Dennis Storzek wrote Model Railroading, April 1989: photo of SOO #136802 w/ $ herald. So is it possible that 136800-137198 got all three variations as they were being built?? The three being (1) $

Dennis, If you can get me a picture of one, I've got the decals! :-) But you're right, my Des Plaines custom cars and the SLH&TS cars do not represent that short lived lettering. Tim O'Connor

The Soo equipment diagram sheets show 45100-45498e as built in 1950 under GMS (General Mechanical Supt.) order number 6284, and 136800-137198e as built in 1951 under GMS 6285. However, I seem

My quick measurement shows a Kadee at 7/16 The standard Draft gear box that I sell are 5/16 and I'm sure that could be narrower. If you can find one of my USRA Gondolas those were

the SOO different boxcars? 137006 has Here's a brief chronology of Soo Line lettering on steel boxcars: First 9'-4" IH cars built in 1936 through the 10'-5" IH cars built during WWII, all cars built

Brian During 1951 Soo started with $ herald, e.g. (WC) 136800-137198 blt 1951 FOND DU LAC (200) [MORTON rb] In 1951 Soo changed to bold SOO LINE close to the doors, e.g. 45100-45498 blt 1951

Guys: Perhaps my memory is playing tricks on me but it seems to me Branchline said they had the big SOO LINE in three different places. I used to work in a hobby store and I was puzzled why there were

Brian, Perhaps Bill Schneider will chime in on this question. I recall assisting Bill by sending to him a variety of photos plus some other references to photos in various books and magazines. Bill

Way back in 2007 Pierre Oliver said: I did a search on the MR Train Index site and came up with 65 hits for Stafford. I need some help narrowing down the back issue(s) I need to find. Was this the

While at a show today I took the opportunity to look over the True Line Trains Canadian Built boxcars. I recall looking at them when they first came out and the ladders were molded very far from the

Thanks Tony: I don't think Branchline is wrong with any of the placements. I'm more curios to find out if either of the cars I have 137006, and 136502 are one-off experimental locations? Brian J

Brian Carlson wrote: Hopefully a Soo expert will reply, but I recollect reading an article about the Soo box cars awhile back, which stated that the location of the large SOO lettering did vary

While working on my 2 SOO cars, I noticed that Branchline located the SOO LINE Lettering in different locations on different cars. How many different locations was the large SOO LINE lettering applied

np328 wrote: Staying in the steam era (well, for RRs that were not early implementers, like the Southern Railway), the story is told in "Brosnan, The Railroads' Messiah" that Bill Brosnan, during the

Frank, Eagle Merchandise Service (XME) box cars were for less-than-carload freight service. They were often found on house tracks at a local depot to be loaded or unloaded, such as the color photo

In a message dated 2/21/2009 8:54:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, brian@... writes: Was this the article in the August 1993, February 1994, or July 1988, of RMC? He also hade multiple

Ed -   Did these cars run in passenger trains or second class freight? Would they usually be found on the house track of the local depot or at the MP freight house? Did they run singly or would you

Lately I've been building resin kits like a mad man. I've come to the conclusion that a skit in a Red Green episode was absolutely correct. They were giving advice to a fella that was trying to

STMFC, Please pardon the bandwidth. Over time I've received numerous inquiries about obtaining out of print volumes of RP CYC. I just learned that a hobby shop has 2 copies each of Volumes 5, 6, and

Eric, I'm in the process of taking photos, albeit slowly, of the models listed in the article. As I get them done I wil;l forward them to you. That was my original intention, but have been side