--- In STMFC@..., Tony Thompson <thompsonmarytony@...> wrote: 'My favorite "old" kit story is about the Athearn metal box car--which I found to be hell to assemble as a teenager, back when

--- In STMFC@..., Frederick Freitas <prrinvt@...> wrote: The Railroad Progress kits get my vote, many times over! For those who have never seen them, these kits were for

I have one of the Ulrich War Emergency gon's lettered ATSF still running on my layout. I bought it from a store in St. Louis sometime around 1955. There's a hobo seated in one end of the car.

Does anyone have an opinion on prototypicality these

--- Anthony Thompson wrote: Absolutely, if you want prototypically proportional TE. Of course that would mean our HO scale SD9's would weigh 52.2 pounds!! And they'd probably require 110 volts to

1957; renumbered from PM series 89350-90349 in 1949; renumbered after C&O merger in 1947 but lettered PM. retired 1954; renumbered from PM series 85000-85999 and/or 86000- 87499 in 1945 and equipped

I recall that during the 60's we (NYC) were not allowed to load hopper cars covered by a Car Service Directive, the number of which I don't remember. It said that other roads could not load hoppers

-- Kurt Laughlin wrote: These SP box cars of this era had "inset sills" -- the easiest way to model is simply to remove the cast on sill, and fabricate a new one from styrene, glued so it sits

Depends on the kit, I'm not impressed with most of them. I've never put together a Varney kit though. Maybe I will take a peek at one if I see one at O Scale West. I use wood for decks and sometimes

Here are the built dates for the oldest cars the Soo Line was listing in the ORER in 1950: The roster I have lists them as a span of two years; each series must have been delivered December -

Road, AAR, Kind, Series, IL, Door, Capy, Qty PM , XAP, Auto, 54055-54059, 40'6", 9'4", 70000, 5 Single sheathed, built by Pressed Steel Car Co., 1929; retired 1957; renumbered from PM series

I always found the metal Athearn cars a good model. At one time I had a collection of every one of them by road name. They did several serial numbers of some of the road names but I didn't have

Tony Thompson wrote: "My favorite "old" kit story is about the Athearn metal box car-- which I found to be hell to assemble as a teenager, back when the kits were new. Decades later, I thought, "Now I

Andy is right about those vacuum cast N5c's. They were terrible. The closest thing to a cabin car being that bad were a few of the first brass cars that came from Korea when production was first

Tony is right about those old Athearn metal box cars. I have a number of them, repackaged under several other names and they are still a pain in the butt to do. A difficult urethane kit is easier to

Jim, You did get a bargain as I also bought the book, but directly through the mail from the WM RWY Society. Since I was a non-member, I paid the full price of $30.00, plus $5.00 postage. Not that

provide it. --- In STMFC@..., "al_brown03" <abrown@...> wrote: needed. Thanks Jim and Al for providing me with many of the series for the PM; thanks to you, it is at over 96% completion.

series, discuss. 40999 sides) with box cars end), (TCI, double of the double details. 40999. I just a Hi Frank! It's not a typo, just not the full story. Here is the full 40000- 40699 series; the

people As a matter of fact, I understand that there were a good many "naysayers" in the early 1800s who said that iron wheels on iron rails would never be able to generate enough traction to pull

Kurt Laughlin wrote: Um, Kurt, there were roof and end differences. It ain't all about interior dimensions, you know. And to go further, the B-50-41, -51 and -53 were plug + corrugated door