Schuyler - Nice photos, great buildings. Scranton, indeed. "Lucky Loaf" was the brand of C P Mathews & Sons of Scranton. "1795 Flour" was a brand of Miner-Hillard Milling Co.(as one can almost

One way to get an idea of the number of cabooses and their uses is to find a document for the railroad you are modeling that lists caboose assignments. Needless to say, the document will be dated

Howard, Folder is there. Empty. - Jim B.

I use it for all kinds of thing that they never intended. Sticks to just about anything and stays flexible. Not water resistant. When nothing else seems to work, I give it a try.

I know that on my studied railroad the answer would be a guarded yes. They would be painted "as delivered". How do I know this? From the proposals or contracts from the railroad to be builder

---In STMFC@..., <elden.j.gatwood@...> wrote : Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Paul; To add to what Tony said, I can state that gon interiors, not including wooden floors, were generally

The Rutland had assigned vans up until 1960, then the assignments were abolished. It was a sticking point with the employees in the 1960 and 1961 strikes that finished the Rutland. As a Rutland

Just a thought Jared. If you save your presentation as a PDF you can run it on any machine. Bill Welch

Thanks Tony and Elden. Paul Doggett UK Sent from Samsung mobile "'Gatwood, Elden SAW' elden.j.gatwood@... [STMFC]" <STMFC@...> wrote: Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats:

I am presenting at the Naperville RPM meet. I will need to borrow a laptop from someone to do my presentation. I did my presentation on a PC with Power Point 2007. Thanks, Jared Harper Athens,

---In STMFC@..., <tony@...> wrote : Steve Sandifer wrote: Steve's summary is very good, though I think his 1965 date may not apply to all railroads. On the SP, as division union agreements came up

I'm confused. Why would you need to estimate the number for the purposes of this list? It's an empirical question. The rule book tells you when you need a cab and the schedule (including extras)

I've poste to my blog a two-part description of an additional "signature" freight car I added to my fleet, a Westerfield PRR G22 gondola. If you're interested, here are links to the two

Just to add a model component to the discussion. On my model railroad the SP Coast Line from Guadalupe to King City in 1949. I am adding a caboose assigned to each regular operator on the railroad. It

Steve Sandifer wrote: Steve's summary is very good, though I think his 1965 date may not apply to all railroads. On the SP, as division union agreements came up for renewal, SP too pushed for

Ed, I always use Aleens gold for my running boards both wood and etched. Never had any problems with it breaking as it is flexible. Also good for crew, passengers, windows and livestock for freight

The series 6100-6299 are said to have 4/4 ACF ends according to the Ed Hawkins/Ted Culotta spreadsheet on the Steam Era Freight Cars site. Seems to have been rare, a W&LE series had that end

Looks like FTCX, Standard Brands Tank Car Div, Fleischman Transportation Co. Sounds like vinegar to me. __________________________________________________ J. Stephen Sandifer Minister Emeritus,

Looks a lot like Pullman Standard proprietary ends, although very subtly different than other versions I've seen.