I'm working through the stack of "Naperville Meet registration prizes" -- the next project is the CB&Q FM-11 flat. The instruction sheet that came with the model doesn't have a prototype picture -

This was a government financing program to supply cars to roads that could not afford the immediate purchase price. - Al Westerfield

http://cgi.ebay.com/Early-Sunshine-Santa-Fe-Bx-32-Box-Car-Resin-Kit-9- 3_W0QQitemZ180236833112QQihZ008QQcategoryZ484QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcm dZViewItem Victor Baird Fort Wayne, Indiana

Mike- Google Lincoln Friendship Train and you'll find several sources. One of them, in a book "The Cross of Iron: Harry S. Truman and the Origins of the National Society" by Michael J.

Thank you for running this. Reading the progress at Ames was very interesting. Would have liked to have seen this train but I was only 5 years old at the time it left Los Angeles and even if my

Re: [STMFC] Abraham Lincoln Friendship TrainBrian Ehni came up with some references to the Lincoln Friendship Train.... and spookily, there is a shot of the OTHER side of the CB&Q car from the one I

Athearn/Roundhouse is advertising what appears to be a run of the old Athearn pickle car. http://www.athearn.com/Newsletter/042208/21_40_pickle_042208.pdf 1. Does anyone know how

Charlie, There were at least 4 Monon boxcars allocated and assigned to this service. The only additional lettering for these cars was the text "FRIENDSHIP TRAIN" added in gothic above the

Does anyone know if there were any specially painted cars for the 1948 Abraham Lincoln Friendship Train? Google yields an account of the origin and progress of the train and the car count as it wended

What do you consider to be "modeling data"? I have extensive traffic analysis and statistics data for the Alton when it was under the B&O's control. But if you are looking for freight car modeling

Anyone on the list having modeling data on the 1945-1948{pre GMO 1948 take over} ALTON Railroad.... Thanks Joel Norman

Thanks Ben and Garth for the information. I ordered the back issue. Fidel Goodnight any at 1982 NS era. to buy N&W

Thanks to fot the information. I liked black anyway. F.C. Goodnight with they steel series these

Elden, Thank you for the article reference, which was in RP CYC Vol. 3. The specific B&O freight car red paint samples that we matched to various hobby paints were limited to AC&F-built box cars

It seems to me that early RMJ or MRG had a series on freight cars that attempted to document colors and had drift cards printed on the pages for reference. Charlie Vlk

Folks; I don't know if you all were aware of this, so it may bear repeating; I believe Misters Pat Wider, Ed Hawkins, and et al., published an article in one of the early RPCyCs on BoxCar Painting

OK, now on to Columbia Trust. What was behind those cars with "CT" following the number? Jerry Michels **************Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings at

faint whatever Unfortunatly, the best advice is not to wait for the Reboxx coupler to arrive. I really can't say more. Schuyler

Thanks! I remember seeing it there a while ago also, but I don't need it $250 bad. maybe Amazon.com C's "The the one on it early".) It is than that used U.S. used car

Thanks for the suggestions on colors, dates on color changes and heards used this helps a poor ole Mopac modeler. Charlie