I fail to see how what I said in my post gives you the impression that I don't build models... How about you go build a model instead of replying to my posts...? Thank you. John

Tim,   Economy shipping comes with a roll of tissue to remind you where your money went !   Fred Freitas still laughing at this one

With all due respect to my fellow modelers, what does this person paying that much for a model have to doe with STMFC?  This topic is like a gossip group that has nothing else to do. Buil a

With all due respect to my fellow modelers, what does this person paying that amount have to do with steam era freight cars?  This like a gossip group that has nothing better to do!  Do some

An absolute favorite of mine is the Pacific Coast Railway by Ken Westcott and Kurt Johnson. A perfect book for someone wishing to model a specific railroad, maps, drawings, plans, rosters and a lot

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

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

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

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

Anyone know what the $4 economy shipping is?

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

--- 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

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

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

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

No just some heat and a sledge hammer. Bill Vaughn

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

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

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,

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