Fellow Photo Collectors For several years I have been bugging Jay Williams and Mike Gruber to try and access Mr. Bob Lorenz's Freight Car Photo Collection and offer prints for those of us that

Do you have my photo of NJI&I 3180? John C. La Rue, Jr. Bonita Springs, FL

When building a model I like to have as many photos as I can wrangle. I am curious if there are any photos available of the Wabash subsidiary's NJI&I 3000 series (Sunshine kit #104.2) from sources

Darn - I still need to write the article I keep threatening. There were far more 10,000 gallon X-3's than anything else. Somewhere near 13,350. About 4150 6500 gallon cars were the next most

The only think I've seen is that the four variants that Sunshine provided ware the most common of the X3's. This is from Ted's Steam Era Freight Cars Reference Manual Volume Two: Tank Cars Don

Of all the different tank capacities of X-3 tank cars, was any one type more numerous than the others? Sunshine offers four tank and frame sizes in resin. So, what would be a realistic ratio among

I was just thinking about Paul's collection this morning. Paul bought some models from me and recently helped me find some Speedwitch SP parts I needed. He said he had some, but wanted to keep

Thanks Tony, Charles Hostetler

Charles Hostetler wrote: Yes, that's right. A common abbreviation for bulk loads and some other things like lumber and steel shapes. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press,

For those interested, I've posted an image and some information regarding a C&EI prototype waybill at: http://cnwmodeling.blogspot.com/2012/08/chicago-eastern-illinois-coal-waybill.html The form has

My apologies to Mike and the list for posting after the topic had been terminated. I was going through nearly 2000 e-mails after being without e-mail for 2+ weeks and responded before getting to the

Sorry for the late response. Just returned from a 3 week jaunt with no e-mail access. It appears to me that the light is low on the horizon and coming from the nw or wnw assuming the photographer is

I don't like bringing sad news to the STMFC, nor do I want this list to become a tribute or obituary forum. But sometimes, Attention Must Be Paid. Chuck Yungkurth's wife, Mary, passed away on Friday.

Thank you to all that responded to my query about the F&C USRA cabooses. I have five photos of these cars but did not realize what their origins were. FWIW, it is possible to model all 3 groups of

Scott: I can ship up to three kits for the $15.00 charge and they are shipped Priority Mail with a tracking number. bgtreasures Paul C. Koehler _____ From: STMFC@...

I saw those but they want $15.00 for shipping and I refuse to pay that.

Speaking of freight car kits on eBay, did anyone notice that there are a large group of sunshine kits up for sale, some of which close today? The seller is "bgtreasures" who lists cars frequently.

Mark, Kadee makes the trucks and Plano makes the roofwalk, both available from Walthers. Scott

Recently purchased this car and found this boxcar needs morton roofwalk and ASF A3. Car # 20972. What choice of trucks would be best for this one, please? Mark Morgan

Walt, The split rail scheme was adopted in January, 1967. FAR too new for you or this list!   Ray Breyer Elgin, IL ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Saturday,