I was 'shopping' with my wife yesterday and we spent some time in the make up section. While my wife was looking for whatever I noticed a lot of different colored chalks and powers. Has anyone tried

In a message dated 12/31/2007 10:35:17 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, cepropst@... writes: I was 'shopping' with my wife yesterday and we spent some time in the make up section. While my

OK, modelers, the moment you've been waiting for is here, LOL...updates include; Links updated to include Rob Gross' New Haven RR and Chris Adams' exciting sound and motion video of his BLI I-5 -

Mark, Soo Line freight car diagrams do not specify types of running boards. Photos of 136802 and 137190 from the series both show Morton running boards and brake steps. Soo Line 45450 from

under fixed pretty that roofwalks had the car Rod - Went home at lunch and looked in Tony's PFE book. The correct number series for your car (R-40-20) as built in 1945 is PFE #45701-#46702. I cannot

wrote: is a door unknown converted to "Ajax" I the collection) a out, Richard - As usual, I have a couple of corrections/additions to my previous post! (We need a computer at home where the train

Hello everyone, I'm looking for some detail information regarding Soo Line boxcars from the series 136800-137198, built in late 1951. The only online photos I could locate are on the pay side of the

This all squares with the information I have. The in-service photo I have of M-K-T 69170, showing it in 5-36 with auto rack markings on the doors, is a right hand 7/8 A end shot (from the Joe

[snip] Rod, both cars are painted and lettered according to the instructions supplied with Champ decals. Unfortunately, the Champ decals and instructions for theMathieson model were bogus, and

At one time Pacific Clay Products operated a plant in Santa Fe Springs, CA. The main output of the plant was clay sewer pipe. Here is a link to an early aerial photo of the plant, looking

each Rod - I think the steel refrigerator car (PSC#15597) with "steel" roofwalks is a PFE R-40-20. NP also had similar cars, but theirs may have had wood roofwalks (not an NP expert!). If so,

wrote: under for each identify dead painted I'd of Rod - I think that PSC used the 1940 CBC plans for the M-K-T double door single sheathed boxcar for their models. The 40' single sheathed double

40' box with DP roof, 8' door .. At first I thought this might be an EJ&E box car but the roof is wrong. I can't see the ends very well in the photos, but judging from the panels not being of equal

Hey Yuze Gize, Those of you that have attended the Hands on clinic in the past two years and are coming this year, Please remember to bring your finished and unfinished-work in progress models. I

Rod, I haven't had time to look at all of them yet, but I can identify two for sure. The 40' single sheathed automobile car model is a dead ringer for Missouri-Kansas-Texas 69001-69200, and I have

Another find from my friend Ron. SGL

Rod, The 10K tank car looks to be a Type 27 AC&F car (although it could be a type 21). The channel side sills on the ends are the spotting feature. These were almost all privately owned. SHPX is a

What's the story on the PFE reefer with Rock Island herald? I believe RI had reefers very similar to some all wood PFE's (R30-13?) but were not part of the PFE fleet nor lettered as such. I have a

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Photos of my "mystery cars" have been posted in the Files area under the folder "What Roads Had These Cars". There is a sub-folder for each car. Some of the links yahoogroups automatically posted to