This message arrived while Sandra and I were out running a sports car rally in her 1970 MG-B (in this year's first serious rain in Southern Oregon - barometer 29.3 and snow on the mountains above

Would these be the same as cars lableled coke racks in early ORERs? These appeared on the Toledo & Ohio Central, Kanawha & Michigan, and Zanesville & Western, and I'm sure on other roads as well.

Phil Buchwald wrote: From just after the turn of the century until the mid-1920s, the Santa Fe ordered thousands of new stock cars which had Caswell drop bottom doors and longitudinal roof hatches

Mark Plank wrote: Would these be the same as cars lableled coke racks in early ORERs? These appeared on the Toledo & Ohio Central, Kanawha & Michigan, and Zanesville & Western, and I'm sure on other

Sounds like you have a real grudge against Microsoft. I'll never understand the "anything but Microsoft" crowd. I think it must come from the same mentality that makes someone automatically hate the

Jerry Stewart said: Actually, Jerry, I'd disagree with you. First, the rate of adoption of the metal running boards was very impressive, obviously an invention which was overdue. Secondly, there

The voices are telling me Dave Nelson said on 10/14/2004 12:35 AM: Cute story here <http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2004/07/19.html> about Lookout. As everybody knows who's tried to use the

northeast, however, for us guys born and raised in the midwest, are there any general rules to guide us in what sort of road name mix we could use for early 50's coal hoppers? < Phil, There have

--- In STMFC@..., Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@o...> wrote: "Metal grid running boards began to appear in significant numbers in the late 1930s." Richard, I hate taking

--- In STMFC@..., "Stan Agar" <stanrail@x> wrote: Steam era pics turn up in many of the files. However the resent postings by Steve Wydeck of ACF builders photos are at

Does anybody have any leverage with Kadee to get them to release the "fixed" vesion of their #78 "scale couplers with the Narrow draft gear box"? Kadee "fixed" the #58 scale couplers and

You should receive a reply from RPI verifying your membership and PW. If not, drop John Neihrich a line. Max

Thomas, Thank you for all the information. However it didn't answer Tim O'Connor's question "are these the same cars as the new Walthers cars". It appears to me they are but I don't know enough

A Yardmaster at LV Coxton yard told me they didn't return other line's hopper cals if the LV needed them because the per diem on hoppers was so low. While against AAR interchange rules "That was top

tmolsen@... writes: Phil, Is there such a thing as too many Pennsy hoppers? Tom Olsen Why ask anyone but a PRR guy Tom? The answer is NO! Greg Martin

List, Broadway Liimited's express reefers are the 53'6" General American cars that Sunshine Models put out under Kit #'s 27.1-27.7. Here is the link to their website:

Phil, Is there such a thing as too many Pennsy hoppers? Tom Olsen 7 Boundary Road, West Branch Newark, Delaware, 19711-7479 (302) 738-4292 tmolsen@... buchwaldfam wrote:

In a message dated 10/17/04 3:46:25 AM, tmolsen@... writes: << Phil, Is there such a thing as too many Pennsy hoppers? Tom Olsen>> uhhh, yeah....the answer is one! Anti-PRR sentiment aside, PRR

I don't know what they did to avoid the problems Phil alludes to, but among the early specialized coke cars were those of the BR&P which kind of looked like large, open-top stock cars (without doors

I saw a PSC (I think) "12,000 gallon" insulated tank car model at the hobbyshop today. Is this an accurate model of anything? -- Richard Townsend Lincoln City,