http://elgincarshops.blogspot.ca/2017/03/coming-soon-from-yarmouth-model-works.html -- Pierre Oliver www.elgincarshops.com www.yarmouthmodelworks.com

I am sorry but why in . . . would want to get drawn into some . . . styrene battle when there is resin to drool over such as:

George, and anyone else with an interest... Follows is a service abstract for the PTC cars that provides a start year and end year with serial numbers for some cars remaining near the end. Because of

---In STMFC@..., <etuson@...> wrote : The count was 258 sheep, putting $258 into Moody's pocket for what he figured was ownership lasting less than 2 seconds. ==================== I wonder who was

They both look like 69203 to me which makes it an X31 built in 1934. There are no X31 or subclasses in the 89xxx number series. Rich Orr

Thank you, makes perfect sense.

Bob Chaparro wrote: The nominal capacity in pounds, and the light weight, can be found in this location on any tank car. The gallonage was usually on the car end, though not required to be there;

Regarding Lime: we, and other neighbors that keep livestock, sprinkle down lime in stalls after cleaning them out. My understanding is that the alkalinity of the, ahem, moistened lime creates an

We are two weeks from the 2017 RPM-East prototype modelerevent. Here’s a final reminder. The website has been updated with severaldetails. Links to PDF files for the tentative presentation

I hope Bill Welch will add his observations and comments. I offer a general comment that as models of rolling stock become closer to exact models we still have to make compromises to allow them to be

This Amour steel reefer is sitting roadside in Aurora, Maine, sans trucks, but for sale.Thought I'd toss this into the mix. Richard

The capacity you are referring to is the truck capacity as on any other freight car, not to be confused with the gallonage capacity of the car. Cheers, Ted Culotta

The stencil near the dome stating the "Water Capacity" also is a weight in pounds. Bob Witt

This is another photo from the Tacoma Public Library. Caption: Directors' Meeting at Hooker Chemical Company on Halloween,1950. Group of men including Tacoma executivestaff standing on railroad

I totally trust Bill but then he doesn't own the company (grin), and while the bus is really neat it doesn't fit my time frame and I am wondering about sales for an item

I agree with Jon, these are pre-production test shots. Note there is no sill step, I’m sure there will be one on the finished model. Knowing Rapido’s attention to prototype fidelity and detail, I

It looks to me as if one grab is plastic and the other is wire. As these are test shots I'm not concerned YET! -- Jon MillerFor me time stopped in 1941Digitrax Chief/Zephyr

I see four deal breakers unless I'm willing to do some major surgery on these models. The end ladder is plastic with rungs at least three times the diameter of the wire side grab irons. They look

Craig, PHP stands for packing house products, and it is not restricted to pork. No doubt PHP is an abbreviation from the telegraph days and switch lists notations. It is also a simple reminder that