Steve Wolcott asks for the times for Prototype Rails 2017 at Cocoa Beach: PR2017 begins at 8PM on Thursday, Jan 5, 2017 and ends at midnight, Jan 7, 2017. Mike Brock

Cliff Prather wrote: Loaded cars moving westward on the Coast, and westward over Altamont, are perfectly reasonable as cars destined to the Bay Area. As no doubt you know, there are consumers

Aw, I just do the cat thing and lick my fingers. Jared Harper ---In STMFC@..., <abrown@...> wrote : When working with lead, please remember that it's toxic ... don't eat or drink when working with it,

I assumed that my full name in the header would have indicated my name, however I will repeat it at the end of the message in the future. I agree that the opening of the hatches after conditioning

So, let me ask the obvious question... I know meat reefers were cleaned with hot water and steam. Were produce cars done the same? Any cleaning solution, such as TSP or lye? The use of some pretty

Open or shut, iced or not, wet or dry but clean? I have my doubts whether any refrigerator car with noticeable mold or mildew in it would be a candidate for hauling perishables being shipped any

When working with lead, please remember that it's toxic ... don't eat or drink when working with it, and wash your hands afterwards. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla. (chemist)

According to their web site (Proto Power West/A-line) A-line moldable lead costs $9.95/oz. Ed Mines

Thanks much for the clarification, Bob. I had never seen that circular. Cheers! Michael Gross Facebook.com/ActorMichaelGross Twitter.com/MichaelGrossBiz

I am working on about 25-30 O scale H21 and need assistance with accurate car numbers and their corresponding build dates. If anyone would be able to offer a list I would of course be very

Bob Chaparro wrote: PFE removed ice from westward empties at places like Tucson and North Platte, thus did not need to do this. And I will repeat what I said: Richard Hendrickson conveyed to me

“Cars - Refrigerator        (a) SFRD cars moving west empty should have hatch covers raised to permit old ice to melt.” Doesn’t say “to permit cars to dry out”. If the

I believe Tony Thompson has done enough research, includingfirst person interviews, to conclusively say that PFE did not run their reeferswith the hatches open to dry out the interiors. However,

Cliff (not signing his full name) wrote: Richard Hendrickson told me he had heard the same from SFRD people about not drying out cars, namely that there was no point to it. If it seems so

Tony, re discontinued/OOP decal lines, you might also keep an eye out for ART decals from Oddballs. Also, I *think* Jerry Glow offered ART decals; Tichy bought Jerry's decal line and has just begun

Ed Bommer wrote: Not true, Ed, it's a railfan and modeler myth. As one of the PFE people put it when I interviewed him, "Why try and dry one out? They were never dry again inside after their first

The refrigerator cars went through a cleaning and inspection before the were reloaded for perishable loading. The larger reefer operators, such as PFE and SFRD maintain larger facilities to perform

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Tony Hope they still do them Paul Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

Paul, Thanks for the info. Tony Wagner On Sunday, July 10, 2016 3:49 PM, "Paul Doggett paul.doggett2472@... [STMFC]" wrote: It's Cloverhouse not leaf. Sorry Paul Sent