Bill Keene wrote: Odd. Amazon and several web sellers have multiple models of Nikon Coolscan listed as new products. You mention the 4000 model, which may well be discontinued. My Coolscan is a

Tony, I believe that Nikon has exited the slide scanner business. Have not been making or selling scanners for about a year now. That $600 Coolscan 4000 model is going for well above a $Grand now on

Tony,I brought a rather large amount of material to Cocoa Beach in January.Unfortunately circumstances did not allow me to share this material.It might be a good idea to restate the basis of the G/N

Dan, please consult the STMFC archives. There are literally HUNDREDS of posts on freight car distribution, many of them meticulously researched by Tim Gilbert and many others. Also Larry Ostresh has

Thank you, Tony. Gene Green

List, Would the ORER be considered a primary source? If so, an eager volunteer could reference the tallies of all freight cars (or by type) for each railroad and compute the percentage of total

Gene Green wrote: Yes, lots; recommendation below; never heard of it. I have a Nikon Coolscan dedicated slide scanner and have been most happy with results, many for use in

Armand Premo wrote: Of course it's not heresy, and I know Armand has had trouble accepting the G-N idea for some years. Larger sample, primary sources-- great, please provide those sources. It

Jerry Dziedzic2 wrote: Here's an objection. The "drop" in the frame contour is slight, and to me that's no fishbelly. There are underframes you can find in Cycs that likewise show a "drop" in

Between 1982 and 2004 I exposed miles of Kodachrome on freight cars, mainly those from before 1960 which were usually in MOW service when I found them. Kodachrome slides have much less utility than

Another approach is to use drawings that are available for similar cars. Brake arrangment drawings for the NYC express cars available from their historical society, and similar drawings for the

Armand Premo wrote: "I think it is past time that we revisit the Gilbert-Nelson theory. I trust that it is not heresy to challenge their theory. Based on primary sources , using a larger sample and

DT&I had 4,201 freight cars in 1950; over 1/2 were box cars. Compare with, say, the MKT which had about 6,000 box cars in 1950. Of course DT&I box cars were used more for manufactured goods while

I think it is past time that we revisit the Gilbert-Nelson theory.I trust that it is not heresy to challenge their theory.Based on primary sources , using a larger sample and not restricting the

John, The only drawings I've seen for these cars were published in the 1931, 1937, and 1940 CBCs. While they show cross sections of the underframe, no brake parts are depicted. You might check the

I have a Southern car that needs a new roof. I'd probably buy 2-3 roofs for the PS 2893. I can always use the spare hatch parts for other cars that had round (outboard) hatches instead of trough

Gentlemen, I'm finishing a few models of General American REA wood-sheathed express refrigerators (the recent Walthers models). I want to improve the level of brake gear detail provided with the

Rmand P wrote: Here are the % of boxcar fleet in 1949 from Tim Gilberts chart in the files section EJ&E, .2% TH&B, not on list B&A, not on list PE, not on list DTI. not on list B&LE .1%

I have suggested to Denis that the roof variations for the 3-Bay PS2 would be good to have. CB&Q, Wabash, Monon, and Southern were among railroads who owned cars with variations. Early on when

Probably better to do the seam cap variation, rather than using old metal roof seam caps from Silver Streak boxcar kits (this on an EBT model of an NP car. Methinks the state of the art has evolved