On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 06:03:47 -0800 (PST), Ray Breyer wrote Sure, not likely I'm going to get there any time soon. Thanks. One other question... the DPH car in the "Nickel Plate Road" lettering, the

Oops! I just noticed/realized that the number series noted in the RPC article aren't all filled. For example, there were only two of the subject cars originally placed in the GARX 1300-1349. Not

Um you mean like this one...http://www.railroadprototypemodelers.org/ click on other meets. If not all it has most. Brian J Carlson

Does anyone know of a source for the average age by year of freight cars in interchange? Gene Green

I think there should be a clearing house (website) that would show every RPM meet in the country. Randy Williamson www.prrfreight.com Quoting Denis Blake : Larry Being that I am somewhat

Larry Being that I am somewhat involved with the Savannah Meet I think we need to work together to avoid this conflict. It has, as you stated, reared its head from time to time. Lets make it a

Andy Harman writes: I was likewise disappointed with Silvestro's. Originally, the "deal" with them was for three dinners at a price of $30 each. This was to include a dessert. I decided that that

These two meets have both been held at about the same time for about ten years. I agree with Dennis Blake and Bill Welch that its a good thing that we have many RPM meets around the country and that

Hi Andy, The museum at North Judson, IN, has two of these cars preserved: NKP 15797, still in original NKP paint (including black ends, and an odd door lower sill reinforcement tab), and NKP 15979 in

Thanks! _____ From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of al_brown03 Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 6:34 AM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] Re: Rock

Thanks. Every once in a while, I hit a RI Refining Co. item (usually a road map) on eBay, so I know they were still around past 1950. Regards, Steve _____ From: STMFC@...

The 1/43 ORER doesn't list RIRX reporting marks or the Rock Island Refining company. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Photos of the LCIX cars have often appeared in Cyclopedias and Railway Age over the years but I do not recall anything describing how they were set up internally. From previous efforts in determining

Steve, it is listed in the 1940 ORER. Rock Island Refining was purchased in 1946 by the Koch family in Indianapolis and evidently operated under the same name until the 1980's but the RIRX mark was

It does appear to be diagonal panel. As long as it's in revenue service into the mid 1970s, I can justify it. I rarely shot photos of freight cars on their own back then, but when they show up in my

My 1967 ORER lists only 7 cars in that range listed under the N&W numbers 21500-21599. My 1974 ORER shows... drum roll... one car. Oh well, maybe I will just build it as a steam era car. Plenty

------------------------- ------------------------------- Andy, Can you tell if the roof in the photo is a diagonal panel (vs. rectangular panel)? Roofs do get replaced... I modeled one of the

Andy Harman wrote I looked up a few old STMFC discussions in my archives and found this: http://www.steamfreightcars.com/prototype/frtcars/1937aarpdfmain.html Which would indicate that the

I heard there was even a diesel clinic but that's off topic :-) Very helpful, especially for Annette who was stumped on his tank car kit and I wasn't much help... Good move. For reasons known to

Looking for an easy project that I can actually use, I dug out a kit I bought quite a few years ago from Des Plaines Hobbies..... the 1937 AAR box car with Viking roof. Of course the next thing I did