Hi Don; I'd start with Bill Welch's article in RMJ. It covers all the affiliates, is a good general history of FGEX and has a LOT of photos. If you can't get it direct, I've had good luck

Ted -- I will keep my eyes open for this. By the way, are you thinking of doing an underframe for the Trix CA-3?

Dear Listers: There used to be a magazine called "Prototype Modeler", but it's long out of print. Thanks, Rich Nunn --------------------------------- Stay in the know.

It seems it will take some time and luck to get the copies of mags that have been mentioned. So would someone throw me a bone and let me know what model is correct for the "starting model"? Either

Kurt Laughlin wrote: I'd agree with Kurt on both points: it's a tarry material which I have seen being applied with a mop in one photo. Santa Fe, as well as PFE and others, blew slate granules

Jerry Stewart wrote: Ed, Tom, I don't know specifically about the color of the group of quad hoppers that you are questioning about, but I do know for sure that the other hoppers that Montour

My knowledge of car cement is limited to a few box cars I used to walk by almost everyday. The ends had car cement on them, although I didn't know that at the time, the ends were black. The cars were

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I think he meant Prototype Railroad Modeling. There are no subscriptions, but individual volumes (one to date) can be purchased at www.speedwitch.com. The plan is for the next one will be out at

Hi: >>> Hi Gang: Would someone be able to define the difference in properties or composition between paint and car cement? What are the attributes of car cement vs. use of paint? In HO scale,

Hi: I don't think they publish any more. You'll have to get back issues off ebay or at swap meets. KL

Hi Gang: Would someone be able to define the difference in properties or composition between paint and car cement? What are the attributes of car cement vs. use of paint? In HO scale, would black

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Brian wrote: << The only concern I have with this trick is that the interior side of the resin part is not necessarily parallel to the outside; use of the Legos might cause the sides to be wavy if

Have been out of the loop for over a year studying and taking the CPA exam etc. Arghh. Received my annual flyer from Sunshine Models for the Proto Meet but noted a lack of car release spec

Ed; Isn't that the experimental aluminum hopper? Every other MTR hopper I've seen was black. Elden

List, Again, from Schaeffer's book, there were only two groups of hoppers that were not black - an Alcoa hopper that was delivered in natural aluminum, and was not interchanged, and a group of

In addition: FGE/BRE/WFE Wartime Reefers Railway Prototype Cyclopedia 12, Bill Welch, Ed Hawkins, and Pat Wider. BRE Signature Wood Sheathed Reefers Prototype RR Modeling Vol. 1, Bill

WoW...thank you Pieter. Now if this are available, I'll get them ordered. Thank you Don Worthy pieter_roos <pieter_roos@...> wrote: Hi Don; For starters, how about: Fruit

Way back in the early Seventies, I visited Colorado/New Mexico for the first time, specifically for watching and researching trains, primarily the D&RGW & RGS. At that time, there were a number