With the permission of his family, a report: Some of you may be aware, but the current COVID-19 infection has Greg in the hospital for, now, a bit over two weeks. He was feeling ill at home, and

Thank you, Tim, I stand corrected. My fingers are dyslexic. I know the difference: SRLX = meat, SLRX = beer. Todd Sullivan

Whoa thar, Todd ! Be careful with reporting marks :-D SLRX = St Louis Refrigerator SRLX = Swift On 4/4/2020 2:42 PM, Todd

IIRC, when Tony bought these Atlas cars, they were the only RTR Swift meat reefer models available. He was acquiring a fleet of meat reefers for the traffic out of Kansas City. All other available

I remember that one! Veterinary creamatoria aroma in a bottle! Dave was a dry one, as well as a master modeler. -- Ex Sacramento Model Railroad Club downtown behind Beers Books early member

But Tim, Didn't C&BT shops do at least one of the SFRD Mechanicals, or were they just plug door rebuilds of earlier classes? I bought a couple of their swing-door cars before Long's had Intermountain

The late Dave Braun once investment cast a road kill rabbit... It apparently was almost cartoon flat, but very much recognizable as a rabbit... He sold it as a piece of art... Apparently the odor

Thanks Bob & Tim, Never having seen a top down view of one of these critters before I had no idea that the exhaust stacks were actually located off center. With the dating you have provided the

I am trying to further document the selection of Dan Hall's SSP doors. I would like to have a picture of the number 610, the 5-5-5 wide-seam "Overland" door. Just the unfinished door, if possible.

Tim, Thanks, those are great photos and they show exactly what I was trying to describe! There's one other photo I know about that is in one of the small softcover Anthracite railroad books. It

This poll reminds me of practically the same poll taken some time ago, asking us which early Santa Fe mechanical we wanted. I think I voted for the "weird" cars - the

I have been talking to various manufacturers for years to try to get anyone to build a first generation mechanical reefer. I model GN/WFEX but I will take anything. The Rr-56 seems to me to be the

It's an EMD SC or SW (not sure which, only difference is the frame), and that's how they were built (over 100 were built) -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Anyone Want A First Generation SFRD Mechanical Reefer? I am good friends with a person working for a major model manufacturer. His area of expertise is product development. For years he and I have

High quality castings for aircraft engines are usually "investment cast" which is pretty much lost wax by another name. A variety of materials can be used - wax, plastic, stereo lithography or other

One thought... While AB control valve portions are going to be about the same size... noting that some current portions (there are three parts to a AB control valve, the pipe bracket, the service

Wax was used when the masters were being "spin" cast in rubber molds. For higher production numbers the masters are injection molded from styrene. Precision scale Co. plastic parts are the same;

Thanks Drew for the clarification. I'd love to see this done. It seems to be an almost forgotten art at least for HO models. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Excellent Bill, thanks for sharing Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Not much to that - the vents are as delivered as are thestack locations. Early SC switcher, if I recall correctly. Winton powered.