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

Bob, there is a drawing of the Washburn truck side frame in the 1928 Car Builders' Cyclopedia, as well as a photo of a very similar truck identified as a "Tatum XLT Improved Arch Bar Truck Used on

I've been wondering that myself, so I will hand off your query to the publisher, who subscribes to this list. Richard Hendrickson

That's what I thought, Ted, until I discovered that I have photos of the large C&EI stenciling on gondolas built as far back as 1910. However, I don't have any evidence of its use on box cars prior

May I have an update on your progress on the billboard reefer book?

Correction:you ARE NOT impelled

For what it is worth;There are many members of this group who may be at the entry level of the hobby.Many lack the background of the more experienced hobbyist.For the advancement of the hobby I think

I hate to clutter up the list with needless bandwidth, but there are a number of people who make their own decals for steam era freight equipment using these printers. I thought that the message

Tony: I believe that the style to which you are referring came into being at the beginning of 1937 with the C&EI's first 1937 AAR box cars. Regards, Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media 645 Tanner Marsh

From time to time the subject as recently titled "Parasitism" seems to find its way into discussion on the STMFC. As has been mentioned by others, none of us has a copy of every reference book

Paul C. Koehler: True, AFAIK. That's the problem with absolute statements. What you say, Paul, is >usually< true, but not railroad performed everything at their own expense to lay the siding and

Bob Chaparro wrote: Yes, indeed. One place you might have read this is in my Vol. 4 on SP box cars (includes ventilated cars and refrigerators). They were used in on-line company

wrote: Richard, I don't have that CBC to compare the photos, but according to an article in Railway Age (April 12, 1924) it describes the use of arch bar trucks designed by Edwin C. Washburn,

Somewhere I read that the Southern Pacific had reefers on its roster lettered for the SP and not PFE. As the story goes, these cars were acquired from the El Paso & Southwestern in the 1920s. Does

Ok... trying again... Thanks for the replies everyone. Just to clear up a couple of things. There were certainly industry sidings on 'R' Street that wandered off onto private property; the two