Tom sez... The guy who made the masters for these cars told me that the version of this car available at Naperville is good only for the Gothic lettering as these cars were rebuilt starting in 1955.

Apparently not "off-list" after all... stupid Gropewise program (and user? <G>) -Bruce Smith Auburn, AL Guys, I know several of you must have purchased this kit at Naperville. Any feedback? I have

Hi, Paul - From what I've seen, they've released the X-29, Beet Gondola, and AAR 1937 box car in a small number of schemes so far. There's a whole slew of models announced in their "Coming Soon"

Guys, I know several of you must have purchased this kit at Naperville. Any feedback? I have one person's opinion of the kit, but would like to hear others to be fair. Thanks. Bruce, Off list. I

GopherRail will be on February 27, 2010, on the University of Minnesota campus, Minneapolis. This is the club's biggest fund raiser of the year, and we hope to see many of you there. GopherRail will

Can someone tell me if Centralia Car Shops is still an independent company or is their line now owned by InterMountain? Thanks. Jerry Michels

If one wanted to model coke, say to fill the Walthers coke containers, what material would one use, and what color would it be? Thanks! Jerry Michels

Hi Brian and Al, Thanks guys for the replies. I have emailed Terry to see if he knows and if he does come up with the data I will post it so that all can share. Martin has just put out that NYC

Guys, I know several of you must have purchased this kit at Naperville. Any feedback? I have one person's opinion of the kit, but would like to hear others to be fair. Thanks. Regards, Bruce D.

Is intermountain going to be releasing any of the Red Caboose cars?

This article by researcher and author Ian Wilson is quite informative on the subject as well. <http://www.canadianbranchline.com/christma.htm> I wonder how many people choose the end of December as a

For those building the kids for these new cars, some interesting information including better instructions have be posted on http://atsfrr.net/Reviews/HO/Freight/IMRCaboose/Index.htm ______________ J.

Wow, I guess this demonstrates some amount of pent up desire for these cars... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200405744090 Tim O'Connor

Allen Rueter wrote Allen: 11804, 13804, 261004, 261104 are 1937 AAR box cars 116904 is a 41'6" flat car 148704 is a steel frame, wood sheathed, double door box car 166104 is a 36' wood box car w/

Allen A photo with a digital camera should work quite well, if the page is very flat, and you can mount the camera on a tripod and get a sharp picture. Tim O'Connor

Tim O'Connor wrote: The lines were never a requirement but were a recommended practice, starting back in the WW I era. The AAR discontinued that recommendation very early in 1952 and many roads

Paul, I found this abstract of an article on a web site: Douglas-fir Christmas trees shipped in railroad box cars from the Pacific Northwest to Los Angeles, Calif., suffer varying degrees of

cars ending 04 thru Bieber 1947 4th quarter GN 38 ATSF 24 PFE 16 WP 16 DRGW 14 SP 12 IC 10 PRR, SFRD, SOU 9 CBQ , CNW 6 ART, MP, NP, SAL, UTLX 4 BO, FGE, MILW, NKP, NYC 3 CSVX, IGN, LAPX, LN, MDT,

Indeed, in 1954 new NYC cars were being delivered with the Roman style lettering and by 1955 many new cars and repaints were getting the extended Gothic lettering. It's interesting that NYC continued

Dave, I'll have to think about how to do that, the pages are about 14x17, much bigger than a common scanner, to thick for a drum scanner that I have access to at work. I could try just a corner.