IIRC, Southeastern Express used it for many years. Chuck Happel "True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country". Kurt Vonnegut

One railroad used the symbol as its herald – can’t remember the name at the moment. – Al Westerfield Sent: Friday, August 02, 2013 6:38 AM To: STMFC List Subject: Re: [STMFC] Charles

Yes. I know. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: Douglas Harding <doug.harding@...> Reply-To: STMFC List <STMFC@...> Date: Thursday, August 1, 2013 10:53 PM To: STMFC List

Brian the caption with the photo states that is a Native American symbol for friendship and peace. It is a symbol popular with the Navajo, as well as used by many other tribes. The symbol, drawn in

Steve Sandifer wrote: Uh, Isn't the Fe-P a 40 footer? Doesn't the wing look longer than the car? Without looking it up, I don't recall either the Fe-P or Fe-Q having end doors. I assume this car is

George Courtney and it appears that human muscle power is moving the boxcar!

Bob Chaparro wrote: This is an image of a wing of the Spirit of St. Louis being lifted by a crane onto a Santa Fe boxcar…or so says the caption. To me the wing appears to be longer than the

One of the photos shows the inside of the prop spinner, complete with good luck swastika! Thanks! -- Brian Ehni

Nice find! From the other photos in the series: http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=49487266@N07&q=Wing%20of%20Spirit ...it appears that ATSF Auto car #63385 is only being used as a rolling platform to

Bob, There is a credit for flickr on that page... I followed that and got to an album with several more photos including this

Looks to me like the box car is a "platform" to help them get it out of the building. There is a crane to the left that can take it from the roof of the car. The car is a 50' FE-P, the wing span is

This is an image of a wing of the Spirit of St. Louis being lifted by a crane onto a Santa Fe boxcar…or so says the caption. To me the wing appears to be longer than the

Courtesy of Ed Workman this is a link to an article titled "Rail And Truck Shares In The Hauling Of Perishables". This appeared in the document, "The Marketing and Transportation Situation" in July

From a Chuck Geletzke article, one role they had was to carry condensed milk from the Carnation plant in Sheriden, Michigan on the Trunk's "Turkey Trail". A couple of cars a day was not unusual up

In the Essential Fright Car #23, Ted Culotta painted his car with a mix of Accupaint Oxide Red and Rich Oxide Brown. In my notes, I have it that Scalecoat II Oxide Red is a close match for what Rib

Aaron: Railmodel Journal is online at the Trainlife website with a searchable index. http://www.trainlife.com/magazines/model-train-magazine-index -- John

Was there ever an index, for all of the Freight Cars of the 50's articles that were in Railmodel Journal? Aaron

One other tip about the inverted Floquil method of paint storage is to wipe a light film of Vaseline on the bottle threads as a lubricant and seal. I've easily reopened old square bottles of Floquil

As far as stored paint goes, I don't turn the bottles upside down but I do wipe off the inside of the caps and the top and neck of the bottle prior to closing them up. I also keep good seals in the

Dennis - I am afraid that my description was open to multiple interpretations and at the risk of making mud... but with the aim of bringing clarity.. My reference is to symmetry of the entire right