Mike and Jerry, The cars in question were built, or more correctly converted, into twin hoppers by the IC from former gondolas numbered in the 90000- 93970 series, (original numbers 214750-218749).

In a message dated 1/22/2005 10:58:48 AM Pacific Standard Time, b.hom@... writes: ............ about Sunshine B&O M-53 and M-15K house cars: These kits are not one-piece bodies, and are

Phil, I think tariffs were based on commodity and weight per carload, and of course, source and destination. Changing the rules to be more flexible as cars got larger, and railroads wanted to

Ed: When built up the Model RR Warehouse cars are about a foot too wide. We called them "wide bodies" when they rolled by. Mont Switzer

Richard and Mike: To follow are the MONON abbreviations for stations symbols where reweighing and repacking was done. This info came from post WWII painting and lettering diagrams. Not sure if

Dean Payne wrote: "...these [Sunshine M-53 and M-15K] kits were first offered prior to 2000, and I wonder if the bodies are one piece. This seems like one car that would be hard to make out of a flat

Not to go into the nitty-gritty of Chinese arithmatic, but.... In general terms, how were shippers charged for the railroad's services. In particular, a shipper has 3/4ths of a 1944 box car volume

Also add to the old AB&C listings "WW" for Westwood shops, Fitzgerald, Ga, though I don’t know how long this would have survived after the 1946 ACL takeover Aidrian 1) MTG = Montgomery AL 2) WIL

John Force writes: "These dates may not be steam era for some but for me modeling the GTW anything up to 1960 is ok." Indeed, the STMFC charter specifies that the group's subject matter includes

I was able to find the all-time Sunshine kits list in the files section (but not in the folder it was supposed to be in.) Is these kits still in production? That is, "able to be ordered." Or, are

How could a car be weighed two years before it was built? It seems to me that in general, the steam era ended when your principal railroad ended steam. Gene Moser "FM 12-53". ?? It come in two

John Force wrote: "The CN version has a build date of "12-55" and a weigh date of "FM 12-53". ?? It come in two number "11059" and "11065". These dates may not be steam era for some but for me

Hi The CN version has a build date of "12-55" and a weigh date of "FM 12-53". ?? It come in two number "11059" and "11065". These dates may not be steam era for some but for me modeling the GTW

All: I have an extra Pacific Mountain Scale Shops B&O caboose (resin kit) for sale. It is kit CHK-6 (as-built windows, AB brakes, Bettendorf trucks) that I bought the retrofit kit for (etched

--- In STMFC@..., Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@o...> wrote: "For example, eastbound SFRD reefers arriving at the Santa Fe's Corwith Yard in South Chicago were switched

--- In STMFC@..., "Gene Green" <lgreen@e...> wrote: "Included in a lot of stuff I bought on eBay was a bunch of supplements to Freight Tariffs. At first I was just going to throw

Well Mike your not going to get any help from the "West Coast Brain Trust" on this one. What your are discribing here is the IC rebuild of it's USRA composite gondola cars done at Centralia

Champ's HB-169 or Detail Associates 9002 cover the WP silver/aluminum lettering schemes. Garth G. Groff ========= I recall at least one WP set from DA had a style of reporting marks and numbers

See the other comments, or, if you wish to do the cars to more acceptable standards: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/message/31926 And yes, start with a 6' door car to get the funky panel