Ed Mines wrote: Because Hundman wouldn’t publish Richard’s letter, responding to Hundman's glowing review of the just-introduced tank car kit by Bill Gould (later produced by Tichy and still

Another marketing gimmick was the use of "scatter tags". These were small tags made of cardboard or thin metal that were imprinted with a company's logo and other info. They were approximately the

It was a marketing gimmick, as people could not tell one chunk of coal from another. Hard to trademark coal, but spraying it with a color helped identify one “brand” of coal from another. It also

"Wonder why it was sprayed? If for any other reason than what Philip mentioned. " Back when many homes were heated with coal, coal was a consumer commodity. This was advertising. They used claims

Microsoft always knows best ... haha. I disabled the spellcheck function on all my electronic devices long ago, and I live a relatively carefree life. Todd Sullivan

Wonder why it was sprayed? If for any other reason than what Philip mentioned. -Bob

Thanks Doug. -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

Charlie I sent stuff to Steve Hile last night, per his quest. He should be in touch with you. Doug

Perhaps slightly off topic but in some place if coal was to be stored undisturbed for a longer period owners sometimes whitewashed or painted the top of the heap so any theft was more noticeable

I’ve been wanting to add a RI stock pen to the layout and initially thought of adding another spur off the mainline but this would be a major task as I’d have to remove the facia add a styrofoam

I don’t know how that happened. I thought I typed “box.” Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Bimonthly? Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

Railway Prototype Cyclopedia Volume 21 has 93 pages of details, drawings, and photos of the USRA steel sheathed design bimonthly cars. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

I don't know anything about green coal but there was blue anthracite coal. I believe the coal was sprayed while it was in hoppers so only the top layer of coal would be covered. There were little

I subscribed from the second issue to the last; it was a wonderful magazine. I always wondered why Richard Hendrickson didn't like the magazine/Hundman.

Try the NYCSHS-the N&B nee Universal Portland Cement steel boxcars were exact clones of the NYCL standard boxcar based on the USRA steel car design. I recall reading that even some of the castings on

Thanks for the heads up Brian. I didn't know him very well but met him at a show or two and admired his work and you are right, a very nice gentleman. Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC

You've got it right although I am guessing that you think the DESPATCH end (with very squarish looking ribs) is an SRE dreadnaught end, which it isn't. The 'no

That is sad news. I never met him, but I traded with him, and deeply admired his work. As far as I know he wrote no articles, but he posted many construction photos as he

Robert “Bobby” R. Pitts, Sr. passed away last week. He was well known for his totally scratchbuilt HO scale tanks cars. I provided photos to him of some “rail whales”, one of which he modeled.