I think it's a matter of, once the cost of brightly colored pigments came in line with other synthetic pigments, there was no reason not to do it, in the name of safety, progressiveness, whatever.

However, a lot of cupola castings are out there.  The "kit" included acetate glass, sandpaper for the roof, and a front and back marker light, all of which are easily replicated.  John B. Allyn

Steve, I believe those kits have been out of production for years, if not decades. Which means, Ebay, estate sales, dusty back shelves in an old hobby shop, or a buddy's unbuilt stash (if he will let

Thanks Eric Let hope Andrew Dahm is taking note. I had the feeling from Al Westerfield that he had info the cars. I that is the case maybe Andrew will think about these cars for his line. It is kind

Dennis Storzek wrote: I would tend to agree. But in the case of SP adopting the orange caboose ends (after trying silver and red), it was definitely regarded as a safety and visibility issue (I

Bill, Here's some info on this W&LE single sheathed cars. 27000-27999 : 1000 cars built by Western Car & Foundry. Single-sheathed wood construction with staggered 7-foot wide doors, Vulcan vertical

--- In STMFC@..., timboconnor@... wrote: The Soo Line was another of those roads that apparently used bright red on cabooses through the WWI era, then went to mineral red during the

Group, Thanks for all of your input & advice. As was stated by another gentleman, I do not mind waiting for these kits as they are so unique. My concern was that it may have been lost in the shuffle.

As the W&LE gondola questions have stirred some interest, I've posted images of two additional Wheeling steel gondolas from the 52000-53899 series. These were built in 1921 by Standard Steel. The W&LE

huh? yeah, if by "most" you exclude PRR, NYC, SP, ATSF, UP, NP, MP, SOU, IC... and a few others.

Tony Thompson wrote: "There were SP cabooses with 90-year service lives. A number are identified in my book on SP cabooses. For example, no. 20, built in 1871, was not retired until 1959, and

I have a question on New Haven's 36 Foot Re built box cars. Of the quantity that were rebuilt in the late 1920's, were there more cars with the Re enforced Wood ends or with the Steel Dreadnaught ends

Charlie Vlk wrote: There were SP cabooses with 90-year service lives. A number are identified in my book on SP cabooses. For example, no. 20, built in 1871, was not retired until 1959, and

I should clarify.I am looking for the cupola kits only. They were offered as separate detail parts. I believe they came with a marker light for the cupola roof and window "glass." Steve

Does anyone know where I can obtain some of the Central Valley "Old Time" caboose cupola kits? Thanks, Steve Johnson

What is the story on the listings that do not have a thumbnail but only a link to text? There are a number of CB&Q photos (Gas Electrics) that I would like to see. Charlie Vlk This same page in

Hi Ray, I'm out of town until Tuesday; when I return home I'll send you a scan of one of the photos and (hopefully) find the citation for the publication where I saw the other image. Take care, Jim

Peter, The URL has changed, now http://www.steamerafreightcars.com/index.html Bill Schneider Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 12:35 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] steamfreightcars.com

The steamfreightcars.com website seems to be offline. A lot of very good material is no longer accessable. Does anybody know what is going on? What can to done to rescue the good contents of that

Just to clarify, for it appears some have confused two different decal providers. Jerry Glow (sorry to hear about your brother), http://home.comcast.net/~jerryglow/decals.html lives in Florida,