Paul Catapano asked: Paul, and Tony, I did some serious digging in the timetable collection last night. In addition to confirming that 833/834 were indeed Coast Line (Ventura Subdivision) freights,

I can see it now, next January in Mike's layout room: Stock extra 4012 West, the "Fecal Flyer", Cheyenne to Laramie..... Tom Madden

Great stuff! And lots OF it!!! Frank Mike Brock <brockm@...> wrote: Doug Harding notes: But that's the point, Doug. Florida grasses are quite different from those in Iowa and/or

Tom Madden wrote: Glad someone besides me noticed this <g>. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

I like what Tony said. It should look full, but with some degree of ambiguity. If the load clearly looks like animals, then it will look wrong for half of the car's miles and when it's in the origin

Frank, On the Bamberger 50' box car from the photo Ive seen it looks to be a Freight Car Red. This off a color slide. Ryan Ballard

Mike Brock regales us with tales of colorful cow chips and the confusion he experiences because the large number of "analopes" (an interesting mispelling considering the subject at hand - and

use. The consider a was visible. FWIW, I have begun shooting the interior of my stock cars with a medium gray, weights and all. You'd be surprised how subtle the effect is; in my opinion, gives the

I use a thin layer of lead sheet on the floor, painted black like the floor. The lighting is rarely good enough to notice the floor inside a stock car and besides my eyes aren't small enough to see

Doug Harding notes: But that's the point, Doug. Florida grasses are quite different from those in Iowa and/or Wyoming. Wouldn't it be better to match to a chip in the area of actual use? To add to

I closed Outlook, reopened it and now the main page link works. Doug

I got to the index page last night through the link on the aclsal.org main page. Today that link does not work. The /index.htm is still on the link but not on the page URL. Doug Brown

I had to go to the site and take the / index.htm off of the link..... Rob --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.

Mike Brock wrote: Mike, Haven't you modeled those chips on the federal grazing land alongside your track work climbing up and over Sherman Hill? <VBG> What color are those "chips?" Regards, Spen

Garth G. Groff wrote: Except I think the most striking feature of an empty stock car is being able to see through to the other side. Regards, Spen Kellogg

Stockcars were typically shoveled out and then steam cleaned after use. The steam caused the paint to peel and the wood to fade. You might consider a grey for weathered wood with an off-white to

For some reason I cannot open this site. Dennis --- John Golden <golden1014@...> wrote: http://s-clmodeler.aclsal.org/currentissue/sclmodeler2007-2.pdf > > > >

Sorry, gang--the period got added to the address in my previous announcement. Here's the correct address: http://s-clmodeler.aclsal.org/index.htm ACL & SAL HS website is located

All, The latest issue of the S-CL Modeler was released yesterday. You can check it out at http://s-clmodeler.aclsal.org/index.htm. We're also pleased to include on our website Bill Welch's special

Tony, Pigs and sheep, which were loaded more or less at random, require only enough animals (or blobs) to give the illusion of a complete load. I think if the cattle are supposed to have their bovine