Hello everyone, I posted this message last week, but it seems to have been lost in the shuffle, so I'll try again. I've posted a picture of the A-end truck of WAG 4003, an ex-B&O M-41 boxcar, in

Gene, try this link http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFPH/ I'm at work but off the top of my head the vent cars started at 55001 and ran to 58500, but I could be wrong as there were a couple of

It's not in the STMFC photos section, it's in the STMFCPH photos section. Different group that Mike set up just for photos. Try: STMFPH-subscribe@... I had to go through the same thing

to STMFCPH. Todd Horton > > > Can't find photo. What am I doing wrong? What was the number series for these CofG ventilated box cars? Gene Green

In a message dated 4/14/2005 6:39:48 PM Central Standard Time, STMFC@... writes: No need to panic, Jerry. L-L hasn't given up on P2K and in fact there are some new freight cars in the

I stand corrected, the Builders date is 4-40. Tom Olsen Thomas M. Olsen wrote:

In regard to this photo, when did the B&LE dispose of this car series. It shows a Built date 4-42, but unfortunately, my registers only date back to 10/49 and the one I have does not show this car

In a message dated 4/15/2005 4:16:09 AM Eastern Standard Time, STMFC@... writes: The current coupler is mounted with a screw and washer thru the slot and no centering/buffer springs -

Ted Culotta wrote: So digitize the video and grab a good frame . . . Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

But the gondola wasn't a cut-down version of a Mather box or stock car... and they didn't attempt a rectangular wooden tank car-- otherwise P2K could make use of previous tooling! Scott

Yes, there actually was a gondola built by Mather (C&IM 9250-9349, blt. 1943) and I would pay handsomely for a publishable photo of one. It's one of the few Emergency cars for which I am still

Sorry about that, I meant to... (you know the rest!)

Al, Do you have "The Walking Dead" with Boris Karloff? My mother was ten or eleven when it came out and it made a BIG impression! Scott Pitzer

Bill - I'll probably see you and/or Randy this weekend but remember, not every road made a new submission every quarter. Look carefully at the submission date at the bottom of the listing to

Was there ever a Mather gondola, or a Mather tank car? <G> Scott Pitzer ======= L-L hasn't given up on P2K and in fact there are some new freight cars in the works, though that's all I can tell

The car number for the NSS gon in the 1943 CBC is 1200. 40' 50-ton car. It also has the tabs you mentioned at the bolster sides. Brian J Carlson P.E. Cheektowaga NY

Very nice. Thanks for posting that, John. Pete _____________________________________________________ Pete Brown - Gambrills, MD (Near Annapolis) Visit my personal site :

Jim Betz wrote: Sure. Just check carefully first to find out what height the milled-off portion needs to be from the rail so your new coupler will work right. Tony Thompson Editor,

Jim, your description of the coupler itself is a Kadee No 4. Properly housed in a proper pocket, it is, IMHO, a much better coupler than a No 5, or 58. However, you don't seem to have the pocket it

The "coupler box" is made for the original Mantua loop coupler. It was suspended from the end sill rect. hole and the screw holding the loop and hook. The slope in the underframe was to allow the hook