For those who might wish to make minor parts of resin. for their steam era freight cars, HF now stocks vacuum pumps in two sizes. I doubt these will do any work beyond small parts because price

Hello A.T., Which 2 hobby shops closed in Houston, where I live north of? I knew about the Houston Roundhouse closing, but what was the other one? Paul Hillman

Thanks Chuck, I will keep that in mind. Rich C

Hello All, I just picked up a Dennis Storzek, Canadian National 1917 Boxcar Kit. Missing in the Kit is the Plain (No lumber Doors) "A" End. The kit instructions says it came with 2 "A" ends, one

Re: Cement Container Gondolas. The DL&W, D&H, and NYC had purpose-built cement gons. These carried five of the containers. Many years ago Red Ball had a kit for these cars. In addition the LV

There seems to be some confusion with regard to photos uploaded into the STMFC archives. 1. Photos should only be placed in the Photo area. 2. Photos that ARE uploaded must be approved by STMFC

For the record, the photos of the Omaha Stockyards were found and posted by Brad Williams of the Omaha-Council Bluffs Railfans group. I subquently posted these to the Railway Bull Shippers listed.

Steve some great photos. The one of the ex Lackawanna stockcars was not fully loaded, can only see a partial image. Could you reload that photo? You might also want to join the Bullshippers yahoo

Rich, I bought a couple of sets from Short Line Products a few years ago. Their address is P.O. Box 267, Pequannock, NJ 07440. The sets provide enough decals for 6 cannisters for the DW&L, the LV,

I've created a new folder called "US Meat Packers" and put some of my Armour, Morris, and Wilson stuff in there. And most of my stuff concerns Oklahoma City that I have collected from various

Wow! Many thanks to all for the good input. Found some of the Proto's on ebay, interesting that the cars with the WWII heralds were the rarest (and none of the NYC cars in original paint). For cars

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the STMFC group. File : /US Meat Packers/Armour & CO/RS-12877.jpg Uploaded

Hi Everyone, Also notice, no hoppers, only gons for open tops in all the photos. there might be one hopper in photo #12. Ted Rails Unlimited Ted Schnepf railsunl@... 847-697-5353 or

Hi Dave, The Mineral yearbooks are now all online at the Department of the Interior's website. They're huge files, but they CAN be downloaded. Ray Breyer Dave Nelson

Bob & Jerry   I myself don't have any artwork. I would be interested in sets of all the railroads that had the LCL Cement cars. I know the D&H & NYC had them, and am sure a few others had them too.

Guys - Thanks for the nice comments! Richard and Tony - We do not have a real hobby shop here (San Antonio, 9th largest city in U.S.), two recently closed in Houston (where I have been buying

Mike, Thanks for the information. That is consistent with the other piecemeal C&O iformation information that I have. I'm really looking for the cross-over date. However, that it consistent was

Al Kresse writes: "I am looking for the member who had access to Bituminous Coal shipments directions historical data out VA, WV, and KY carried by basically the C&O/N&W/Virginian (Pokey Roads) East

Rich, You may be able to get a set of O scale decals from Rich Yoder at Yoder Models, then either reduce them or maybe the printer can use them as artwork (?). Chuck Hladik

al.kresse wrote: Al, check any major University library that's close by to you, as they might have a federal document depository. There you want to find a copy of the Minerals yearbook. A look at