Tom is right, and the toolmaker was the late Al Armitage. Which explains why a lot of the paint/lettering was pretty good, as Al Westerfield observed, even though the models were mostly bogus. The

Group, I was interested in the earlier discussion about post-war stock car shipments and thought I would chip in some data from the 1% Carload Waybill Survey. Those interested can find the

Dave Evans writes: "What is curious is that the wheel bearing covers look like the older plain bearing caps - and they look to be painted a very light color - maybe even white - perhaps to indicate

Dennis, Many thanks - and that makes sense - they are the only "white" on an otherwise slightly washed out grey image. Couldn't figure out why they were so bright - even though they may have been in

The journal lids were painted silver (aluminum) to indicate the special bearings. Dennis

Guy, all, I have always read that long-haul trucking in the US was significantly curtailed during WWII due to lack of fuel, tires, and even new trucks. From the ICC class I railways

Mike, The stock cars for these trains had been upgraded to roller bearings. The book "Railway Mechanical Engineering, A Century of Progress, Car and Locomotive Design", published by American Society

There is some good information here, at least on all the models in the Train Miniature line: http://www.ho-scaletrains.net/trainminiature/index.html Steve Johnson Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2013

"Railway Express: An Overview"; Rocky Mountain Publishing: Denver, 1992. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Frank Pearsall wrote: Ted Hollow Tom Madden

I have a Des Plaines Hobbies C&O Viking roofed Red Caboose box car renumbered 5483. It has Keith Retterer three panel doors and Duco ends. Photo on request. Clark Propst Mason City Iowa

Wow. Lots of misinformation flying around on this thread. Let's set some things straight: Chuck Hladik wrote: "Vic also did a book about modeling the REA. I think by Carsten's and pretty sure it

Bill, Vic also did a book about modeling the REA. I think by Carsten's and pretty sure it was a conglomeration of the articles. Chuck Hladik

Tim O'Connor writes: "There were probably still some profitable stock operations in 1950 but I imagine most of them were very low margin, and the industry was changing dramatically in the 1950's for

Was originally started by the guy who ran Balboa Scale Models (brass importers) (Ted "Something") in the early 1970s. Then it went to Illinois and became "Train Miniature of Illinois Ltd." Dave Rouzer

Bill Pardie asked: "I have just spent the morning (without any success) going through my collection of Rail Model Journal magazines seeking an article by Vic Roseman on REA delivery trucks. The

Bill, IIRC, he did at least 2 articles on REA trucks, but I think they were in Model Railroading Mag, not RMJ. I found one, on cowl-length trucks in the Dec 2003 issue. Scott Haycock Modeling

I believe the article you are looking for appeared in 12/03 in "Model Railroading". In it, the recommended shade of green is Tamiya Flat green. There is some discussion of color, but the flat green

Um, the IC had 1100 stock cars in 1950, the Rock had 1207, the Q had 3573, the C&NW had 3331, the Milwaukee had 3690. Might want to rethink and say west of Ohio. The Mississippi has always been a bad

1970's shake-the-box type, Walthers ran the molds in the 1980's Mark L. Drake eBay ID member1108 To: STMFC@... Sent: Sunday, May 5, 2013 6:05 PM Subject: [STMFC] Train