http://www.thepwvhiline.com/BillPoellotJrsPWVAlbum/PWV_923_Web_001.htm l What an absolutely superb photo! I'm always happy to see such good quality color photos of any road in that period. It

Anyone have a can opener? Thank you Larry Jackman ljack70117@... Boca Raton FL 33434 I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather did, not screaming like the other people in his car.

Neat film but that's not the way a sabeteur should wreck the track (assuming he has time). Spread the rails about a foot for one 30 ft. section. - Al Westerfield

Great picture. But doesn't it beg some of the questions I've been watching on this discussion group? While I'm not an L&N fanatic I must say that everyone needs to examine that Southern Car- It's a

Then the engineer would spot it! Didn't you see Von Ryan's Express? :-)

I want to thank the guy for posting the link to this site. I've already enjoyed watching several clips of the Korean War. Thanks again for the link. I don't know how you find them... Don Worthy Ivey,

That was interesting but I wounder how those test would have turned out if they did the test on a curve.  ======================= My Model Railroad Site: http://rbdhd.t35.com/ Dave

It certainly reminds me of many questions put forth on STMFC in the past weeek or so. And all in a very nice set of photos, too. I am amazed by just how dirty and faded many steam-era cars

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Does BLMA have a web presence or other contact info so we can see what they have on offer [for our steam era freight cars]? Eric Hiser Phoenix, AZ

I think the guys who derailed the Sunset Limited had it right - remove all the spikes from an outside section of a curve and let the centripetal force of the train spread the rails and derail

That is NOT true. You can change the title just like I did here from the web site where I read my STMFC and most Yahoo Groups. Just put the cursor back up to the title line and type to your heart's

careful, Big Brother is listening...

They are at www.BLMAmodels.com gary laakso south of Mike Brock

This is another excellent piece of evidence that during and just after (and this photo is about 2 years after) the end of WWII there were a lot of very weathered cars on the railroads. Of course,

Ray Meyer wrote: I understand that during the Civil War the Confederate troops removed the inside rail on a curve. The approaching engineer saw the missing rail and noticed Confederate troops waiting

Spen Kellogg wrote: An interesting story, but one may wonder why, if the object was to wreck the train, the troops at trackside didn't merely shoot the engineer and fireman. Confederate troops

I'm working on a model of one of the MP cars, 40 ft car 8 ft door, in the above series. What roofwalk were applied to these cars, and what trucks were installed? Brian J Carlson P.E. Cheektowaga NY

Yes, Jerry, you can certainly change the subject line, but Mr. Clark was referring to the thread header. That's uneditable, and your post will remain in the same thread regardless of subject line