All: Pardon me posting this on three groups. I realize there will be some overlap so some people will see this more than once. I have uploaded two folders to Google Drive. They are Southern Railway

Bob, While complaining about Yehaw is not really on topic, let me answer here because your post contains some incorrect statements. 1) I have not noticed any change in the search engine. It’s not

Hi Gents, I need to repaint an old Sunshine CB&Q XM-31 single-sheathed box car. Does anyone know if the Microscale decal set--which includes some decals that appear correct--will fit on the Sunshine

Paul Doggett shares his thoughts on building the new Owl Mountain Models HO scale SP flat car kit on the Resin Car Works blog. Check it

Has anyone noticed the deterioration of the search functionon Yahoo Groups? Over the past six or more months some topics and key wordsthat appeared here cannot be found. And recently the search box

Tony and Dennis, Thanks for your replies. Tony, I will look on line for that issue of MRH. Now it is time for a bit of Sunday night football. Later, Dave S Tucson, AZ

---In STMFC@..., <sartherdj@...> wrote : Another detail I saw for the first time in a photo is why a poling pocket is so difficult to add to a freight car model. The pocket extends out a bit proud

Dave Sarther wrote: Yes (with the help of a couple of jacks), and there are extant photos of that being done. (Two of them were in one of my columns in _Model Railroad Hobbyist_ in the issue for

My first thought on enlarging this photo was what an exquisite photo Jack Delano snapped for posterity Photos of this caliber are priceless. Jack Delano was a professional of the highest caliber.

Did these cars have the flat panel roofs or the diagonal panel roofs? Brent ________________________________ Dr. J. Brent Greer From: STMFC@... on behalf of Tim O'Connor timboconnor@... [STMFC]

1963 TP&W series 1301-1312 (12 cars) expanded to 1301-1349 by 1965(16 cars). The TP&W series did not exist in 1959. NKP series 27000-27914 still had 879 cars in 1959. By 1965 the NKP hadbeen folded

So now that Gary Roe’s identified the Ford as a ’59, do you know, Eric, what year the TP&W got these cars from the NKP? Schuyler Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2017 2:50 PM To:

Thanks Gary. Schuyler Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2017 3:31 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] USRA rebuild with a Hutchins end? It is a 1959. gary roe quincy,

It is a 1959. gary roe quincy, illinois From: "'Schuyler Larrabee' schuyler.larrabee@... [STMFC]" To: STMFC@... Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2017 2:12 PM Subject: RE: [STMFC] USRA rebuild

What year is that Ford? Schuyler From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2017 4:43 AM To: stmfc@... Subject: [STMFC] USRA rebuild

---In STMFC@..., <thecitrusbelt@...> wrote : A TRAINS March 1993 article also quotes an ICC officialwho states, "If the push pole was officially outlawed I have no record ofthat fact…" ++++ I

I have come across some various takes on this (below). Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA ++++ A person in the industry commented, "Individual railroadswould have forbidden the practice without regard to

Steve wrote: “Notice that the jack is right under a poling pocket - another dangerous thing outlawed eventually.” Steve, Are you stating that jacking the car under the poling pocket was

Notice that the jack is right under a poling pocket  -  another dangerous thing outlawed eventually.   And really, really hard to model!

Actually, no. It's another of the many photos taken by Jack Delano while on assignment for the OWI documenting the homefront during WW2. It may bot be totally candid, but it's pretty likely that the