Dan, D&RGW 67500-69899 were 40' box cars built 1939 to 1946 by Pressed Steel Car Co. with 12-panel riveted sides. The PS-1 model is a foobie, at least for the period of this forum. Regards, Ed

Al, So you did that too? :-) Dennis

Al: Thanks for the information on the Tichy 40' low-side gondola. It was very helpful! Eric Hiser Phoenix, AZ

Agreed: cheap, fun-to-build, and beautiful lettering. Not so sure about authenticity of lettering. Was unable to resist a very attractive silver and gold (not Cookie Box) D&RGW PS-1 with 7'

Jerry – Virtually all of my cars were lettered differently on each side; I never had the time to build one of each. Some even had different paint schemes. And one hopper car had totally different

Admittedly, I gave a condensed version. Rich Orr

Thank you Al and Chuck.I'll try it in the morning.Armand Premo

Armand – You can improve the look of the angled tubing method the way I did: 1, round the edges with a file; and 2, after applying to the car add a drop of cyanoacrylate; it will migrate more to the

Richard – Thanks. – Al Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 2:08 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] History of Prototype Freight Car Modeling Hi Al... We did that interview in early 1996 and

Clark. One failing of the Tichy car is the lack of rivets on the sides of the ends. Archer has solved that problem ;^) Regards Bruce Smith Auburn, AL ________________________________________ Sent:

Well, they were barged to and from Havana. The salt spray may have accelerated the weathering. Jim [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

All, I have a question on the West India Fruit & Steamship 100 series 1923 ARA boxcars. According to Sunshine Models PDS #102a, for Kit 102.12. These cars were purchased from the High Point Thomas &

Thank you gentlemen.I had been using Westerfield's poling pockets,but my supply has been exhausted.I'll try some of your suggestions. Armand Premo

I've formed some fairly good looking poling pockets by pressing an appropriatly sized nail set into .005 styrene placed on a hard rubber or soft wood backer.I believe this idea came from Alan

Precision Scale and Berkshire Valley list them for O scale. You're probably in HO but you didn't say so... John Hagen From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of

B.T.S. lists them for C&S cars. May be usable for what you're building. From their site http://www.master-creations.com/btsdetal.htm 20648 C&S Polling Pocket Brass, Pkg (4) $1.00

Hi Al... We did that interview in early 1996 and I published it in the April 1996 edition of Rail Line News. I'll send you (and Bill Welch) a copy later today or Monday. Richard Bale

Rich Orr wrote: True, but certainly incomplete. I lived in Pittsburgh in those days and knew Dick pretty well. He had always wanted to do standard- gauge cars, and only started with the EBT

There was a time when poling pockets were offered by Westerfield. Perhaps the new owner will make them available. I want some too.   Ed Mims Jacksonville, FL ________________________________ To:

Geepers, I spent so much time on that last message that I forgot to sign it, Dennis Storzek