The late Bill Hewlett was an avid modeller of the Pacific Great Eastern and a prolific photographer.  In the mid-1960s he became the first member of the Pacific Northwest Region of the NMRA to earn

On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 03:42 PM, George Eichelberger wrote: The Google Drive link for SF-2217 (another big file!) is:

there was also a construction article in the 2/65 issue of MR, by gib kennedy of the espee car mel perry

Don, Yes Beaver Creek brought in Southern Pacific Silk and Tea cars. Nicely painted and lettered. I have one for sale never been out of the box. If anyone is interested contact me off list at:

Tim is correct. Message #75971, 09/27/08.

Hi Don, Yes, Beaver Creek was the importer, Samhongsa was the builder and 1986 was the first year imported. Southern Pacific was the road, I have #6965 and I believe it is from the 1994 Run.

Did not Beaver Creek or some small importer bring in a run of silk cars around 1987? Was not something like that on display at the NMRA National at Eugene,OR that August. Cannot recall what prototype

This photo has come up before - Someone said it carried fish oil -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

This is the striker of a USRA gon copy built for Cincinnati Indianapolis & Western in 1923: https://imgur.com/a/yi08mMU David Thompson

George Courtney wrote: "My curiosity on Georgia Gondola is also aroused. I respect Bill Welch's research but noted that Tichy decals show a black gondola. I presume the difference is either two

My curiosity on Georgia Gondola is also aroused. I respect Bill Welch's research but noted that Tichy decals show a black gondola. I presume the difference is either two different time periods or

I have a not so great photo of a C of G

Southern Card Record (Drawing List) F-67 for “USDDB gond" 198000-199999 (1918) and M&O USDDB gond M&O 11400-11599 (ACF 1925) does not include a striker drawing. The drawing I did find, SF-2217, is

Tony, No, that's not the photo I saw. The car in the photo I remember pretty much filled the entire frame. Good call though. This might be the same class. Yours Aye, Garth 🦆

I agree that the wheelbase length I got is very strange. If someone would care to examine the (American Smelting) photo and tell me where I went wrong, I'd surely like to hear. I would prefer to be

Dennis, No I don't know anything more about them than what I remember from the photograph. I'm pretty sure it was shared on an earlier version of this group, and might be in some archive. That's not

bill woelfel 2:09pm #171723 Car knocker will bad order that car, no couplers! The car in not in it's natural habitat. This car had a Duryea underframe. I'm waiting for an order of Kadee 197s.

I have never seen or heard of a conventional freight truck with a wheelbase in excess of 6 feet. Express trucks, sure. But, freight trucks? The 1901 IC car looks to my eye to have good old Fox

Pacific Great Eastern had two of these machines. They did not use them for truing loco wheels. They were used by the wrecking crew to do wreck recovery. There is an amazing book called "In the

Further discussion tickled the gray cells. Here is a photo of a boxcar built by the Pressed Steel Car Co. in 1901 for the Iowa Central that has similar