Fred in Vt. wrote: For PFE, that will be "Daylight Orange," a much lighter color . . . just FYI. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA

About a week ago there was quite a thread generated by the analysis of a photo on the Library of Congress American Memory photo site. Here is another photo worthy of analysis by the car i.d experts

Which version of this car has now been done in styrene? I have a photo of MILW 6675 which two 6 foot doors, while MIKW 9440 has a 15 foot door opening according the ORER. I looks like there were

This Looks like the list was down for a while for maintenance. I'm sure glad it hadn't gone away. I was looking at an item on Ebay and wanted to search a question I had. No panic; just concern for

The 1963 PS-1 photo shows a USRE label on the car side. Whether this was part of some sale/leaseback scheme I don't know, but I think a lot of USRE cars were on lease. Anyone know when USRE got into

Tom, Two way freight cars are interesting. Regarding CLE and L&R, the January 1938 ORER lists neither reporting mark. The high numbers (CLE #50270) and (L&R #80059), however, may narrow down the

wrote: list (snip) think (snip) I just checked and the archive that Richard Hosker maintains for the list is still up, with the last entries showing for August 27th. This archive also has a nice

We'll be doing the 17200 series which were built at Readville in 1937 using welded underframes from Bethlehem. They will be offered as FM (std flat service) and with the TOFC ramps, tie downs,

This might interest someone. It is a freight train on the Chicago Great Western on March 15, 1938, operating from Rochester, Minnesota, to McIntire, Iowa, where the cars would be picked up by

Eldon, Was thinking along the lines of the 1909 GXL, PRR type with side doors. Have seen as old pix with 1/2 size doors on the side. Was curious if this was one of those, or a repair,

Eric, Have idea for corporate fulfillment. Please contact OFF list. Fred Freitas pennsy@...

Schuyler, Thanks for the insightful message. One more thing to add to the list. Suppose this will take at least 2 bottles of reefer orange before I'm tired of looking at them !! I

Schuyler, No doubt the end of more than 1 RR career !! Fred Freitas

I had a great time. It was a small -- very small -- bunch but we had fun and got to know one another a little better. Biggest news of the day?? Ben Hom is starting on a layout that is scheduled

Tim, Thanks for the help. All of my photos have reweigh dates that do not reflect when the cars were actually painted. I do recall that the boxcar red billboard scheme you mention as well as a blue

Roger Parry wrote (replying to Tom Madden: Ah, but then the tool provider gets called "arrogant" and "elitist" for not providing a fully researched, compact and complete answer, preferably

AMEN to that, give us the tools!

There are no exact decals, but I think "3 foot" correct lettering for the GATX car is straightforward, and possibly UP can be pieced together from Champ/Microscale sets.

Tim; Thank you very much for that lead. By any chance, do you know of anyone that produced decals in HO for these unique cars? Thanks, Elden

Elden Gatwood wrote The Lambert acid tank car has the virtue of having an excellent builder photos in the 1961 CBC, of Union Pacific 68100 (class O-50-7 built 1958, without platform) and GATX 64641