Barry, That soft cover book is Railway Express Agency An Overview by V.S. Roseman. The lettering diagrams in this book are his own artwork and are not substantiated with REA documentation that I can

Paul, The REA still used wood express reefers in the 1948 - 50 period. They were painted, per my copy of RP Cyc 7, Dark Green, gold letterin & black canvas roofs. no red & white diamond. The REA's

Wondering if anyone on the list has received or built the Southern Car and Foundry HO GATX two-dome tankcar kit. Would appreciate a review.

According to a page I photocopied many years ago from a soft cover book on the subject there is a 'Diagram III' dated 1953, which suggests the introduction of of the red diamond scheme that year. Dark

I have a Walthers 932-5493. I think this is correct for my era but don't have my data handy and my memory is not what it used to be. It's REA with gold lettering. Jon Miller AT&SF For me time

Elden, All, At the SCL Modeler e-zine, I have nothing in-hand for the next issue. I have about five articles promised, plus two I'm working on personally. I'm in the same boat as TKM. The only thing

Wood cars were used into the 60's, well beyond my cutoff date of 1957. you need to check if the paint scheme is appropriate for the 1948-50 timeframe. I think the green with the diamond is slightly

Peter, all the Santa Fe covered hoppers in these classes had four seam caps on the roof. Intermountain is supposed to be making the ribed roof and hopefully will be out soon. The only classes of

Let's all remember that Ben Hom, a frequent contributor to this forum and the Keystone Modeler, is now serving our country overseas. Come back safe Ben.

Walthers is selling REA Wood Express Reefers, #'s 932-5471 & 932-5485. When did REA quit using wood cars? Specfically were they in use in the 1948-1950 period? Or were they steel by then? Thanks,

Greetings all: This year's New England/Northeast Prototype Meet is May 29-30, the weekend after Memorial Day, at the Canton Community Center, 40 Dyer Ave., Collinsville, Connecticut. Again, we are

Quiet! Or we'll mold the wheels on. Dennis

O.K. Guys, I've been silent until now, but (with Jason's indulgence I hope), I just want to set a few things straight.. First - I do not, did not, nor ever will, own Branchline Trains. I guess that

Tim: Just concluded a telephone call from my account rep.? We discussed this very issue.? Bill's works is being divided among several current staff and Sam is getting back into the management of the

One thing I would like to put on a wish list is an HO version of a Southern Pacific C-40-1 and/or a C-40-3 Caboose. These have never been available in plastic, only in metal, and are dearly needed in

Randy Hees wrote: "Chromium of lead?" Randy knows his paint in most cases, but this is gibberish. The form of chromium used in pigments is normally an oxide or oxygen compound; the yellow is

From the Society's Live List and folio diagrams where I have them, the GA-52 and 67 were from ACF, while the 65 and 71 were from GAT. The folio diagram for the GA-75 shows two

I strongly suspect it goes back before general interchange of cars, when "Line Cars" generally owned by a pool of railroads, allowed freight to move across railroad networks. Line cars were generally

the sea of "boxcar red" cars, or was there some other reason. > Jerry, the practice of painting the sides of refrigerator cars a light color so that they would be more visible in a yard full of

Dennis Storzek wrote: Oh, no!! Accurail is going to do it first, with molded-on grabs, etc.! Rats! <vbg> Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,