Thanks Bruce - very helpful. Rob Kirkham

Richard, Your welcome, but I have gained far more knowledge from your postings of all things steam era. Thanks to you, sir! Bud

Fred, The listing Brian Carlson posted is a good one for motive power and industrial steel plant scenes. I have two hopper photos of "steam era" heritage. One being a builder's (?) photo of a USRA

Hi Folks, I just uploaded a 300 dpi scan of the AC&F ICC105A dome from the 1940 Car Builder's Cyclopedia to our sister site STMFPH. The drawing contains several dimensions and while 2 key dimensions

I have added a photo album entitled "K brake diagrams" to the photo section of STMFPH, not this group but the other group. It contains information on K brakes in general and one photo that shows

I found it!!! I KNEW I had it packed away,....the August 1987, Model Railroader with the John Nehrich article on kitbashing Life Like Swift wood reefers, and still in good condition too!! I remember

OK, guys, as interesting as the Spruce Goose might be, unless you want to discuss the frt cars that carried it, further discussion is "grounded"...terminated...considering the fact that it is

that the avoid use used in I won't doubt it. What makes me wonder is: Was this project not initiated by the military? So why spare strategic material for the war effort if it is exactly for

I found this site about prototype tank cars built for European use. Is this the brother of the famed Kaminski Tank Car historian? Beware, many builder's pics, no US

to was in Tim, I've got 13 of them on Rutland's trian #9 west out of Alburgh in the last quarter of 1942. All empties as would be expected. Jeff English Troy, New York

I want to thank the many members of the group who responded to my request for information on Canadian hoppers in the USA during the steam era. The information you provided was interesting and

Brian, Thanks for the post, it was very useful. Fred F

see it. I can and I shall. Gotta remember how to do that. Gimme some time. Do need to clarify something apparently. The Life-Like tank car has AB brakes as it comes from Life-Like. I was

I am surprised that the hoppers at Alburgh VT Trestle included no Cambria & Indiana Hoppers - so far. They certainly were not captive to Bethlehem as one appeared on B&M's March 2nd, 1936 XB-2 and

Fred, South Buffalo Steam era pictures from the Paul Pietrak collection can be found here http://www.railfan.net/railpix scroll to the 5th listing from the top. Brian Carlson On Sat, 23 Jul 2005

Bud, Any steam era pix of South Buffalo would be welcome by many on this list, please post if you desire. TIA Fred Freitas

Thanks, Bud. News to me. I'm periodically impressed by how much information the subscribers to the STMFC list have to share. Richard Hendrickson

Richard and list, Bethlehem Steel owned more than just the two roads you mentioned. I was hired on the South Buffalo in Dec. 1966, furloughed Sept. 79, hired out on a transfer to the PB&NE in May

The ICC-105s modeled by Trix are much smaller - 6,000 gals. In any case, the 40 year old Athearn model, despite its shortcomings, is a better bet for kitbashing than the brand new Trix model, which

Well, the Trix cars have there own issues, notably the underframe. a search of the list archives should bring up the discussion from back when the cars were released. Also they are higher priced. I