In a message dated 3/28/2006 5:35:58 PM Central Standard Time, STMFC@... writes: Using what I think is the same discretion displayed by others on this list when they know about but

If the "mood" is to create an "all-time" Freight Car data base, a way to start would be to use the New Freight Car listings in the first issue of each year's RAILWAY AGE. That data would have to be

I was wonderin' the same thing Jerry. My biggest gripe with IM over the years has been their willingness to put bogus paint schemes on their models for special orders, while neglecting their own

Larry, love the show . . .;^) Whether or not you use K or AB depends more on the date you're modeling than it does on the slogan. AB brakes were first introduced in 1932, and became required in, I

I have a couple Q's for someone out there knowlegeable about DL&W freightcars... 1) When did the "Route of Phoebe Snow" billboard slogan come into use? 2) Would it have been possible to have an

mjmcguirk@... wrote: Marty, Are you buying lunch Saturday? I have done all-time rosters for the B&M: - one between 1930 and 1994; and the other from B&M's 6/30/1914 Valuation Report through

NWSL calls theirs semi-finescale /88 tread. Not sure what they use for a flange as it hard to look up their products. Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has stopped in 1941 Digitrax, Chief/Zephyr

As Dave Nelson suggests, an HTML version of an ORER would be a fabulous "anchor" for any freight cars related 'Wiki'. We've talked about this for 10 years off and on, and I would guess it would be an

writes: The very first car to wear that billboard rolled out of the Magor Car Company plant in Clifton, N.J., in April 1942. Likely not, but not impossible. I've got a dozen or so photos of

Oh what the heck - I'll do the O&W for you. Bill Schneider Enjoying the sites and smells of beautiful downtown East Hartford - with the windows closed.

<schuyler.larrabee@...> wrote: front face to back face. That's That's not correct. The "Code 88 wheel" is only described in NMRA RP-25; without the definition, the "code" doesn't mean anything.

Dennis & Mike I've just called them .088 wheels all along; works for me. Heck, .110 wheels are "semi-scale", if I understand the meaning of the "semi" prefix.

Just because you are paranoid doesn't mean that they are not out to get you. Lars Svanevik ________________________________ From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf

no one has stepped forward to create, organize and maintain one--a truly big job, as I know from having just HELPED with one on another list--and perhaps the same could arise with a STMFC Wiki.

Scott Pitzer quipped: So did I Scott, though I suspect for somewhat different reasons... ;>) Bill Schneider

Tony, he didn't say EERIE, he said ERIE.

If we're talking about the "average" consumer it may be slightly less! OTOH, if the retainer is high enough I might consider quiting the day job and signing on as a consultant.... :>) Bill

Lars Svanevik wrote: Um, yes, Lars, I too have read "Catch 22." Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Dennis Storzek wrote: Probably you mean "semi-code" wheels? Anything even close to RP-25 is a HUGE flange compared to scale. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906

were the merely to I'm sure you're correct, but as I explained the oher day, not only doesn't it make any difference, it actually works to our advantage. However, since these are not Code 88 wheels as