A further difficulty with erroneous captions, sometimes I know what is written is wrong, but I do not always know what is correct. IE the MSTL photos in the Barriger collection, I knew some locations

Thanks for the information. I have a November 1956 photo of 11565 a 10' IH 12 panel car in mineral red (Per the Ed Hawkins caption) with the lettering and Youngstown doors (RPC 8 page 85). That is

What was the title of the B&O Book? Sincerely, Richard Yoder

Several of these tales have mentioned the publisher's "hurry up" attitude, which surprised me given the subject matter. Sure, if it's "Behind the Scenes with The Jonas Brothers" it needs to be Right

I do not believe IM has done a 12 panel car in mineral with EB lettering. If you wanted to do one, Microscale supplies the lettering in their set 87-185. Champ used to have it in set HB-308 which

That composite gondola kit from Walthers was originally cast in metal. Ed

Jim, and the rest of the group. First off, I know personally that the B&O book was a big disappointment for Craig Bossler because of all the work he did to "get it right", only to have it

That is simply not true. "Code 88" is the designation specified in NMRA RP-25 for a wheel made to specific profile, and NWSL, among others, makes wheels that are indeed that profile. The IM and

I think you got my point: maybe not a direct parallel but the lack of attention to detail or desire not to bother with it is the point I meant. The time factor is something entirely different. I have

Alan, Rich, I appreciate your help. Alan, I did google, which is how I found the Pennsylvania company I asked about. I'm not looking to purchase HO trucks and wheelsets, but rather explore the

Bruce Smith wrote: You're right. I can be pretty dense at times (kind of like those guys on Big Bang Theory). I went to the NRHS database and opened each file, doing a search on "oil". The only one

Tom, I am guilty as many others in semantics, particularly when it comes to RR terminology, but this is quibbling. Semi-scale wheelsets are .088 " wide, so many times they are refered to "code"

Nor does it appear in my far more extensive listing at www.nakina.net Ian Cranstone Osgoode, Ontario, Canada lamontc@... http://freightcars.nakina.net http://siberians.nakina.net

According to the National Railway Historical Society all time reporting mark database, the reporting mark UTOX was never used -- never

Tony Thompson wrote: My daughter works in the Utah State Archives, which explains my "in" with getting the new field added for the Shipler collection mentioned in a previous message. She has related

Don, I think Richard must have been too polite and you did not get the message. UTOX was not a reporting mark assigned by the AAR/ARA. Period. The lettering on your car is bogus. This, by the way,

I have among my collection of cars (put away for later use) an old Walthers tank car from the 1990s, painted metallic gray, with a Standard logo and UTOX reporting mark, car number 10325. It includes

IMHO it's the same mentality that has led to the preponderance of ready to run cars instead of kits. Don't know if I can agree with this. The RTR trend I believe has more to do with available

Hi Andy, Thanks for the copy of Brian's new Coil-Elliptic truck flyer. Since there is a little confusion over pricing and the listing as Code 88 wheelsets, can you clarify if they are available in

Generally what I have done with the local archives is provide them with a "case for change", which usually means linking a group of their own photos with their own correctly captioned material, or