Most of you know that I'm totally involved with the compilation of Pullman data, almost to the exclusion of all else. But I do have a set of three freight logs that I'll never have time to analyze, so

<Larry Kline wrote: Photographic or other documentation is the best approach to determining the ratio of home road and foreign road cars.?> <And Dave Nelson replied: Beg to differ. Photos will

--- In STMFC@y..., Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@o...> wrote: Are you volunteering to build a real HO scale > underframe for this model. If, in fact, a real underframe is > being contemplated,

This is a test message to see if I am signed onto the steam era freight car list. Mike Brock has been trying to get me signed on with many frustrations. If I am on, greetings to all of my

Garth wrote: Richard, Garth, I took a quick look at the intermountain type 27 unterframe and the Tichy tank. It looks very doable - perhaps even "quick". Can you point me in the directions of

This is fabulous news! I never knew anything at all about what PRKX reefers looked like, but now have a huge clue. Westbound empties on the Rutland in a 3-month period in 1942: PRKX 600 PRKX

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This past weekend, I had the pleasure of meeting Dwight Smith, formerly associated with the B&M, Springfield Terminal, and Conway Scenic Railroads. From February of 1952 until the Suncook Valley

Tom Madden wrote: Better make it Pleasanton, as I will be in London the weekend of the meet in Monrovia. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave., Berkeley, CA

Ted Culotta <ted@...> wrote: Actually Roger Hinman is the MDT expert and a subscriber to FCL (I don't know if he's on STMFC, so I'm copying FCL on this reply). The RCS kit is

"Tim O'Connor" <timoconnor@...> My impression has been that gons in NYC's container service were specifically assigned to that, i.e. that random gons in general service were not normally

Garth wrote: How did I miss out on that? I've got about a dozen of those Tichy kits in the closet, which I've been afraid to even look at since I found out there was no prototype for them. I know

I assume Jeff English will answer this, but I've sent it to everyone since I'm probably not the only party interested in the response. Rutland Car Works is selling a resin kit (HO scale) for an MDT

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Shawn: As Richard has pointed out a number of times, the Tichy tank with the small dome can be placed on the Type 27 underframe to give us a fair representation of some cars built during WWII.

Fellow Prisoners, Going through the ACF book this weekend - blissfully ignorant of the turmoil I caused with my questions of last week - I couldn't help but notice, once again, the sheer variety of

Gee, Tom, that wasn't my intention. Furthest thing from my mind, actually. However, now that you've volunteered.... I won't be in Monrovia, but let's all talk at Pleasanton. Richard H.

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Tony T., threating to become a patternmaker, writes: I take it I'm supposed to jump in at this point. Tony, if this project progresses from a jovial exchange into something more concrete, we can

Richard H. asks: I fully appreciate the concept that we make something moldable, though I have no expertise in doing so. I will make a styrene version (on the assumption that the tank interior is a