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This site has some very nice stuff for Freight Car fans. http://www.geocities.com/oldlahistory/reefer.html If this doesn't get you pumped up for Naperville, nothing will. I can't

By Clark Propst <cepropst@...> · #46764 ·

Re: Paint removal

Manfred, I have tried alcohol (denatured and 70% iso) and Polyscale paint remover, neither of which worked. The PS did a good job of removing the paint, but the lettering is as good as new! Bill

By Bill Weiss · #46763 ·

LV hopper "corrections"

Hello again, Thanks to Mr Ben Hom, I stand corrected, the series 41,000 LV quad hoppers were the ones built as composites, I was in a hurry yesterday and didn't check my typing or the on line

By Bud Rindfleisch · #46762 ·

Re: LV hoppers in 1945

Ed, By your description of style #5 cars, do you mean this series (I stole this from Ed Shaller's web site)? Hopper, 34'-1" composite (steel after 1951), 55 ton (HM) 15001-15250 Built by

By buchwaldfam <duff@...> · #46761 ·

Re: Naperville favor needed

Done. You can use mine. Regards, Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media 645 Tanner Marsh Road, Guilford, CT 06437 info@... www.speedwitch.com (650) 787-1912

By Ted Culotta <tculotta@...> · #46760 ·

Naperville favor needed

Last Wednesday night the hard drive on my laptop failed while we were whiling away an evening in Nova Scotia. I'm working on data recovery, but will be without a laptop at Naperville. If one of the

By pullmanboss <tgmadden@...> · #46759 ·

Re: LV hoppers in 1945

--- In STMFC@..., Ted Culotta <tculotta@s...> wrote: On Oct 19, 2005, at 12:12 PM, ed_mines wrote: 5. WWII composite emergency hopper (Athearn, P2K in HO)These were not the same as

By ed_mines · #46758 ·

Re: SUPX 20xx

KC = combined (all in one unit) KD = detached (reservoir/valve separate from cylinder) Gene Green

By bierglaeser <bierglaeser@...> · #46757 ·

1950 NKP Car Movements

DATE CAR LOAD ROUTING 5-1-50 GN 44789 bean meal Madison Cty Farm Bureau, Elwood, IN NKP xlocal tonnage

By Bill Darnaby · #46756 ·

Re: Paint removal

No experience specifically here. But: "Old Athearn" went off with scotch tape "Walthers" (FEC Ortner aggregate hoppers) went off by too much (while drilling the grabs) handling with the

By Manfred Lorenz · #46755 ·

Paint removal

Has anyone found a way (other than abrasives) to removethe lettering from recent Athearn models? Bill

By Bill Weiss · #46754 ·

Re: HO AAR-type truck measurements.

wrote: then sticks to them like grim death. I don't even bother to protect the conical bearings, as I routinely clean these up with a journal bearing reamer before installing the wheelsets. > Good

By Manfred Lorenz · #46753 ·

SUPX 20xx

Working through some photos taken in the CPR yard in Vancouver BC in 1938, I located a nifty (to me) 3 tank, three dome car. I had recently reviewed John Riddell's article in September 1995 Mainline

By Rob Kirkham <rdkirkham@...> · #46752 ·

Re: LV hoppers in 1945

It is correct if you want to be picky. The H-4 used the N&W-standard close-spaced Z-bar end braces rather than the lighter, wider-spaced angle section end braces of the standard design. David

By James D Thompson <jaydeet@...> · #46749 ·

Re: LV hoppers in 1945

Picky?!?! THIS crowd? Naw, tain't so. SGL

By Schuyler Larrabee · #46750 ·

Re: LV Quad hoppers

Bud Rindfleisch wrote: "The Lehigh Valley 40,000 series quad hoppers did indeed begin life as "composite" hoppers. They were rebuilt into the steel 9 panel cars as pictured." I disagree. LV

By benjaminfrank_hom <b.hom@...> · #46748 ·

Re: New to list

Nice looking models Rosco. I hope you'll be able to come to Naperville and show off your models... I know there are some serious Rock Island fans there. Frank Hodina displays a bashed model of the

By Tim O'Connor · #46751 ·

New to list

Hello list, My name is Ross Dando. I am an almost forty Rock Island modeler. who has started focusing on more detail in his modeling. Over the past few years several friends have suggested that I

By twinstarcars · #46747 ·

Re: Paint for 1955 Scheme Boxcars

Rob, You are correct that Polly-Scale Mineral Red comes close to IM and Red Caboose colors, but that shade of Mineral Red is closest for the 1948 thru 1955 paint scheme. The NYC used a more reddish

By Richard Murray · #46745 ·

Re: LV hoppers in 1945

Quite true, but pointing out errors in MM is probably pointless, as Hundman's long standing practice has been to treat corrections with glacial indifference unless confronted about them, in which case

By Richard Hendrickson · #46744 ·

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