Bill Williams wrote "I questioned IM a while ago about their choice of heralds on the GN cars. They weren't aware of the GN historical group to ask for advice." I was dismayed to read this. The

See, There's one more of those uncommon Rib-sided box cars again! ;> Phil buchwald

Ok..... Not counting MOW equipment, does anyone know of any early-mid 1950s general service box cars which were actually painted gray? No, not kidding here... I keep seeing the photos of the

I noticed that the PS-2CDs above the boxcars show a Rock Island car regardless of the road name being offered. The ATSF car shows what the car looks like, not what the lettering looks like. I don't

Greetings, Any calculator can be used for the conversion. Most calculators now have a memory function. Enter (12 x 25.4) / 3.5 and store the result in the memory. This

I created a folder and uploaded some photos of the new vent car model to STMFCPH. Todd Horton

Mike, 42120 and 42075 are the road numbers of the kits, the item numbers are 30357 and 30358. The paint scheme is the same as the built-ups 30377, 78, 79. They have dreadnaught ends, not end doors.

Check http://www.steamfreightcars.com/modeling/models/buchwald/slsf160295.htm l for a model based on this kit. Jerry Glow

All: The discussion of the following car as a USRA car/USRA clone: http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/ble/ble34894awb.jpg Has one fatal error. A check of the series in the October 1970 ORER (I assume

I was just able to access it just fine; 9:06PM Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has stopped in 1941 Digitrax, Chief/Zephyr systems, JMRI user NMRA Life member #2623 Member SFRH&MS

Ben, Thanks once again for your kind help! I wonder if you could help further with dimensions for a straight center sill using styrene strip, if one wanted to do such cars as per Dennis'

Oh shoot! I was hoping it was off-line while being updated! Scott Pitzer (never satisfied) ======================= No clue, but I am looking into it. Peculiar.... Regards, Ted Culotta

No clue, but I am looking into it. Peculiar.... Regards, Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media 100 14th Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94402 info@... www.speedwitch.com (650) 787-1912

While crusing the LL site for old part numbers for SOU stuff, I came across a couple of SOU 50' boxes for sale. http://www.lifelikeproducts.com/store/protospecial.htm At the bottom of this page are

Ditto. It clearly is not available at the www.steamfreightcars.com URL. Hopefully, it is just a temporary disruption. Ted, talk to us... Mark Heiden wrote: -- Rob

Hello everyone, Has anyone else had problems accessing the Steam Era Freight Cars website? I keep arriving at a screen stating "there is no website configured at that address". Thanks, Mark

Richard, you're correct, I took another look at the B&LE car and it is definitely longer than 40' my mistake. Brian J Carlson P.E. Cheektowaga NY

Not very similar, Brian, as the B&LE gons were 46' cars while the NSS cars were 40' IL. The photo of the B&LE car leaves no doubt that it was a USRA 70 ton mill gon or a 1920s clone. And had it been

had the and box end the around so I have to leave out the door right now, so I cannot check now, but with that build date and USS road ownership, this MAY be one of the eluisive PS-built Birmingham