Al, bill and Greg Thanks for the direction. I downloaded the 2010 S&T PDF I'll give it a read this weekend. I knew it could not be as easy as a few quick cuts🙁 Mark P Stamm Mark at Euphoriatt dot

Ted Culotta wrote: Seems okay at the moment. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538;

Ted I just went there -- no problems at all. Tim

Clark Propst wrote an article on modeling the Green M&StL boxcars in the Feb 2008 RMC, p 77. In the article he shows how he modified InterMountain Youngstown doors from a 5/6/6 to a 4/6/6

Correct he did and then John Greedy pointed out why it doesn't really workand Mont was in Oh Well mode. 3^( Greg Martin Eventually all things merge into one and a river runs throughit. Norman

Mark, This will result in a stand in at best. There is no simple way to do thisexcept for a bash with the Athearn car. Greg Martin Eventually all things merge into one and a river runs

Mont Switzer did this kitbash instead of using the Athearn gon for the Cocoa beach "Shake & Take" DT&I gon project. Suggest you join the S&T group and explore the resources there. Bill Welch

The DT&I gondola, some later sold to the GM&O, is the prototype for the 2010 Cocoa Beach Shake & Take project. A handout with photos is in the files of the Shake_N_Take group, and some members of that

I was just looking at three unbuilt Proto2000 52' gons the other day thinking I don't need three, but the link provided for the GM&O decals http://home.mindspring.com/~paducah/icg77.htm give me

Mm ... the RP CYC 4 article covers only the phosphate hoppers built after 1935, i.e. not the "Ambroid" cars. AL B.

The Phosphate Covered Hoppers were covered in RPC #4, unfortunately, out of print. Scott Haycock Just a P.S. to my post. I do remember hearing that there was a RPC article on phosphate cars and

There's a Larry Goolsby article in Lines South, 3rd/1994 pp 4-11, on ACL and SAL freight cars from the Standard Steel Car Company. He identifies the Ambroid model as ACL 8075-8174, class U-4 (SSC,

The first blank was flawed and rejected. It’s on display at theCorning Museum. – Al Westerfield

Thumbing through some old TRAINS Andy---- I found on the back cover of the July 1952 issue a full-page ad from the M&StL announcing the purchase of 700 new "GREEN and GOLD BOX CARS on the M. & St. L.

Just a P.S. to my post. I do remember hearing that there was a RPC article on phosphate cars and the ACL/SBD mag may have had an article way back when. So far, I have had no luck acquiring either of

Jim Thank you. Paul Doggett UK Sent from Samsung mobile "James E Kubanick jekuban@... [STMFC]" <STMFC@...> wrote: Paul, That would be Microscae 87-975. In addition, this

Paul, That would be Microscae 87-975. In addition, this set contains placards for non-tank cars. This set covers the period 1945-1970. Avery useful set. Jim Kubanick Morgantown WV

Thanks, Ed. This really helps. The model has Dreadnaught ends so it must be lot 2694 and, therefore, the included aluminum lettering is incorrect. Of course one could make the case that the car had

I have been working on an article on the lens movement by rail for Classic Trains and hope to hand it in shortly. It is a really interesting story. Gerard Gerard J. Fitzgerald Charlottesville,

Probably has come up before, but I’ve got a question for the ACL types (Uncle Joe,etc.). Has anyone seen photos of theprototype of the Ambroid 1 in 5000 phosphate covered hopper? I’ve searched