Tony, Care to offer a citation to info on the Soo Line plywood covered boxcars? I suspect you are thinking of the GN, but I'm always looking for new and interesting facts about the Soo. The Soo Line

Phil, Not to worry, RPI will be back on monday. No techs work the site on weekends, especially when it snows! Fred Freitas

Armand you ask... "Could this have resulted from wartime neglect more than anything?.Playing catch-up was a long drawn out process. A "War weary" fleet was slowly being repaired or replaced.

Hi, If this is not within the list parameters, just delete it, but combines did carry freight in one end. :-) Anyway, I am looking for a source to confirm whether the design (length, window

No. They have made some adjustments to their servers apparently and access is "temporarily" disrupted. It is not clear when or how the problems will go away. I had just paid my dues to access their

This seems to happen now and then with certain servers and certain websites. Be patient and try again some other time. I just tryed with no joy. Pierre Oliver

How about the riveted steel reefers in the last few shots in RPCyc's latest issue? They look like some form of R-40-??. As far as Intermountain's prototype paint jobs: Yup. Found that out the

IIRC, the paint specs compiled some years ago from AC&F records by Hawkins, Wider & Long showed that some RRs left their wood running boards unpainted, one of them being the New York Central. Richard

I tried last night and again a few minutes ago. No luck. It will not load. Greg Bartek

Ed Mines wrote: Which ones? and were they wood or steel? Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

YEa I was just there. Rich

Ed, The half-life of unpainted wood in railroad service is quite brief. I've never seen a photo of a new box car with an unpainted wooden running board. Replacement planks sometimes did not get

Tony and I will be there with our badges. Bozos beware. Richard Hendrickson

FYI, regarding the scale Accumates on small radii, Max Robin posted this to the STMFC almost 5 years ago: ==============================================================

Here's an old question about roof walks for new members - Were many steam era roof walks (particularly wooden roof walks) unpainted? This is particularly addressed to men who actually were atop the

Anyone had any luck accessing the web site lately?

--- In STMFC@..., "Eric Hansmann" <ehansmann@a...> wrote: How does this one fit for description #7? http://www.westerfield.biz/7408.htm If it fits the description the description wasn't

The Grand Convocation of the Loyal Order of Prototype Police?

overwhelmed. Wish I could get to Naperville. Tom, I just forwarded a message friend. Tom Wencl found the photos. Naperville is also know as "The Freight Car Nationals" and "Martin's Tupperware

List, Two things, Can someone direct me to a source for O Scale Carmer cut levers. Brass. I'm in the midst of building a Chooch Ultra-scale SP B50-15 boxcar and am in great need of a photo or two of