Al,         It seems we are all a bit wider after sitting for so long building resin kits. Tony, we may need to order XL=XXL=XXXL for the next printing. Hint, hint!   Fred Freitas

My layout will be open for the going home tours of the NMRA, MER Convention in Hagerstown, MD on Sunday, October 18, 2009 from 1-5 pm.  The layout features N&W's Shenandoah Valley Line between Front

That's correct. Yes. The Santa Fe experimented extensively with various types of patented journal lubricators in the late 1950s. Richard Hendrickson

Hello Group, I am at the beginning of an effort to scratch build at least six MKT 47001-47500 series stock cars. I am in need of a source for 4/4 Dreadnaught ends for these cars that have an inside

Does anyone have contact information for Ken Harstine, proprietor of the web site www.boxcars.us ? On or off-list reply is fine. He's got a boxcar image posted at his web site that I'd like to make a

WC and WI are West Wichita and Winslow as your friend thought. There were many types of replacements for "cotton waste" -- some are listed in the CBC's but I can't find any reference to Miller or

I replaced the brass trucks on my W&R NP single sheathed box car with Tahoe trucks -- a HUGE improvement in rolling performance! Tim O'Connor P.S. You get flyers from W&R? How do you get on the

Does anyone know the answer to the following question? Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA =================== A friend found SFRD 14970, an Rr-34, on the ground in western New Mexico recently with the lettering

W&R, the brass importer, will be using Tahoe Model Works Dalman Trucks on its brass Northern Pacific 8000-8199 4 door auto boxcars that are scheduled to arrive in 4 versions in November of this year.

Brian- Same basic format, reprints from the Locomotive and Carbuilder's Cyclopedias; some photos, some plans. Charlie Vlk Charlie, Wonderful resource you linked, I enjoyed perusing all 292

There is the bright dark-ish yellow shirt with black wooden box car and lettering version that I have.  The only problem is I'm not the same size any more . . . so it is a little tight.  I use it

Tim O'Connor wrote: There are both orange and yellow shirts. The orange is pretty vivid. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

I think that's the one -- it's more of a puke yellow than orange... :-) Tim

I just mentioned Sacramento as I will not be at Milwaukee. But Milwaukee would be fine and I would buy a shirt to help out. I idea is to prepay so someone doesn't get stuck with part of a

I don't have an orange shirt but I do have a black one and a bright yellow one. And why wait for Sacramento - we could get together for a seafood dinner (crab, perhaps?) in Milwaukee next year

I recall Richard joking about wearing shirts with PROTOTYPE POLICE printed in large letters on the back and having citation books printed... I thought it was a good idea, although it would probably

To expand on Tony's answer a bit more, a "repack" consisted of pushing the old waste down, inspecting the axle end by dragging a hooked brass rod along it's underside to feel for any roughness or

Is it possible we could do a dinner (pizza??) at the National in Sacramento? Possibly a new shirt and a pay in advance to make sure we don't have a repeat of that problem! Jon Miller AT&SF For me

Rod Miller wrote: Rod, oiling journals and packing journals are two entirely different things. The packing refers to the cotton waste or equivalent material which was supposed to wick the oil

Bill Williams wrote: The FOTFC shirts were orange and said "Friends of the Freight Car." If there were also "Freight Car Mafia" shirts at that convention, I missed them. Tony Thompson