Not to pick too many nits, but technically speaking the hinged doors on reefers are "plug doors" are they not? I have come to prefer "sliding door" and "hinged door' in talking about reefer

Dave Evans wrote: "A late arriving SPF who knows not to use hyphens, but has actually encountered one or two official PRR documents with hyphens - don't tell anyone ;-)" Dave, since you're late to

Great idea, I could use about 8 such bodies. Walt

Dennis, From what I can find, these cars started being built during WWII, and being in the WWII modeler minority (as opposed to all of the transition era modelers on this esteemed list), a WFEX with

I had recoreded it on my DVR and played it in the background while I worked on models. I just basically looked up when they would mention something about trains. It was not that good of movie except

Without! There are no hyphens in PRR freight car classes. Rich Orr

John,           Without !  Why do I hear a fait echo of cussing in Cantonese?? Fred Freitas ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Thu, May 13, 2010 1:30:00

Oh, doesn't Ben Hom live for the day when any Pennsy fan could so state it.... Without. Chris Frissell Polson, MT

John Phillips wrote: You may get some vociferous replies, John, but the answer is: without. Always, Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA

Can any Pennsy fan state whether X31 and X32 should be expressed with or without a hyphen? RSVP John Phillips Seattle

Thanks Al And Pat: I'm glad that I was able to catch this film on TCM. I didn't watch most of it but my wife called me for the steam sequences at the end. As an SP steam modeler all I can say is

Watched the film today. It's not very good - basically an "old dark house" on wheels. However, it was made in close cooperation with SP. The finale has lots of action as the private car, uncoupled

Thanks Tim. Just trying to get a variety besides B&O. Mark Morgan

These are the NYC models Ed mentioned, and a couple extras. As Ed noted these are all PS-1 1950-1953 production. 4007 NYC 170699 IY doors, 1951 reweigh

Thank You. I took a bit of time last night(early morning) and put four cars into service, and alas the NYC car is not correct :-) . The Proto NKP car is built and shopped a NYC USRA coal car and a

Mark, Yes, "more like" the IM box car is very appropriate. NYC had 4 orders of PS-1 box cars delivered in 1950 through 1952. These are listed on the PS-1 roster, available for downloading from the

Hello, Terry Would another class be like the Intermountain boxcar? Mark Morgan

Go to http://ppw-aline.com/rpm-naperville.htm There's an email link near the top of the page. Jim Hayes Portland Oregon www.sunshinekits.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

The ones I've modified with the Sunshine mini-kit have been gray. Bill Darnaby