans for the GN 37 wood sheathed cars of 37 design. The 4/38 MR has a set. The plans in the 4/38 MR are for a double sheathed truss rod GN boxcar

------------------------ I agree. If you end up creating either a partial or complete kit, please make it available to us. I think most of us could get by without instructions or prototype data, so

Joe, AC&F drawings are available for these cars from the Museum of Transportation's collection. The AC&F drawings were actually made from Pullman-Standard drawings as reverse sepia copies (white line