Bruce, I also noticed the line of "Our Companies" reefers and wondered where the shipment originated. I assume it was northwest of Wisconsin and that may had some affect on what port was used. Bob

Within the last few years there was a Richfield tank car on display at Travel Town in Griffith Park, Los Angeles. I know because I snapped a pic of it, not for modeling purposes but because the I

Got ahead of myself here. The old Richfield Art Deco building was demolished in 1969. I meant the former Arco skyscraper, now renamed for some other tenant.

Garth Groff wrote: A decade or so ago, there were VERY complete Richfield archives in the old Richfield building in Los Angeles (a handsome black and gold Art Deco building, IIRC . . . black

How about dimensions for the car? This is a classic, and I would love to turn it out in 1/8th scale. Richard

The Heinz Corporation photograph records from 1861 to 2001 are at the Senator John Heinz history center Pittsburgh. The photographs have not all been

Dennis's response is very interesting. It fills a niche of information and adds a dimension to my life growing up in Chicago. During my formative years my Dad was a "weigh master" for the Board of

Good Friends, I just received my Tangent 10K General American radial course tank car. The detail is superb. I am extremely pleased, except for one small gripe. The edge of the "C" in Sinclair just

Does anyone have a prototype photo or a paint diagram for the wooden horizontal tank vinegar car? I am completing one of the OMI brass cars and all I can find are pictures of models and the decals

I went back and looked at the article, and a significant part of the kitbash was turning the Tichy USRA-design car into a General American 5-radial-course tank car. With Tangent's new 10K General

Roger, The product has adhesion issues to resin. There is also an evaporation issue with bottles. I had a paint failure on 25 stock cars, which cost me alot of money in the end.

Pierre, What is your beef with TruColor? I've heard very little negative about them so far. Just curious. I prefer PPG Ditzler auto paints or Scalecoat. Roger Huber Deer Creek Locomotive Works

That would be the express cars. Trucolor will never again be allowed into this shop, but I think I can make a close match now that I have an inkling of the shades of grey and blue

Pierre They were offered as custom Scalecoat mixes for SC-I and SC-II by Des Plaines Hobbies. Tim O'

Pierre, Do you mean the Eagle Merchandise LCL boxcars or the 50' express cars painted to match the passenger colors? I do not have a Scalecoat match, but TruColor and Badger Flex both have specific

Thank you, to all that replied to my question on these cars. Doug, thanks, Richard, thank you for the lead on the RMC article. I am looking that over and pondering. These were certainly not common

Bill, I checked with Frank about the C&EIcar option and he has been told the C&EI and CGW cars are the same but hasn’tany evidence at hand. It is an option for the C&EI faithful to consider.

not to mention the irreversible damage to the lakes above Niagara Fallsthanks to the introduction of ocean critters from ship bilges... a cost that in thelong run far exceeds any benefit

---In STMFC@..., <thecitrusbelt@...> wrote : Now this makes me wonder, why a shipper would bother with the longer rail-ship route through Milwaukee rather than rail-ship or rail-car ferry out of

My mistake. I assumed the Grace Line's Santa Mercedes (referenced on the banner) was a freight car ferry. I subsequently discovered it was a small passenger liner. Now this makes me wonder, why a