I'm late in posting this - the January 2005 issue of The Keystone Modeler is available

Richard, Thanks much. Of course, the date is what is of most interest. This weekend I'm going to dig through my old ETTs and see if there is any mention of track scales at Chico that would give more

Hi Everyone, Just got in a new boxcar kit from a new supplier into the shop. The 40' box with 8' door and riveted side is a model of National Steel Car from Canada. The model has "NSC-3 ends and

Have the dates been announced yet? I'm trying to make my vacation plans for this year. Thanks, Paul Seattle, WA

I agree with Tim O'Connor about the requirement to classify eastbound reefers in Chicago. Chicago should have been a major diversion point. As was stated on page 381 of the 2nd Edition of PACIFIC

Gart Groff writes: Almost all of the entries in the reweigh station symbol list are based on photographic evidence, so there's a photo somewhere that shows "CH." It may not be in my collection, but

If you guys keep this up I'll be forced to dig out my map of the Chicago area showing about 92 different interchanges and yards. While I am sure there are EXCEPTIONS to the RULE, such as these, IC and

Forwarded from RITSList. -Jeff --- Forwarded mail from No17Eng654@... From: No17Eng654@... Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 23:00:43 EST Subject: Re: RITS: RI empty PFE trains - was Dispatching on the

Thanks Ben. I assume that's just a typo in the last line - X29 and X 28 being the same length. I'll look for the MM article. Rob Kirkham

Gentlemen, I'm late coming to this discussion. I take it the station symbol list is on line? Where can I access it? Thanks Jerry Michels

Dean Payne wrote: "My Kadee #208 (red bag) washers don't quite fit over the... bushing?...inside the coupler box. There's a #210 "coupler washer", but that might not be the right thing, either,

Guilty as charged, I have switched to using Kadee #78 couplers on my most recent resin kits (I started this first, and am finishing it late). This car will never be an award winner, I got it cheap

Friends, I noticed that the reweigh station list included "CH" and "YC" as symbols for the Sacramento Northern. I don't doubt that Richard Hendrickson is correct about "CH", though I have never seen

Rob Kirkham asked: "I've reviewed all the photos of the X28a I could find on line, which is just about none. Thankfully the X28 photos are pretty clear. From these I understand that when built as

The Newberry Jct PAs produce inspection records I've been researching show MDT cars on the ERIE occasionally, never in blocks, rarely even 2 in the same train. On the origin of the two cars on the

After receiving much very helpful advice lately about how to put a cobble of one of these X28a cars together from Red Caboose X29 parts, I noticed the comment that this kitbash would not duplicate the

Chet- Thanks for the IC information. Though I lived just south (Brookfield) I didn't learn too much about the IC operations with my concentrating on the Q! Thanks, Charlie Vlk

far as livestock at the cars to produce, meat the This was also the case with the IC, Charlie. Meat and perishable cars interchanged to the IHB at Broadview before the 1:30pm cut-off time was moved

Dean Payne wrote: "I think the Kadee coupler box has too much play, or is it because I used a McHenry scale sized coupler? I might try a shim inside the coupler box, if that would help reduce the

This should be East Tulsa, OK. My typo. Jim Brewer Glenwood MD