I have long urged Ted to collect them all in book form. If you agree, let him know. Tony Thompson

I know of no documentation of WP reefers in PFE service with other than B&W emblems. Dick Harley may know more. Tony Thompson

Bill, Herald was B&W. However, if y're modeling a WP car in 1948 from this RC car, please note: - car side says 'completely reconditioned in 1939', which it is not, because: - the RC car still has

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As Ian said, 12-19 is the build date, not a reweigh date. There was no regular reweigh requirement for tank cars at this time, and they often sported the build date for many years. And yes, those

The Red Caboose bracket grab irons (The replacement ones newly tooled for their acquired IMWX '37 AAR box car) are nice, as are the Intermountain ones from their Ps-1 box cars. They are styrene, which

BMMX 1804 was built by AC&F at Berwick as part of lot 8719 in 12/1919 for the Transit Company Ltd. as a TCLX 800-899 series car. This photograph was taken at Sarnia, Ontario in July 1927, probably

My guess as to why they are dark -- did not have a piece of chalk handy so use a lump of coal Rich Orr

What's the best HO scale bracket grab aftermarket part these days (scale-size brackets and rungs, flash free, glue-able, etc.)? Thanks, Bob Chapman

Hi Jared, Here's the list. I need to get cracking on some models to bring to Collinsville. Best Regards, Steve _____ Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 6:16 PM To: STMFC@... Subject:

That does seem to suggest that they were added when the car was being loaded although I'm not sure why they are so dark. When I add chalk marks to a freight car, I assume that not all of them

Hello Group, I am very impressed with the detail and information in Ted Culotta's series of articles"Essential Freight Cars". I was wondering if all of them were available. I have some of the

Here is a picture of Frisco rebuilt single sheathed boxcar with dark chalk marks high enough up that likely written at the loading platform:

Clark. From the Santa Fe Modeler's Listing of Freight Cars by Class and Car Number there were in 1953 the following number of cars in the respective number series. RR-27 # 4200-4248. 48 cars RR-27

Bill, When in doubt I refer to the gospels according to Thompson, Church and Jones (aka, the PFE "bible"). As I read them, technically, neither silver nor orange are correct for the feather. The

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Colin, Interesting photo. That reweigh certainly could be 12-19, which would make some sense as some longitudinally riveted cars with safeties mounted on the top of the dome were starting to make an

Hi Clark, According to the ATSF reefer book, USRA rebuild classes Rr-19 through Rr-27 (the Long's and Intermountain models) were all built in 1936 through early 1940 with wooden running boards and

Hi folks, I'm about to start working on a Life Like 10 000k tank car kit that was obviously inspired by the following photo from Ian Cranstone's site

Steve, Please send the list. Jared Harper ---In STMFC@..., <shile@...> wrote : I have a small groupof HO freight cars that are excess to my needs for sale. I will send you alist if you contact me,