Dennis S. wrote: Good point. My observation when I lived in Pittsburgh was that the coke coming out of US Steel's Clairton coke works (one of the largest in the country) looked a lot like

No, because Ron just had my resin kit patterns copied after he bought the line from me. Why not just order issue 24-2, Spring 2002 of The SOO from the society web

Yeah, I should have expanded on that. Pet coke is almost pure carbon, and is very black, but coaking coal takes out all the volitals, but leaves the ash (other non-carbon mineral content). So,

On the prototypes, the triangular cutouts in the sides of the bulkhead supports are smaller on the B&O car than the NYC--the bottom of the triangle is higher. I called Intermountain and asked which

Richard's response is exactly correct. While the dies are at the manufacturer, they are still owned by Ron/CCC and they need their permission to run them.  It's a shame they are no longer available,

Dennis S. wrote: I'd agree about the gray scale, and certainly it isn't metallic at all, but to call the typical coke sheen "silvery" seems about right to me. It is most certainly not a flat

Bill and Group: I had sent two e-mails to Intermountain requesting info on the Soo caboose tooling and received no response. Sounds like this is why. Without making you feel uncomfortable did that

AFAIK Ron Sebastian owns Centrailia Car Shops, the name and the tooling and decides what should be built. InterMountain is responsible for manufacturing and marketing including direct sales and

I have a hunk o' coke I picked up along the tracks years ago, and it's quite porous and a medium gray color, like charcoal, I'd say. The piece is about four inches by six inches by three inches or so.

Shouldn't the "stray" FGEX car be included with the three FGE cars? Thank you very much for compiling this database. Lou Whiteley Lawrenceville, NJ ________________________________ To:

Go to the Flyers by RR link on my website to find flyers for all the Sunshine Swift reefer kits. Reading the flyers should answer your questions. Jim Hayes Portland

Jason Greene wrote: Certainly not true everywhere, Jason. Beehives were still in use in West Virginia as late as WW II, maybe later. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

Actually I think it is just a case of allowing Intermountain to do the marketing. And I know for sure that some of the CCC tooling was NOT done by Intermountain since I've actually seen the tooling

Tim O'Connor wrote: My understanding the information for the bulkhead version was supplied by Jim Mischke and is correct for the B&O and close for some other railroads. The is a storage cabinet to

I used to work at one of the by-products plants here in Birmingham. The size is not the same as ballast. The lumps are generally between a softball and football in size. As for the color, it depends

HO scale?? Sunshine 24.1 to 24.6, 24.22 to 24.24, 46.17 Tim O

Guys, I have found where Sunshine produced kits for the Swift reefers....and they still show as available. Question? What is the difference between the "5200"series and the "6700" series kits?

Jerry I don't know what the selling agreement is -- ask Ron! :-) IRC has Bethlehem, Tichy, Red Caboose, et al for sale as well. I think CCS is Ron Sebastian's name for his custom tooling, but the

Say guys, are there any accurate models out there of a Swift Meat reefer? I cannot find any....in plastic anyway. I am needing a few that would have been around in the late 30's to mid 40's. In

There is a photo of coke fuel on Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke_%28fuel%29 Jack Burgess www.yosemitevalleyrr.com