My condolences to go out to Tricia, who always had a smile to greet you with. My prayers also go out to her. When one looks over older and many since discontinued magazines of our hobby, Martin's

Thank you Michael I will pass this on to Tricia. She is doing very well under the circumstances. Charlie To: STMFC@... From: michaelEGross@... Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 12:42:08

At 10:28 AM 2/1/2013, charles slater wrote: <snip> "Sic transit gloria mundi..." Condolences to Tricia... a sad time for all of us. -------------------- Richard Brennan - San Leandro

This is very sad news. I first met Martin and Tricia when they briefly lived in Pittsburgh many years ago. I greatly appreciate all of Martin's freight car research and made considerable use of his

I can only echo Jerry's comments, I met Martin when he first started his business. He loved discussing how to model the Mopac. He was a huge asset to our side of the hobby in his articles for RMC

Ben I shot several shots of one of these cars that's at the Kentucky Railroad Museum. The photo album is titled CEI boxcar, automobile. There's 19 images. The museum has two of these cars in their

Saddest news of 2013. I met Martin many times and loved talking to him about Missouri Pacific models. He was a true gentleman and will be greatly missed. Prayers and condolences. Jerry

CN only had double-door steel-frame boxcars. Originally, they carried the stencilled notation 'AUTOMOBILE". Steve Lucas.

Steve Kay wrote: A very large class of Union Tank Line (UTLX) tank cars, a signature tank car in the steam and transition eras. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

What are we talking about here? The only X-3 I am familiar with is a BMW.. Steve Kay

Charlie Slater wrote: Rest in peace, Martin: a great benefactor to those of us who are freight car enthusiasts and builders. I'm delighted that Tricia would like to continue the business and I

Please pass my sincere condolences to the family. Martin will be sorely missed. I am glad that Tricia plans to continue the company, however. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: charles slater

I am putting this notice on the list as Tricia Lofton asked me to do because many of their loyal customers are on this list, and she thinks you should all be notified. As most of you have been friends

Hello group, As most of you know, Terry Wegmann passed away in 2011. He had made tooling for a flat kit of a Pacific Fruit Express R-40-18 ice bunker wood sided refrigerator car. Terry had supplied

Just fraught with peril. Pierre Oliver --- In STMFC@..., "Bruce F. Smith" wrote:

When the colonials learn to spell, we can talk. :-) Back to my original query... Pierre Oliver --- In STMFC@..., timboconnor@... wrote:

What colour?

Pierre, So is a "viscous rumor" thick with intrigue? If that's true, I need to get my Sunshine stockpile onto eBAY ASAP! (both because I'll need the cash and because now I'll never build

Morning troops! Can anyone shed any light on the rumour I'm hearing that Exactrail is releasing RTR X-3 cars soon? Thanks -- Pierre Oliver www.elgincarshops.com www.yarmouthmodelworks.com

the book 'C&EI in color' contains on pg 119, a shot of C&EI 4329, a single sheathed, double door boxcar from Mt Vernon Car in 1928/29 which was rebuilt to be wider and higher. looks to be a 40'