The .ppt file is a MicroSoft PowerPoint file. If you don't have the Powerpoint program on your computer you can download a free Powerpoint viewer from the Microsoft web site. The .pdf (portable

I'n not sure what RRs or time periods Russ is generalizing (over-generalizing?) about here, but in the late 1940s and early 1950s, when I spent a lot of time hanging around the Santa Fe and Southern

Any criteria which render RRs like the Santa Fe, Great Northern, and Northern Pacific non-granger RRs are obviously false and misleading. All three railroads handled vast amounts of agricultural

Good grief! I leave home for a couple of days and my observation that granger railroads preferred double sheathed to single sheathed USRA box cars prompted a largely irrelevant discussion of car

Ted wrote: SSW a.k.a. the Cotton Belt had most of its territory in Southeast Missouri, Arkansas and Texas. IIRC the main agricultural products were rice, beans, milo, and of course cotton. Somehow I

Hi Larry, You have raised an interesting classification. I would think MSTL is a clear granger running in Iowa, Minn and northern Ill. You kicked out SSW, which is OK; but then I would think KCS

I have two remaining Westerfield kits that I am offering for sale to help in my transition to Sn3. They are: Westerfield 1701 B-50-1 Southern Pacific and Westerfield 3311 USRA single sheathed

Hello Rob, Went to your newly posted files but was unable to open them.What program would work best for this.My computer is set up with Milleneum 2000 .

Dean Payne wrote: "I'm happy to have the Tahoe Model Works trucks (Dalman and arch bar), and I wonder what they'll do next." Bettendorf swing-motion caboose trucks, just what we've always needed

John says: A quick check of the navy Battleship camouflage database shows some interesting possibilities http://www.shipcamouflage.com/usn_bb.htm Since we're talking about 16" 50 cal Mark 7s, then

Boxcar ends! Tichy makes a few, as does Westerfield, but they're both woefully lacking in the basics. We need 7/7 Murphy, 7/6 Murphy, inward rib Murphy of all types, inward Hutchins, Vertical rib

On Aug 31, 2007, at 12:52 AM, Tim O'Connor wrote: See my model using this barrel in TKM (#32, March, 2006, available on CD) as I posted right here, just two days ago <G>! This is an HO scale 16" 50

How about a 16" navel gun for my Milw. flats. Bill Vaughn Everyone seems to be enjoying this thread --- and if Mike (our moderator) will indulge another question --- the gun flats were not only

I think part of our thinking was molded by the mid-20th century experience: railroads like C&NW and Milwaukee with huge networks of branch lines over the Northern Plains States - look at the old maps

Be careful. Navel guns shoot belly button lint and occasionally oranges. They are not frequently found on RR cars ;-) regards, Andy Miller

Jim, An excellent piece of research. Thanks much for sharing the photos, especially 171 on the Tidewater Southern. Did the TS serve a Chateau Martin winery? I would be very interested to know if the

Dean, How about the "Y"-shaped safety valve cluster used on early AC&F tank cars? F&C's new tank car includes a spare or two, but this would be a nice part to have in styrene or metal available on

Rob Kirkham wrote: "I've posted a one page power point presentation to the files section this evening titled "details @ Heatley St. Aug 6 1945.ppt" Rob, I've uploaded a PDF of your slide to the files

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the STMFC group. File : /details @ Heatley St. Aug 6 1945 (Hom review).pdf

Dalman-Andrews trucks! Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.