---In STMFC@..., <fgexbill@...> wrote : Armand, does that mean we should not try? "Do. Or do not. There is no try." Yoda

Armand, does that mean we should not try? Personally I don't think so. If we do not try, if we do not take a risk, if we do not share our work, including our mistakes, how will we get better, how will

Walter Pidgeon? Thanks! -- Brian Ehni

I noticed on the MKT yellow boxcar 76678 that the roof is a faded gray that appears to my eye to have never been painted. George Courtney

Jim Betz wrote: You may have gotten the image from Shorpy, but it is a Library of Congress image, like all the Delano FSA and OWI images. Let's not get confused as to where things are and how to

Hello Mr. Chaparro: That end is a T braced end off of one of the Southern Ry's SU box cars. The cars with T braced ends were built in 1924-25. See our website link below for some

Jim, Here's the original image file at the Library of Congress site. Download the largest TIF file to review on your computer and zoom in to see many

Unfortunately some of the efforts to show paint failure that I have seen looked more like Pidgeon poop.Armand Premo

Jim Betz wrote: "This is a Shorpy image taken by Jack Delano." It's not a "Shorpy image". Shorpy doesn't own anything. The Delano images are part of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War

Oops. I pulled the wrong date off of the LoC page. I'll change the reference year to 1943 as soon as I can. Eric Hansmann RCW web guy

Hi, In case any one is wondering ... this picture was taken at the Milwaukee Galewood (Chicago) yard in 1943. Interesting mix of new an old cars in this picture - from wood cars with above car top

Hi, David Bott has brought up something that is important. Perhaps even -very- important ... I know several model railroaders who compliment the weathered freight car models they see - and say

I have for sale one Speedwitch K112.1 B&LERR 1937-AAR boxcar kit. Only problem is that I don't remember what I paid for it at West Springfield a few years ago. Kit is unbuilt and complete. I will

I've seen frequent reference to these ends as T-section, mainly in Westerfield instructions for these Southern SU box cars. Eric Hansmann El Paso, TX

On 1/4/2016 6:15 PM, thecitrusbelt@... [STMFC] wrote: Something is missing, image won't load? -- Jon MillerFor me time stopped in 1941Digitrax Chief/Zephyr systems,

Here is another boxcar photo from the Castle Graphicswebsite: http://transport.castlegraphics.com/displayimage.php?album=96&pid=4065#top_d My question is what kind of car end is

Having watched a recent weathering mini clinic on Train Master TV, my theory (not experience) is that the modelers are not satisfied because the peeling paint models lack the feathering transitions

Techniques to represent paint failure on box car roofs arefeatured on the Resin Car Works blog. These examples complement the Steam EraFreight Car list discussions from a couple of weeks ago. Visit

Not in the 1/58 ORER either... which begs the question, who is in error, Henderson, or the ORER? Dennis Storzek

Tim, There is a photo of a WIF reefer on page 50 of John Henderson's CLASSIC FREIGHT CARS, VOLUME 3: 40 FT REFRIGERATOR CARS. The car is WIF 724, and it certainly appears to be an