The Official List of Open and Prepay Stations does not have any sort of comprehensive list industries and consignees. If you read the text at the heading of those lists in the "Explanation of Notes"

How wide is the new model? Yes, the former models were plastic and difficult to build. But the big problem is they are about a foot too wide when finished and there is no real way to correct this

Stefan Lerch� wrote: "I wonder where I could find a prototype photo of that SL-SF car with the doors added and how much rivet detail would be required for a car with steel sides?" Rob Adams

Russell Hedges said: "In case there has been no discussion yet, I am talking about a new HO model of the B&O M-53 wagontop boxcar sold by Model RR Warehouse under the Red Ball name. I think it has no

Russell Hedges said: I bet it does. They did a plastic one too (not easy to build, BTW). Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Have I missed discussion on this, or has anyone seen one yet? Until I got the April RMC and saw their add, I had no idea. I need a new crystal ball. In case there has been no discussion yet, I am

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"All steel refrigerator cars introduced in the mid-1930s also used roofs with overhanging eaves. It was illustrated as an alternate design in the CBC from the 1940s, but rarely adopted. Can anyone

Stefan; Railroad Model Craftsman ran a Martin Lofton article in their October, 1990 issue that featured the Frisco's rebuilt USRA gons. I don't have access to it right now, but I recall that there

In the case of hand brakes, and almost everything else, when the AAR rules change the old stuff is "grandfathered in." New applications of horizontal wheel hand brakes have been "outlawed" on new

Ben, Hmmm, some great choices. I wonder where I could find a protoype photo of that SL-SF car with the doors added and how much rivet detail would be required for a car with steel sides? Good

Horizontal wheel type hand brakes are still legal, but not for new construction. For tank cars Group D applies with Ellcon-National (Superior) the only supplier. As for other cars Groups C,E,F and

Bill McCoy wrote: Actually they do a bit more. While the first half of the book is laid out as Bill describes (and makes for very dry reading), it's the back half that is the most interesting. In the

On the Santa Fe and UPRR that I worked there was never a closed station. To start all stations had an agent. As cost started going up the RRs closed some stations by getting rid of the agent. But the

--- In STMFC@..., "Benjamin Hom" <b.hom@w...> wrote: <snip> > I'm hedging because this diagram is the best that we've got so far on this > car. As you can see, it's pretty minimalist,

In a message dated 3/15/2005 7:29:42 PM Pacific Standard Time, steamera@... writes: stefanelaine wrote: > > Ben, > Hmmm, some great choices. I wonder where I could find a protoype photo > of

The open an prepay station list does not do any thing other than identify stations, their location, station number and whether it is an "open" ie. can receive colect and COD shipments and a station

Thanks Tim, so as is the roof is a post 1960 casting. Brian J Carlson P.E. Cheektowaga NY

Thanks Bob, my moniter is very large so it's hard to tell for me. Ok here's a long shot, any guesses on the 3 boxcars in the upper right corner? Todd Horton

Stefan Lerché asked: "I've found one of these in undecorated in my pile of stuff. Does anyone have a suggestion for a good set of prototypical decals I could use for this orphan? I'd like to decal