N&W also had a bunch, both corrugated and Dreadnaught. Richard Hendrickson

It was Bill, not Bob, and yes, he should have. But then, it's an early AC&F Type 21, which is the car that Life-Like modeled very well. Richard Hendrickson

--- In STMFC@..., "Ned Carey" <nedspam@...> commented: surprised how small the manways were. It must have been a squeeze to get into a car. In the early '80s I worked for small specialy

FWIW, on page 10 of Morning Sun's CNW Vol 1 is a very neat 1945 photo that shows an all purpose fuel dealer in the background advertising coke. Bill Darnaby

Stephan - My decal set 7902 is the exact lettering for the car - I issued a new version of the kit several years ago. See the decal section of www.westerfield.biz. - Al Westerfield

I didn't mention that *&%$### subatomic-sized cylindrical filler piece that has to be placed inside the spring sunokt because I felt I was already pushing the envelope already in attempting to

I need help lettering an old Storzek door and a half kit. The one that I have came without the lettering, sad to say. I don't know the lot number and I'm uncertain about CAPY, LD WT, LT WT. I've seen

The Harold Cox book "Surface Cars of Philadelphia" (ca 1963/4/5) has a photo of a PTC streetcar with a "Koppers Coke - Order a ton today" advertisement. I don't have the book handy and I can'tt

Could that be an "early" Hump Yard?  Looks like there might be a small elevation in the track, although I do not see any yardman handling the uncoupling.   Jack Hanger Fremont, NE [Non-text

<elden.j.gatwood@...> wrote: Not so fast, please, Elden. Even the little Rutland had peaked-end gons, purchased secondhand from the N&W, but they were not G-5's or I would own a few. Regards, Don

Yes, this is the coupler that I am talking about; and yes, it is also a seamless continuation of an original pre-magnetic Kadee coupler shank design. As an aside, I would suspect that this

Tim, Denny, and all. Just to prove (to myself) I'm not nuts (meaning really bad memory) I went to the junk box. It's an old Kadee with a straight uncoupling pin. The pivot pin and hole are just

a home heating fuel began to diminish after World War II. Coke shares one important trait with Anthracite (hard) coal; it burns with no smoke, since all the volatiles have already been distilled out.

.........what is the neat 50 ft., single door car with the Murphy ends behind the support? Regards, Don Valentine It looks like a former door and a half Great Northern SS 50' box car with the

Hello Don and others. I very much remember as a child growing up in Chelsea MA in the late 40's and early 50's we would occasionally use coke. Money usually was a little tight at the time but we

Koppers Coke was the largest producer of house-heating coke. Coke as a home heating fuel began to diminish after World War II. http://www.koppers.com/htm/OurCo_Heri_OldBD.html   MIchael Bishop

Don, It is a Great Northern car. See Westerfield 2851. Kind regards, Garth G. Groff Donald B. Valentine wrote:

Looks like either Bridgeport or Stamford to me (my money would be on Bridgeport). The box car looks like a GN car, see Westerfield kit #2852. FWIW, I recall seeing a photo of a M&W car on the O&W at

Notice that the 2 CISX cars are 4 course tank cars. Maybe Bob Gould should have done this car. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA

It looks like they were in a lot of places, see http://www.koppers.com/htm/OurCo_Heri_Main.html Don Burn