Owner/Moderators, THANK You for moving this dialogue to groups.io - I am very happy you did this.

Staffan Ehnbom shares his modifications to a WesterfieldGreat Northern boxcar kit on the Resin Car Works blog. New ends andreconfigured doors reflect a later appearance for these big cars. Check it

RPM Valley Forge was held last weekend. An event summary has been posted on the DesignBuildOp blog, along with a link to a photo gallery. Check it

You may be right, although looking at the sill steps and the K brake in the center of the car it isn't clear to me that the proportions are different from a standard 40' car. I know there are ways to

Hi Pieter, My bad. I was thinking of 4-wheel passenger trucks rather than archbar freight trucks. Still, it makes for a car considerably longer than 40 feet. Pax, RalphBrown Portland,

If you blow the photo up (there is a size option at the top), the wood planks are quite visible in the tanks, as well as the bands with the same type fasteners used on wood water tanks. The car frames

Why would you assume 8' wheelbase on the trucks? Most freight trucks are 5' or 5'6", some arch bar trucks were shorter. Pieter Roos

Hi Les - I’ll be happy to put this together as a modeling article. I can take the text directly from your blog, but will need you to send the photos as attachments. They can be jpegs, but should

Although the tanks look like steel, I think they are just carefully finished tight wood tanks. Why would they have all of the rings common only to wood tanks? Also, salt will not eat wood, while it

According to the A History of the General American Transportation Company, published in 1948, Federal Tank Line was purchased by General American in 1926. 740 tank cars came with the deal. Jim

Lincoln was purchased by Ohio Oil in June of 1924. Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

Greenbay has a vinegar car. There are a number of those preserved around the country. Do they also have a pickle car? I am unaware of a museum that has a pickle car. J. Stephen Sandifer

Hi Ben, Yes, you are absolutely right. Call it jet lag. Steve

It got salted away. Chuckles (Chuck Peck)

Preserved. Pickled? Sorry, I could not resist. Cheers, Bill Keene Irvine, CA

I found this for Robinson on Marathon's site: "Built in 1906 by Lincoln Oil Company; purchased in 1924 by MPC (then the Ohio Oil Company)" "The Ohio Oil Company (Ohio Oil) was founded in 1887

Interesting. Thanks, Steve From: STMFC@...[mailto:STMFC@...] Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2018 4:37PM To: STMFC@... Subject: RE: [STMFC] 1927ORER I looked in March,octowber 1927 and jun, jul 1928

I looked in March,octowber 1927 and jun, jul 1928 and do not see Lincoln oil Roger hinman Sent from AOL Mobile Mail Get the new AOL app: mail.mobile.aol.com On Saturday, March 10, 2018, 'Steve and

Hi Ted, You wrote: “Are these cars longer than 40 foot?” I thought so too. Assuming an 8’ wheelbase for the trucks, it lookslike a 50’ car, or perhaps longer, but isn’t 1926 a bit early