To answer your Wikipedia question: it's based in Belgium, is supported by contributions, and the home page contains links to a wealth of self-descriptive information about it and the contributors.

the list? Just Jerry and others, My point was the size of the undertaking being proposed here was extremely large. I had hoped to make that point by comparing such a database for all cars with a

Jack Unless you're worried about the underframe, the main difference between the War Emergency version and the standard AAR version is some wood stringers used on the WE cars. See Mainline Modeler

C&NW had 3 groups of the AAR standard 50 ton, 53'6" flatcars: 45601-46099 odd Pullman 1942 46101-46599 odd Pullman 1944 44001-44599 odd Mt. Vernon, 1946 I think all the Pullman cars were the "war

Tim O'Connor wrote: [Big snip] My on-line Car Construction Record database is actually a "lite" version. The master database has almost 14,000 records and 37 fields (not all of them populated for

--- In STMFC@..., Ted Culotta <tculotta@...> wrote: I would expect a generous per diem, including an on call > sommelier, to help with all of the stress of evaluating these

Hey guys, I'd like to add something to this thread (Accuracy of Paint Schemes). Should the Walthers "steel express reefer" be in the REA 1946 silver and green scheme? I thought the Walthers car

The retainer will depend on the prototype. Higher for some house cars and near ground level on flats. Howard R Garner

But Dave, this is why your idea of the Wiki database is perfect. You can hyperlink until the cows come home -- or rather, a person who cares enough about a particular prototype to contribute some

Tim Gilbert wrote: Tim, I think you've failed to understand your question will be read not much differently than "Anybody want to eat these 3 whales for lunch?". And they'd be right too. FWIW the

Tim Gilbert wrote: Eric does have such a list, greatly enriched by info from other railroad journals, the ICC valuation records, and considerable info from historians of particular roads. But as

Tim Gilbert wrote (in minor part): Something has gone wrong with this info, Tim. Before WW II the SP "Overnight" cars were black (not oxide red) with orange trim striping and lettering. Braces

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: Schuyler, in hindsight, your mistake is obvious. Should have told them it would be a great "special run" car. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

Gene Green wrote: I'll wager Gene that your buddy was an avid buyer on eBaY five years ago and as I recall paid quite large sums for both both ORER's and CBC's. His "About Me" page on eBay

mjmcguirk@... wrote: Marty, If I understand you correctly, the difference between IRM wheelsets and Reboxx wheelsets is the axle. Since Reboxx makes all lengths, it must be the cones that fit

Tim Gilbert wrote: I dabbled with the same idea and also went to Jeff to confirm my suspicion that the problem is a many to many relationship -- one Car Lot, on an As-Built basis, might be found in

Tim O'Connor wrote: Why? If you approach the problem as "What is the best std structure to present this common data?" and then answereed that question... Then wouldn't it be rather straight forward

. My biggest gripe with Sitting outside the museum in Spencer NC is a Southern box car. It is a PERFECT fit for one of IM's models. I took a couple dozen photos and sent them to IM. Result:

Tim Gilbert wrote Tim, you are thinking two dimensionally. Try thinking 4 dimensionally! A Wiki consists of 2-dimensional pages that are hyperlinked thru space (3D) and time (4D). When I pull up a

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