Al, If you could read between all the inserted crap, you would already know the answer... that being no. The inserted symbols are a plain test translation of HTML and this is a significant "bug" in

Can we clean up the messages to be readable?  Al Kresse

Not being an SPF, more of a PH, I'm not going to get into car types but do feel it is an X25 as has been suggested. But lets take a longer and harder look at the first photo you posted, that

Don Valentine asked: "Someplace within the last few weeks an article was found on upgrading the Mantua reefer, I think with new ends. Now that I've located a cople of the reefers I can't seem to find

Don, this one? http://trainlife.com/magazines/pages/410/30024/october-1996-page-14 -------------------------------------- Someplace within the last few weeks an article was found on upgrading the

 Hmmm.  Well I THOUGHT I was only responding to Curt, but it went to everyone.   Shows how much I know about the new format.   J ohn King --- In stmfc@...,

Curt,   I only look at messages in the archives and do not get individual messages sent to my email .     With the new format (which I hate!), if go into the group archives and you

Hello all, Someplace within the last few weeks an article was found on upgrading the Mantua reefer, I think with new ends. Now that I've located a cople of the reefers I can't seem to find the

Richard, thanks so much for that great overview. I appreciate both the time it took to compose and the hours spent with nose to old documents over the years to get to the point where you could compose

Rich, <GONG>!!! <G> Sorry, but that is, as others have said, an X31B. The spotting features are the roof that is not inset and the lack of underfloor tubes and end fittings for the auto loaders

Jim, This is a PRR X31a double door (the class car both single and double door). There were a total of 609 double door cars built. The October 1963 ORER shows all but 22 still on the PRR roster.

These are very good instructions to search messages but how does one search the files section for a topic?&nbsp; Can&#39;t seem to find any way to do that ... Ed Robinson --- In stmfc@...,

&nbsp; Clark, &nbsp; Contact me off list.&nbsp; &nbsp; Curt Fortenberry &nbsp; ps:&nbsp; WIth this new yahoo format, I don&#39;t see a way to reply just to the sender, the new format always includes

Steve, that's not an X29, it's an X25 (note the left-opening door, end sill, bolster end acting, etc.) These were the Pennsy's first steel sheathed box cars and were built in 1915-'16, so by 1935 the

A couple of images taken in 1935 show what appears to be a PRR X29 car with patches on the lower part of the car side-- The identifying

Jim King wrote The W&R model is an X31b. The cars sold to NP after 1960 were all ex-DT&I. Some ex-DT&I cars also went to MRS during this time. I don't know of any early AD&N decals. AD&N had second

Hello, I have a pair of items which may be of interest to N scale steam era modelers. A friend, Pete Peters, built patterns for a Van Dyke frameless 6000 gallon tank car. After 2 attempts to make

Bill, M&B acquired 49 (or 50) more 1937 AAR box cars after 1965 but before 1972. There is no reason to expect them to look exactly the same as the singleton #500. But such a large group of secondhand

While I realize that this is a long shot, what the heck! Is anyone aware of any N scale decals that would work for this box car? I went to Meridian Mississippi for my Navy A School and despite not

Tony,My question is really more about the type of roof.The color is easier to correct.Both the KCS and SP models have the same type.Wasn't aware of your interest in mountain climbing. <VBG> Armand