Brian J Carlson wrote: Brian, Walthers used to make that decal, but I have heard it's no longer available. I didn't know that P2K had ever done the DF scheme with correct orange lettering (their

Miles, I will offer what limited information I have on this subject. In the 4/55 ORER (the closest I have to 1954) Richfield Oil had 208 tank cars, all listed as ARA II, ARA III, or ARA IV. With the

Al, Check out the archives materials of the NWHS here: http://nwhs.org/archivesdb/rollingstock.php?RRSelect=N%26W+Rwy&CatSelect=Freight&TypeSelect=Gondola Scroll down to whatever class you want to

Tony asked On Dec 19, 2008, at 3:56 AM, espeeac12 wrote: Miles, You might want to rephrase that <G>. It would personally annoy me to go look something up only to find out that you already had that

http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-12-19-08/Wheeling.jpg Just wondered what comments I might get on the cars in the background. SGL La vita e breve, mangiate prima il dolce!

Folks, I'm looking for the post-USRA original, as-built N&W Freight CAr Diagram sheets for the N&W's 90-ton GKs and 100-ton GS 6-wheel gondola cars . . . . again, prefer as built, or even take as

The O scale B&O M-53 Wagon Top is available from Rails Unlimited http://railsunlimited.ribbonrail.com/Models/40boxcars.html Larry Kline Pittsburgh, PA

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John, Is the B&O boxcar available now? I do not find any mention of it on the SCMW web pages. Charlie

Couldn't find it on the St Charles web site. Please direct me to the information for ordering one. Ray

Ben, I agree that Sunshine or F&C's resin kits would give a superior model. I have one of the Sunshine cars (unbuilt, of course :-D ). But the original question concerned a plastic kit, and that's

For the sake of argument, let's start at Zero. I don't want you to make any assumptions as to what I did and didn't research so perhaps I can get a fuller perspective on the topic of the Richfield

I humbly retrack that post. My apologies to the group. In answer, no. It would have been the 60's and 70's. I failed to remember what group I was posting to. Robert Federle drag hoses,

Robert Federle wrote: Was this observation in the era of this list, with 22-inch hoses, or more recently with 27-inch hoses? Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906

Does anyone make decals for the orange and black "DF" rectangle applied to the SP boxcars starting in the mid 1950's. Alternatively, Does anyone know where I can locate a p2k kit for the 50' B-50-22

I've been trying to build a fleet of Richfield tank cars for my 1954 era layout and have come up without success. Bob Smaus' articles suggest that they used whatever they could buy. What kits would

Buyer beware with the old Cannonball kit. They are notorious for being too wide. Go with resin. Bill Darnaby

Earl - I started with several of those. They stand up to some use but fail quickly in production situations. - Al

Don Valentine asked about: Regarding such things in New England, I would encourage you to take up a dialog with Dwight Smith regarding this. Dwight had the foresight to, among other things, save the

I looked up EPDM, a likely injection molding compatable rubber like substance, which may be the material used for the HiTech air hoses, on the internet. It is listed as having great resistance to UV