The RMJ article mentioned earlier (10/00, pp19-25) shows two cars in the CN/GTW 587400-587899 series. Both lack the bifurcated rib in their stretch panels: instead, they have two full ribs. Al Brown,

Ben-- Any discussion about the GTW purchasing or rebuilding STMFC's necessarily involves CN's and/or the Canadian government's allowing it to happen. GTW's purse strings for major expenditures were

Found a little more information. citation: "Box Cars become Gravity-Unloading Bulk Cement Carriers", Concrete - Cement mill Section, feb. 1935, pages 35-37. A light treatment. D&H had 30 such

The March issue has a couple of items of possible interest to people on this list. Jack Burgess has a very detailed article on Pin Vices for use with very small drill bits for the tool lovers among

Similar scalpel blades are available from UMM-USA. http://umm-usa.com/ They have a micro saw http://umm-usa.com/onlinestore/product_info.php?cPath=21_28&products_id=37 along with a miter box that

Prior to 1955 the 58000 GA-2 just had New Haven spelled out on the sides.. This class was sold to International car rebuilding and was returned to the New Haven in late 1955 as class 59000 with the

Would anyone know what year the "New York, New Haven and Hartford" Script lettering was added to GA-2 Gondola's ? What Years did just "NEW HAVEN" appear on the car sides? I am building one of the F&C

FYI, Chuck Davis Norfolk, VA John Roberts passed away peacefully in Williamsburg, Virginia last evening, March 1, 2013. John was NMRA President, 2004-2006, Vice President, 2000-2004,

Andy, You've solved the mystery about the sprue with the missing parts. Somehow, one of mine was one of those you mention with the oversize housing and a blank where the wheel would be. The other

Steve Lucas wrote: "I'm surprised that with CN having had about 10,000 new steel boxcars delivered from 1937 to 1940, GTW appears to have had few if any new cars delivered during the same period. But

I wish to thank all for the information on the MP caboose Joel Dethlefs ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Monday, March 4, 2013 12:54 AM Subject: [STMFC] Re: Missouri

I have listed a few steam era freight cars on eBay as well as two that are too new for this august group. A search for "181093788284" will take you to one of the items and you can find the rest from

Some years ago, the founder of Details West had a brake set tooled for him as a steel mold. This was a 4-cavity mold which had 4 complete sets to a family sprue. The parts were the triple valve, air

This link takes to a blurb about some micro saw blades from Accurate Armour in England that some will find appealing. http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/newkitnews/accuratearmour.html Bill Welch

From what I can determine from "Cabooses of the Missouri Pacific Lines" it's a steel side rebuild of the horizontal wood sided one. Hallmark made the latter and Overland the one you see in the

Gene, Thanks for your informative response. I started cleaning up parts for three Sunshine XM-31 boxcars today and noticed that the brake part sprue for one of three has a housing that appears to

I don't know if I qualify as a CN or GTW "expert", but here I go-- CN/GTW rebuilt steel-frame 40' boxcars into both steel-bodied and steel-frame cars at Port Huron in 1936 and 1938/39. As Ed Hawkins

Hey Yuze Gize, I talked to Jim Singer and here is what is available from 5th Avenue Car Shops in very limited quantities of the Shake N Take Decals and related project. Jim ask that because of

Ed, the 10/40 ORER has 500 cars in the 470250-470749 series and 500 cars in 587400-587899 series. The July 1942 edition shows 496 in 470250-470749 and 637 in the 587400-588036 series. Brian

Ed; Thank you for the additional information. A couple of other people have responded with photos, including one of the shots you mention. Many thanks to everyone! This group of cars is very