Hello Shawn Becket, Bobs' Photo has a photo of NAHX #31060 with the large Boraxo paint scheme. S-Helper did this car in "S" scale but unfortunately used the wrong body style. The car has the

I have an old Con-Cor kit with mostly wood components. It does have preprinted sheet plastic sides. I think the address was in Chicago proper. Doug Brown

Chet, Thanks for posting this. Very interesting. Any idea how these were routed. UP to Council Bluffs? Were these cars part of block dropped at Decatur from a train going through to the

List, Does anyone know of a source for photographs of "Boraxo" covered hoppers? They would be in lease markings with "BORAXO" billboard lettering.I don't need a scan, just want to know who might have

List members may like to know that Will is still doing fine these days; I went to visit this morning. He has now passed his 97th birthday, so is well ahead of most of us on this list <g>. We talked

Chet French wrote: That would make a nice train to model! Most of the cars can be done one way or another. The only "ringer" is the canned goods, since the NWX car is obviously in use as an

Jim, thanks for posting the list to the STMFC files. If I'd done it myself a long time ago, it would have saved me sending out a lot of copies individually. Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland, Oregon

Chet are the "French" that owned a model RR Shop in Milton Freewater, Oregon? If you are, greetings from friends in the WW Valley Chet French <cfrench@...> wrote: While looking for

While looking for something else, which I did not find, I came upon a list of perishable loads delivered to the B&O from the Wabash at Decatur, IL, between April 13th and 23rd, 1951 destined to

The T. H. Symington Co. of Baltimore and Chicago was a manufacturer of railcar specialties back at least as far as the turn of the 20th century, beginning with such cast steel items as journal boxes

Chet French says about Cocoa Beach: "If Mike can guarantee sunshine and 80 degree temps again, just might do it again next year." Is there any doubt? Just don't come down in September. To quote a

I had once started to kitbash a batch of CP miniboxes using the Santa Fe steel reefer by C&BT Shops as a starting point. The Intermountain Santa Fe reefer shell might be an even better starting

I was probably the last one to get home from Cocoa Beach, arriving in Dixon two nites ago. This was my first time attending the CB meet and my wife and I had a great time. Thank you Mike Brock and

I have uploaded the Station and Reweigh Symbols document to the Files section of the list. It is in Excel and can be sorted by the various column listings. You will note there are still some

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the STMFC group. File : /Station & Reweigh Symbols.xls Uploaded by :

Got mine today from Walthers. Can¹t wait to get it home to test run it. I did have to adjust some of the electrical wipers here at the office, though. -- Thanks! Brian Ehni [Non-text portions of

Shawn, a long time ago I took a good look at the kits from Concor, ECW, and Walthers, as well as Overland brass models. I posted the results somewhere or other on the FCL or STMFC, I forget where... I

Not all banquet (standard 8' length) table legs are the same. Here is a page from Monroe Tables, an Iowa manufacturer of church and banquet

I think Ambroid did a wood craftsman kit while E&B Valley produced the flat kit before Eastern Car Works bought the tooling. And yes, Walthers did offer a single air slide. J. Greedy wrote:

Can someone give me some history on Symington trucks? Who used them? What time period? Thanks, Doug at dopear9@....