I grew up forking and shoveling "chips". But there is no way on earth I am getting into another color discussion!!! I once saw a UP stock car which had come into Germantown Md on the B&O with a

Doug Harding writes: A railroad stockpen with a history of disease Hmmmm. The pen I modeled is actually quite small. In fact, the real one I modeled was at Sherman, itself. Another was at Hermosa but

Mike, you asked if the stockpens/stockyards were cleaned very often? Yes they were cleaned, quite often, and for the same reason stockcars were cleaned, to prevent disease. A railroad stockpen with a

Laramie Larry...who apparently knows about such things...writes: "Mike, antelope doo-doo looks nothing like cattle chips. I live at the foot of Sherman Hill and would be happy send you samples of

Frank Greene says: Therefore, Wellll, of course I have some UP stock cars and some of other RR's as well. All of the cars will, naturally, be from 1953 but I can arrange for some of the cattle to be

--- In STMFC@..., "Mike Brock" <brockm@...> wrote: "And, besides, there's those &%*($$ analopes that were and still are found on the Hill. I can't tell if the chip is from analope or

Wow! What's this the 3rd or 4th color discussion we've had in a week? Or, does it only seem that way? LOL Now that analope and antelope have been discounted from the equation, we only have color to

People are overlooking the seasonal variations in color.? New spring grass yields a greener product.? Meticulous modelers will want to address this issue. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, Oregon

This sure sounds like a bunch of "Buffalo Chips" to me. The hybridization of feed hasn't changed the colors of forage and grazing grasses enough to alter the chip colors. Until commercial livestock

Paul Catapano wrote: In LA DIvision TT 222, effective Oct. 28, 1962, trains 833/834 were still the Ventura sub connnections of Coast Division freights, as Shawn Beckert reported for 1955.

Hi all.......Has anyone received any info on the Sunshine meet in Orange County on March 2nd?.......Best Jim Williams

If only I'd know... All those years of wandering the open range, I apparently should have been photographing dung instead of rocks ;-) FYI, there's no danger of confusing cow pies and antelope

In a message dated 2/8/2008 11:43:26 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, brockm@... writes: <<But that's the point, Doug. Florida grasses are quite different from those in Iowa and/or Wyoming.

Beckert, Shawn wrote: Shawn, please see pages 70, 71 in Signor's _Beaumont Hill_ book. It does depend on era. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

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