Garth, It is there today and it was there last week when I downloaded it. First one on the list. Rich Orr

Just wanted to say thank you to all for the replies I received about my question. It was very helpful. Mont, The car number I have 4413 has a NEW 12-55 Date. Did Athearn get the year wrong? Thanks

Anyone want to comment of the date of the photo on the dust jacket? There are few single sheathed box cars (maybe 1/10th) and few flat roofed box cars like X29s. My guess is the photo was taken

Folks, I have been casually following this topic and to me the answer is very simple. If asked for knowledge or research time that you have but are unwilling or not able to due to time

Ben, Larry, et al.: Yes, Issue 41 is there now. When I wrote, the site contained only up to issue 40. This was using the link Ben provided. And Ben I read every issue. It is an excellent resource

Some of these may be a tad on the old side, but still interesting. Found the following goodies in Google Books: Modern Freight Car Estimating: Westinghouse Quick-action Automatic Brake

I just went to the web site and issue 41 is there. Thank you Larry Jackman Boca Raton FL ljack70117@...

It was there as I finally got it down loaded Thank you Larry Jackman Boca Raton FL ljack70117@...

Ben, Uhhhh. There's no December issue on the site. Did you get a bit ahead with your announcement? Kind regards, Garth G. Groff benjaminfrank_hom wrote:

wrote: Richard, thank you for sharing your source material and noting the differences in these truck designs. Yes, the B&O with Washburn and Tatum tried to keep the arch bar truck alive. We have yet

In a message dated 12/10/2006 8:31:30 PM Central Standard Time, rmwitt@... writes: We have yet to find a company memo explaining and/or justifying the expenditures to replace all those

The Sunshine kit was introduced in 1992 but has been discontinued. Jim Hayes Portland Oregon _____ From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of

Thanks. I'm looking forward to the book. Max carey

Dan, The short answeer is no. The Monon didn't begin loading grain in covered hoppers until the late 1960's and then only on a limited basis. Instead the railroad operated a number of boxcars

Kurt Laughlin wrote: My understanding from talking to a railroad employee who was responsible for submitting material for ORER issues is that there was some latitude allowed in how the

okiemax (not signing his name) wrote: It is in our pipeline. We have a couple of minor things to finish before it is ready to go out. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press,

I'm compiling a list of the "most common" boxcars for my layout and decided to use the recapitulation lists for each RR in the ORER as a start for finding total quantities for a particular road. I'm

Thanks to Ed Hawkins, Richard Hendrickson and Ted Culotta for the help with my question. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Jace Kahn and Dan Stinson could not state the case any better, nor any more fairly. Knowledge sharing is a truly civilized and gracious activity. We are hobbyists, not members of a trade or academic

Guys: I posted 3 Car and Locomotive Builders Cyclopedias up for sale on ebay today. They are 1957, 1961 and a 1966 version. These are great reference books for modelers and historians! and they are