Richard, First I hope you had a good time as I hear NZ is a great place. Second from you post I'm guessing you had a hand in helping Athearn do these cars! Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has

Richard "World Traveler" Hendrickson wrote: Well, here's some speculation for you to work on: word has it that the Rr-30 class - all 100 of them - were assigned to frozen food service, and thus

Chet The only problem is that 107000-108499 have 3'5" interior height -- i.e. they are "low sided" gondolas. I don't have any ORER's between 1940 and 1950, but the 1950 shows the 94000- series cars

What ever happened to the Wabash auto cars F&C was planning? Any comments on their 10 hatch covered hoppers? They look nice in pictures? How hard are they to build? I wonder how F&C's new J&L tank

Please pardon me for using some bandwidth for a personal matter, but while I was off-list for most of the last month while traveling overseas, my e-mail in-box filled up (mostly with spam, of course),

I know some of you were hoping I'd decided to emigrate to New Zealand, but - tough luck - I'm back, and just in time to replace some of the STMFC's endless speculation about forthcoming new products

Actually, more likely the P&LE. The home plant for these cars was the Aliquippa Works located on the left descending bank of the Ohio River which was served by the P&LE. The PRR was on the right

Bobby, just remember: "Ne Nothi Te Redigant" -- Brian Ehni

apparently forties. I use in my steel (From GM&O the Tim O', From a 1946 Illinois Central equipment book, the only gons listed old enough to be USRA built (28 years), were the 94000-95492 series

I agree with Tony on the Type Y, but the top one looks like a pretty conventional ARA U-section truck to me. The Type Y can be simulated with a PRR 2DF8 (available from several vendors) although I

Chris, The information inside the rectangle specifies "THIS CAR IS EQUIPPED WITH A NAILABLE STEEL FLOOR" on the top line. Below that is a graphic showing the cross section of a nailable steel floor

Bill Welch, Good morning - I'm also planing to built a Kaslo Resin kit of the CN 36' Dominion/Fowler car. I've been watching the messages daily hoping to see an answer to your question of April 11th

I know at least two different curved maps but that doesn't help for the reefer. Without a drawing/picture of the Athearn paint scheme there is nothing to compare to yet! Page 214 of the reefer

Excuse me, but because one person thinks the car is "dumb looking" does that mean that I'm stupid because I happen to like the car alot? Bobby Pitts A dumb mistake silver a

On eBay currently is a far below mint (Distressed) copy of a 1946 edition of the Car builders Cyclopedia. eBay # 6623670122 I do not know the seller. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA

The upper one looks like a Vulcan, the lower one is the ARA Type Y truck widely used on tank cars. Both have spring planks, which most model trucks do not. Tony Thompson Editor,

Ed: Super, thank you! Now I've got a little sleuthing to do to find a decal. Best regards, Chris Frissell Polson, MT --- In STMFC@..., Ed Hawkins <hawk0621@...> wrote:

Mr. Hendrickson has provided me a photo af an UTLX tank car with 2 different truck types. What types are they exactly? http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/photos/view/7cf9?b=1 And who is

Yeah, I was going to say "It looks great in Culotta Gray..." Scott Pitzer

Price looks pretty good, too. Gene Green - In STMFC@..., Andy Sperandeo <asperandeo@...> wrote: online "Athearn of Wheel Report harbinger sessions. in were in one could 2400 or