steam Mike, I have heard similar descriptions of what roadnames sell (and which don't) from a STMFC manufacturer. In fact, we were both in Cocoa Beach at the time. The point is that even current

Jason Hill wrote: In what way? The car is immensely wrong in dimensions and does not even resemble, let alone match, any prototype. Adding wire grabs to a monstrosity won't hide the

I am going to venture a guess that will bring the wrath of God down upon me from some quarters. There seems to be more of a correlation between those roads modeled and those with active, and

First of all, breaking into a refrigerator car was an entirely different matter than drilling a hole in the bottom of a tank car. All that was necessary was to break the lead seal and open the

Tim Gilbert wrote: Richard Hendrickson, now finishing a book on billboard reefers, can answer this better than I can, but it sticks in my mind (many wrong things stick there, of course) that

You just had to say that didn't you Tim, <VBG> .... Roger Robar _____ From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Tim Gilbert Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 9:15

buchwaldfam wrote: Did Schlitz own Dairy Shipper's Dispatch? Schlitz's Home Office was in Milwaukee while in the 4/49 ORER, DSDX's home office was at 110 South Franklin Street, Chicago. It appears

Mike Brock opines- Mike has THAT exactly right. I would judge that most railroads with USRA engines soon modified them in significant ways to conform to company culture and patterns of

Do these cars show up in the AAR box car roster summaries which are printed in Ted Culotta's web site? Is there a note which identifies them as being aluminum? Oddball decals has a set for an

Ray Breyer wrote: "Personally, I need 5/6/6 reverse Murphy ends for a NKP 12400-series auto box, 5/5/7 Murphy ends for an IC 34000-series 50-foot box, 3/3/3 early Dreadnaught ends for an IC

I remember this shot. Wine cars seemed to outnumber all other cars. I recall that the cars were mostly different, with 2, 3, 4 and 6 domes, various dome configurations, and different tank profiles. A

I have another freight car scan of the 50's which I wish to share with members of this list. Not the sharpest image, though still a nice subject. Pennsylvannia RR X 31(F) Automobile boxcar,

Welllll...... then why did, say, Schlitz go through the subterfuge of giving their cars DSDX (Dairy Shipper's Despatch) reporting marks? Phil Buchwald <rhendrickson@o...> wrote: source

Well, I was actually referring to the NKP's 10500-series 36-foot cars with reverse 7/7 ends, which are different than the available NYC 36-foot double sheathed cars. And I just found the Westerfield

Ed Mines wrote: "How about a[n injection molded plastic kit of a] double sheathed box car with reverse Murphy ends, like the ones L&N, NKP, NYC, RDG & DL&W had?" Ray Breyer replied: "I'd be happy

________________________________ Gene and Group, I have some interesting decals in S-gauge. The decals, very old but still useable, are green. I know that so many times the model manufacturers

John Huey wrote: "Seriously, I probably have too many Eastern cars like, NYC and Pennsy, also other items from that local[e], why . . . . I just like them." Actually (as Tim Gilbert and others have

Message: 16 Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 23:50:00 -0400 From: "Mike Brock" <brockm@...> Subject: Re: Re: Attitudes of kit producers, was:Wine car ops Richard Hendrickson notes: "Walter

How about the D&H,a northeast road and_ a coal hauler?Armand Premo

Couldn't a six-compartment tank car make as many as six deliveries to customers? I forget the name for this type of tarriff but I think that cars could make multiple stops to drop partial cargos. So