Did the aluminum paint with black lettering schemes on Shell tank cars as pictured in the RP Cyc last through the '40s? Charlie

I'm Bill Donahue, have to startsigning my name to my posts...sorry for any confusion. Bill Donahue

I dont know of anyone who makes leaf springs anymore. BC Models makes arch bar trucks with leaf springs; I believe these are cast metal. Tichy Train Group makes plastic bettendorf trucks; one

Ed, Thank you for the information. I believe you had posted information about the content of next Volume earlier, but missing bit was when we might expect the next issue. As my earlier

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other folks, collection at picked over, the word out April, as we If you need cut out and Earl, do you have Model Railroading 1996 June available ? thanks Bernd Schroeder

One more here . . . SGL

I got a couple of those (P2K) also, anyone for a trade--50's tanks for 30's tanks. Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has stopped in 1941 Digitrax DCC owner, Chief system NMRA Life member #2623 Member

Richard replies: Thanks for clearing this up. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 http://www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538;

I've never said that. There is documentary evidence that some cars were delivered in the 1920s to SEPX (Shell Eastern Products) and RPX (Roxana Petroleum) with yellow tanks and red billboard

The 50s! Oh poop another car into the trash can. Ned

Well, I doubt I have as many back issues as Paul Gibson or these other folks, but my wife and I have peddling the late Harry Frye's magazine collection at local train shows here in NH. It is

October 2001, IIRC. I guess we could quibble if October is more than a couple months ago. The older I get the faster time seems to go, but Volume 6 came out after the warm weather left Vermont.

Was it only a couple of months ago? WOW Thank you Larry Jackman Michael Carson wrote:

But then again children's books aren't noted as reliable prototype reference material. First the interest, then later (in certain cases, infinitely later) the discipline of prototype fidelity.

Norm, Back in pre-history, Walthers had replacement leaf springs. However they have not be offered for a decade or so. I understand Precision Scale has replacement leaf springs as part of

Going through my hell-box I came across a pair of tender trucks which had been put out to pasture because a leaf-spring broke and another is on permanent vacation in a dense pile carpet. I can (and

Doesn't our guru Hendrickson state that there was no such paint scheme? Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Same book, same experience! I just bought copy on ebay a few years ago to relive it. Ted Culotta --- scott459 <scott459@...> wrote: __________________________________________________ Do You

Larry, Don't think so. Volume 6 "just" hit the streets a couple of months ago. And my appreciation is there is a hell of a lot of work that goes into each volume. Personally I would rather