Why is it that I am a much better proof reader after my message has been posted than before it is posted? What I intended to type was "Which kit or kits . . ." Gene Green

Thanks for your synopsis. It is another "keeper." Which it or kits were you building? Of what material were the underframes/floors made? Gene Green

Question:Would waybills be as important (in the model world) for through freights as to way freights?Armand Premo

There is also the question of "overspray".Some cars did not receive the full treatment.The "overspray" may have appeared to be a fully painted roof to the casual observer.Overhead shots show a wide

Max, Are they not available from Red Caboose? Regards, -Jeff Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 5:53 AM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] Re: conductor's reefer

I am now making production urethane castings of a 100% newly designed and patterned heap shield that was common to TC, CRR and L&N hoppers (maybe others but I've not researched that yet). Place your

Does anyone haveither a kit on an unpainted assembled model of the Red Caboose "original" version of an X-29 boxcar they would be willing to sell ortrade for? I'm in the market for at least 3 such

Great information, Cliff! Here's some ORER data. BAR reefers: insulated box cars: ------------------------------------------ 1940 - 0 0 1950 - 0 5

George, yes I know I am looking for waybills with NKP routing also. Like Mopac to ACY routed thru the NKP. Real waybills of the Mopac filled in or blank would work. Just looking for a source of this

Paper-work modeling, we have invented a new hobby. lol Jan

To add to what Tony wrote about PFE contracting for reefers to meet the demand for car, I have some information from the brief file by PFE in opposition to the application of the Santa Fe to control

I have listed 4 Westerfield built cars on Ebay under Westerfield. Tom Chenoweth

And so it begins... the downward spiral into paperwork modeling :-) YMMV, indeed. Tim "Why do you think they call it paper-WORK?" O'Connor P.S. George, I just love the name of your home

Just remember that waybills for shippments that orginate on roads other than the NKP will not be on NKP waybills but the waybill of the orignating road. George Simmons Dry Prong, LA

Thank you to all that suggested ideas for modeling truss rods. I tried several techniques and report my results below. First I tried ACC to hold two separate pieces of line to the turnbuckle,

Thanks Tony and Tim, I have just joined the ry-ops group and will be looking up their spreadsheets on railroad freight shippers. I know I will have to make up many of my own waybills for my ops. I do

John, In 1998 I spent some time researching various Pullman-Standard correspondence files located at the Illinois Railway Museum. According to the paint specifications that were in the file for lot

Tim O'Connor wrote: Ah, the key word you use is "utility," and as with so many things, utility in this subject is in the eye of the beholder. Or, if you like, I could say that the origin and

Tim O'Connor wrote: Tim, it sounds like you're assuming they were all confiscated as empties. I doubt many of them were in that category, same as the MDT and BAR and FGEX cars. When I

Tony Might be the same raw data, for sure. I don't know, there's only so much time in the world for most of us. Railroads created paperwork because they were a business. Paperwork is not my hobby