Hi Denny, There is a list from a depot agent's seal book in the M&StL group files for Fairfax MN. There are several box cars of coal delivered and these same cars were filled with corn before being

Russ- "War Emergency" cars were standard ARA (ARR??) designs that had the sides replaced with steel exposed steel truss and single sheathing to save on steel. IIRC the NP and GN had similar double

Very interesting comment on the common use of grain cars for the backhaul carriage of retail coal. I recall well that about every little Iowa town's fuel dealer had a coal yard, also very commonly in

All; Thanks for all this insightful discussion! What recommendations do you all have in HO models for SS or DS cars (and their rebuilt brethren) in their late (50's+) configurations and

Malcom, Excellent comments. At the CB&Q Cicero Yard every afternoon they would mimeograph "Night Orders". Included were where and how many box cars were to be provided. The freight houses would get

Charlie, The age of the cars was a moot point. Age did not become an issue in car usage until the 80's. "War Emergency Cars"? Don't know what you mean there. While GN had a large fleet of double

While we're talking about what we'd like, I¹d like to get an answer from RPI about my inability to log into the site, but John has ignored three of my emails so far. -- Brian Ehni From: dti_nut

I received one of Southern low side gons from the SRHA yesterday. This is first close-up examination I have been able to make of a model done by "rapid prototyping." The results are very nice overall.

I just wish I could get the owner of the webiste to update the site - it's been a long time since he's done so, and I set hima CD full of materials to add. New job has kept him way to bus=y I

Rob Kirkham wrote: "I can cut and paste the links so they work, and I can do searches and obtain lists of documents. But I cannot get any photos to display. Is there a trick to this?" Yes. Once you

Anyone who knows; Could anyone tell me what the stock numbers are for the BLI H-2A hoppers that have the revised couple boxes/couplers; specifically the PRR units? Also, who published the upgrade

I can cut and paste the links so they work, and I can do searches and obtain lists of documents. But I cannot get any photos to display. Is there a trick to this? Rob Kirkham

Fritz and all; This was a kit that was supposed to have been issued by Mr. Heiden (not the same Mr. Heiden as the one who often participates in this list) but has not. I am not sure the reasons why,

Walter Kierzkowski wrote: "The Military loads w[i]ll not load..." http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F?func=file&file_name=find-b- clas72&local_base\=CLAS72 Walt, some Internet 101: cut and paste both

Similarly, on the same site is a set of instructions on constructing a DT&I 9100-series gondola which mentions starting with a resin G31D gondola kit, but doesn't bother to mention who was supposed to

<Elden.J.Gatwood@...> wrote: equally or figure. Hate to burst your bubble, but the tooling that makes the DA kit very likely spit out more kits in the first hour of production than the entire

I have noticed some of the URLs have a back-slash (&#92;) inserted in them. http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F?func=file <http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas72&local_base=CL AS72>

Brian Carlson writes: "My information on the UP GS also came off the RPI website a few entries above the IC information. Maybe Mike Brock can add more information." Here's a quick summary of UP

Hey Guys, There is a shop here in Iowa that has about 8—10 of these kits new, in the box. Have no idea of the price. You can contact Paul Sheldon at Eastside Trains at HYPERLINK

The Military loads well not load...WJK