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Re: what am I missing here?? (I like this part)

I like the part of the ad for this model that says : "We do not profit from shipping and will refund overage" They should have also said : "... We just profit BIG TIME from people who are

By John Degnan <Scaler164@...> · #93653 ·

Re: Railroad History

One of the top books on my list is David Leider's "The Wisconsin Central in Illinois". It is mostly pre-1900 in scope. Even if you are not a Soo Line fan, it covers a huge amount of Chicago railroad

By Charlie Vlk · #93651 ·

Re: Railroad History

Try "Decade of the Trains the 1940s" -- photography by Don Ball Jr, text by E. M. Frimbo (Rogers Whitaker). Tim O'Connor

By Tim O'Connor · #93650 ·

Railroad History

A discussion on another list got me thinking. What are the best steam era railroad history books? Having just picked up the new edition of the Raton Pass book I think that is one of the best I have

By Richard Townsend · #93649 ·

Re: what am I missing here??/$4 economy shipping

Anyone know what the $4 economy shipping is?

By ed_mines · #93652 ·

Re: trains canada rebuild nsc

Mark-- This car could have had a lot finer detail. I find the rivets especially oversize. But C-D-S set HO-1 will letter this car nicely and accurately as built in

By Steve Lucas <stevelucas3@...> · #93648 ·

Running crap was : Re: Accurail single-sheathed box cars and SL-SF single-sheathed box cars.

--- In STMFC@..., cepropst@... wrote: <snip> > IMO while Gene is waiting for 'floor money' he should be building all the kits his accomulated over the years and not worrying about any

By Gene <bierglaeser@...> · #93647 ·

Re: rock island wreck photo

Andy is right that all the SP cars with wide seams were built in 1946. This included all of the B-50-24/BE-50-24 class (500 cars) and many cars of the B-50-25 class (1,100 cars which includes 350 cars

By Tim O'Connor · #93646 ·

Re: rock island wreck photo

These are only from my observations, and I can be accused of making blanket statements from time-to-time.......... The interim improved Youngstown doors were around a very short time. The

By Andy Carlson · #93645 ·

Re: rock island wreck photo

Interesting comments about the boxcars and the door on the near car. I take it Andy that when you say that the door dates the construction to 1946, that means 1946 or later? Or were those doors in

By Robert kirkham · #93644 ·

Re: rock island wreck photo

No just some heat and a sledge hammer. Bill Vaughn

By Bill Vaughn · #93643 ·

Re: what am I missing here??

The sad part is that it'll probably go on the shelf next to the Fine Scale Miniatures kits and never get built. -Clark Cooper

By Clark Cooper · #93642 ·

Re: what am I missing here??

Freight car related: I remember when (name hidden) was bidding on a huge 1960's B&W photo collection of freight cars around the Chicago area. He would just plant a high proxy bid on about 90% of the

By Tim O'Connor · #93641 ·

Re: what am I missing here??

One did. He got pushed up by a bidder who came in in the last hour and placed a series of ever-increasing bids before giving up. Who knows what the winner's upper limit was. It does seem questionable,

By pullmanboss <tcmadden@...> · #93640 ·

Re: rock island wreck photo

Thanks Andy, that's exactly the thought that came to mind when I saw that door! In Hawkins-ese, this is a YSD-3 door. :-) Tim O'Connor

By Tim O'Connor · #93639 ·

Re: what am I missing here??

Maybe several bidders had a large proxy bid in an effort to win. Then the bids got high enough for the max bids to kick in? That or somebody just really wanted it I guess. For that money I would

By Scott · #93638 ·

Re: trains canada rebuild nsc

Mark, Black cat Publishing have a fantastic selection of decals for this and other Canadian cars. Pierre Oliver

By Pierre <pierre.oliver@...> · #93637 ·

Re: InterMountain 1959 Cubic Foot Covered Hopper roofs

Yes, they are and they make two types. I substituted the seam cap version they use on their ATSF car to do my MP one. I did have to make modifications to the hatches because they only do one version.

By jerryglow2 · #93636 ·

InterMountain 1959 Cubic Foot Covered Hopper roofs

In kit their form, are roofs of IM's 1958 cubic foot LO a separate part? Bill Welch 2225 Nursery Road; #20-104 Clearwater, FL 33764 727.470.9930 fgexbill@...

By Bill Welch · #93635 ·

trains canada rebuild nsc

car # 1-2995 National Steel Car 40' Boxcar w/8' door, NSC-3 ends,NSC roof. Suggestions on decals? Bought this on ebay and was surprised at the lack of detail for price. Appears to have

By Mark · #93634 ·

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