On Mon, Aug 8, 2022 at 08:25 AM, Ken Roth wrote: Frank, Any chance you would be able to supply castings of the correct size dome for the 6.5k car to those of us you still have unbuilt Sunshine 6.5k

A few comments and additions: Rayon was not JUST made from wood cellulose. After the Suncook Mills (Suncook, NH,) shut down their cotton mill during the depression, Textron moved in, producing

Dan What a great collection of photos ! Thanks for the links. :-) On 8/7/2022 11:59 AM, Dan Smith wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Tom This is one of the best kits F&C did. Here’s a write up I did on building one. http://blog.resincarworks.com/southern-pacific-50-a50-6-a50-5-1-12-door-boxcar/ -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha,

Frank, Any chance you would be able to supply castings of the correct size dome for the 6.5k car to those of us you still have unbuilt Sunshine 6.5k kits? Never hurts to ask I guess. Ken Roth

The differences between the 6500 and 8000 gallon X-3's are the capacity, the length and dome size. The 6.5k has a 48" dome while the 8K is 54". The issue with the old Sunshine 6.5K car was that the

PQCX 110 is an 8000 gallon ACF Type 27 tank car. The InterMountain model is an exact match. But don't attach the bottom plat to the frame as these are two channels. Attached is a plan of the brake

OSHA would have a fit about those guys underneath that car, supported only by the crane. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of "Bob Chaparro via groups.io"

A number of the A-50-6 box cars (as well as some 40 foot single sheathed cars) were converted into "hog fuel" cars (without roofs) in the 1950's. In 1959 there were still 222 of

Photo: Rock Island, Arkansas & Louisiana Ry. Automobile Boxcar 261051 Photo courtesy of William Moyer on the Facebook Pre-Depression Era Railroad Modelers group. He comments: “Undated postcard

tjlawler@crestview cable.com SP A-50-6 Hi Tom-: Hope all is well with you. I just got home from the Collinsville meet. It was the first time I traveled in over two years.. This car definitely lasted

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I enjoyed building one of these kits a few years ago. I built it for the original as-built appearance as I model 1926. I also used a Protocraft decal set that is top notch. The car was featured in

There were only 1500 originally, 1200 for Pacific Lines. Tony

Oops, didn't see Tony's answer. I defer to him.

The following info is from Thompson, "SP Freight Cars vol 3", pp51-79. (1) Of the original 2000, 1095 were running in 1950. The numbers in the book, Table 4-3, match those in the 7/50 ORER. (2) Only

SP series were 66800-67999 and 68592-68654 (latter group transferred from T&NO in 1936). There were also some T&NO cars if you want that. In 1950, there remained 783 of the Pacific Lines cars and 312

Since I have four refineries in the territory that I model, they, and the refineries that they get their feedstock from or send it to are of interest to me. Also, a lot of product was shipped to the

Hi all, I am building an F&C kit 6560 SP A50-6. No information about the prototype in the kit. I looked to see if I could find these cars in my 7/50 ORER. It was not obvious if they are there. So my

In particular, it's at the confluence of the Ohio and the Big Muddy, where Illinois, Kentucky, and Missouri meet. -- The thong is ended but the malady lingers on