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Re: Shorpy and the A.T.&S.F

Francis, The domes are on the midline of the car, not offset. You may be mistaking the angle of the photo for that. As for one without a dome, I see domes on all the cars, of varying sizes. As a

By Bruce Smith · #112734 ·

Re: Shorpy and the A.T.&S.F

Looks like an insulated car to me, and very ungainly. Tom Birkett Bartlesville, OK Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 2:20 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] Shorpy and the

By Tom Birkett <tnbirke@...> · #112732 ·

Re: Shorpy and the A.T.&S.F

It also seems that the domes are located to one side on most of these cars. If so, is that very common? Also, one without a dome? Francis A. Pehowic, Jr. Sunbury,

By rdgbuff56 · #112733 ·

Re: UP B-50-32 or 33 builders or as-built broadside photos

Rob Mondichak wrote: There is a large broadside of the ROTS side, and a 3/4 view of the SATW side, in Terry Metcalfe's book, _UP Freight Cars, 1936-1951_ and the caption to the broadside says

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #112729 ·

Re: Shorpy and the A.T.&S.F

Panoramic photos of most major railroad yards show a high proportion of home road cars, but as Richard says that is not representative of traffic patterns. Home road cars can be stored because

By Tim O'Connor · #112728 ·

UP B-50-32 or 33 builders or as-built broadside photos

Afternoon, Looking for a builders photo or good broadside of the original white/yellow paint scheme for the UP B-50-32 cars. Hoping to use for some accurate decals for the Protocraft B-50-32's in

By Rob M. · #112727 ·

Re: Shorpy and the A.T.&S.F

Richard Hendrickson wrote: Fascinating, exactly in line with what I determined from a conductor's time book on the SP Coast Line during 1948-52. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #112726 ·

Bowser PRR H30

Gents, Bowser has posted images of their first run of paint schemes for the H30

By Andy Laurent · #112731 ·

Re: Shorpy and the A.T.&S.F

I was looking at the photo of the tank cars in the Shorpy photo and realized that one of the tank cars must be an Athearn car with its oversized dome. It is the 4th car on the string of cars going

By Steve H <nwicfan@...> · #112730 ·

Re: Shorpy and the A.T.&S.F

A (typically) spectacular photo by Delano. However, the comment attached to the photo is seriously misleading. Barstow was a natural connecting point where Santa Fe cars were gathered for

By Richard Hendrickson · #112725 ·

Shorpy and the A.T.&S.F

Group... Found this on the Shorpy website. Thank you Jack Delano! http://www.shorpy.com/node/14279 Regards... David Henderson Sacramento, Ca.

By David Henderson · #112724 ·

Re: Digest Number 7697

Hi, I, for one, have noticed a significant increase in the number of 'compromised' email addresses resulting in spam/crud/*!*! being sent to the RR hobby related groups. These are rarely, if ever,

By Jim Betz · #112723 ·

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By Craig Ferguson · #112722 ·

Re: Sunshine vinegar tank car

So it's now becoming clear to me that I've misremembered. That and I've built too many Sunshine tankcar kits overall. Some do come with a PVC tank core. Thanks to everyone for their input. Back to

By Pierre <pierre.oliver@...> · #112720 ·

Re: Sunshine vinegar tank car

Pierre, I am a bit confused by your question. Are you referring to kit 60.3, Fleischmann - Standard Brands? If so, my kit does not have a PVC tube to form the tank. However there is a PVC tube

By mici256751 · #112719 ·

Re: Sunshine vinegar tank car

Pierre. As par Martain, the tube was for forming the wire for the wrap'. Dennis Williams/Owner http://www.resinbuilders4u.com/ ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent:

By Dennis Williams · #112721 ·

Re: Sunshine vinegar tank car

It's been about 10 years since I built mine but I don't recall having a PVC tube with it. I do distinctly remember hunting around and finding an old broom handle in the garage that did the trick for

By william darnaby · #112718 ·

Sunshine vinegar tank car

I'm about to tackle another one of these neat kits and the kit I have is missing the PVC tube for the tank form. Does someone have an unbuilt kit that they can measure the PVC tube for me? Need length

By Pierre <pierre.oliver@...> · #112717 ·

Prototype Rails 2013 Clinics

I saw Jeff's post about the Freight Car Clinic for 2013 but did I miss something about the balance of the offerings. I keep checking the website to no avail. Just curious. I know Mont is doing

By Bill Welch · #112716 ·

Re: Atlas Masterliner Freight Cars

I can't tell if these have been offered before by Atlas -- but I'd be interested to know if anybody has seen an undec? Assembled? Ron Merrick

By mopacfirst · #112715 ·

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