Tim, good point although your numbers are off. Through careful market research we have determined that the actual number of modelers left is 1,235.   The number who still build kits is currently 52.

Brian, Funny you mention the 10'IH postwar cars....just completed those with the Archer rivets (see the Archer rivets photo folder on STMFC) <G>. Interestingly, photo evidence suggests these cars

I saw the Broadway Limited N&W hoppers sold singly at my LHS in Ontario. It's a very nice model, and the only reason that I did not buy any was my Oct., 1956 cut-off date. Steve Lucas. in

Group can anyone tell me if this car a 1917 car would have had a black [car cement] roof. The model has a board by board roof. Thanks Dave S.

I'd like to model a few of the CB&Q Modified 1937 AAR cars. Can anyone recommend decals. I see Microscale has set 87-412 has anyone used it? Brian J Carlson P.E. Cheektowaga NY

Thanks Peter, I have a Richard Burg broadside of 36003 c. 1959. At first glance, I thought the discoloration on the sill to the left of the door was just weathering. Upon close inspection, I see that

Eric/Frank,        Let me know about this publication before we go up there.   Bob

Hi Brian, There's a photo of NH 36099 rebuilt with script herald in Sweetland & Horsley's NH Color Guide to Frt & Pass Equip. Examination of this photo and other McGinnis "New Image" scheme

The Broadway H2a hopper came in 6-packs, and the PRR K7a stock came in four packs but every dealer I know sold them individual to those who only wanted one car. Each Broadway hopper was individually

Ah, very good point. That did bug me about the Kato hoppers (which I never bought), and now that you mention it, didn't the Broadway N&W hoppers only come in six-packs? That's fine if you model the

From a post earlier this year. "A total 975 from this series of cars were renumbered to the 36000-36999 series in 1955. This was not just a simple renumbering, but involved a sale to the Harris Trust

Ooops. It was in the Seaboard - Coast Line Modeler. Only the current issue is up for download with a comment that the first four issues will be available shortly on CD. Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC

Frank: You said, "if you want info on the P&N's freight cars, please look at not the last but the issue before last, that has part one of a P&N freight car article, covering boxcars; part two will

Jim, Uhh, what I don't quite understand is why there wasn't a similar vague reference to the obscure Accurail triple offset-side AAR 70-ton hopper car that was ONLY correct (albeit poorly rendered

Frank,        Thanks for the lead on the site.  We will go up there next week.  Can you and Eric send us a list of shots you want on each freight/passenger/caboose/locomotive?   Bob McCarthy

Tim, It is the MDC ribbed hopper, but it is still, to borrow a phrase, "trying to put lipstick on a pig". Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn,

Yeah, probably all 700 or 800 actual modelers left on the planet will be very excited... :-) Tim O'Connor

True, but I got the idea from the Athearn announcement that the model being offered is the 3-bay -ribbed- hopper, not the offset, and that car is quite similar to some prototypes e.g. C&O. I don't

Eric Mumper wrote: Since I talked to Frank Angstead, IM's president, just two weeks ago, one could believe that was "the source," but in reality Frank is an accountant and does not really know a

At this point, I think it's a waste of time. Since they have the drawings for the B&O bulkhead, that's doubtless what they will model, and they're certainly not going to tool two different