BTW, is there a list of all F&C kits someplace? I couldn't find a web site for them, and I also didn't see any product information from them on the STMFC web

Different ends, and in the case of the WM (4th largest number built and surviving) the cushioned frame, custom ladders and stirrup steps, and roof that (I believe) was different from many of the

Tim is correct that this is a Dow Chemical Co. tank car, in this case a 10K gal. ICC-104 (or insulated ICC-103, which amounts to the same thing) built in the 1920s by the Standard Tank Car Co. - note

Ted Culotta replied: In the April 1955 ORER, the only Dow cars listed were from their Texas Division (128 cars - all ICC-103's having five or six digit numbers) and 3 cars from their Canadian

Looks like a Dow Chemical tank car. The Ohio, Kanahwa and other river valleys in that region had (still have) lots of chemical plants. Judging by the type of car (insulated 103) I would guess it's for

Scott: It looks to me like a Dow ICC 104 insulated car, but that's a guess based upon the shape of the emblem. Regards, Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media 100 14th Avenue, San Mateo, CA

Following is a link to my personal web page. http://home.comcast.net/~sseders/tankcar.html I have uploaded an enlarged portion of a photo taken in August, 1956 of an empty hopper train departing

Thanks Chet. "Follow the Flag". Victor Baird Fort Wayne, Indiana

of The data and photos that came with the order size for Victor, Wabash steel gons were painted black including trucks. White paint or stencil paste was used for the lettering. The lettering

Ian, Thank you for the information. That is a lot of "light" to shed. Regards, Mike __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Jazz up your holiday email with celebrity designs.

I'm in the process of ordering three of these puppies and a number of other forty foot gondolas. Hopefully we'll get some more steam era "forty foot" permeations and combinations as time goes

<snip>I wonder if Byron is a nut case because he's such a good modeler, or Richard- I hope the good modeling follows being a nut case because I've got the first step nailed. Walter M. Clark Time

<snip>It will not be published on any set schedule, but I am toying Ted- Considering the machinations I went through after I joined this list and managed to get the back issues of RPC I'd be happy

Richard: Bob Webber: I think that's a no-brainer. And I bought ribsides. SGL

Hi Guys I have been wondering about this for a while. I have seen a cutaway of an average wood reefer. I am wondering why the large ice blocks don't crash straight through the floor when dropped from

Bob Webber ask... "I wonder about that. Will a Milwaukee Road Rib Side box sell enough copies to pay for the tooling? One would think that a B&O wagon-top could sell more than a rib-side." I would

Phil Buchwald asked: "X32?" No. PRR 36986, Class X35: http://prr.railfan.net/freight/PRRdiagrams.html?diag=x35.gif&fr=cl Class X32 is the 50 ft round roof automobile boxcar (no end

I wonder about that. Will a Milwaukee Road Rib Side box sell enough copies to pay for the tooling? One would think that a B&O wagon-top could sell more than a rib-side.

Richard strongest point is... Will a really good styrene model of a B&O wagon-top box car sell enough copies to even pay for the tooling? Nobody knows, though sooner or later we'll probably find out

X32? Phil Buchwald