Bruce If you do that, the pre-drilled holes for the grabirons would be in the wrong place. But I agree, hiding such a long horizontal seam seems anything but easy. Maybe take one of my old Yankee

In addition, since the patch panel does not have any rivets on it except at the bolsters, cross-bearers and the door stop, wouldn't this make this area a prime target for disguising up the seam

Maybe I missed it early in this thread, but when did the transfer to WIF of the 10 cars occur? Regards Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE I was not around in the early 50's, so I cannot comment on Stauffer cars for that era, but I saw 103's in Carbon Bisulphide service in the era just past

Those models look great, Tony. I have the ORER from 1950 (my friend is modeling 1947). All of the SCHX cars are listed as either TM or TMI, 8,000 or 10,000 gallon. We'll be browsing through Bob's

Martin says they are ready and he will also have them for his California trip in March. Charlie Slater To: STMFC@... From: SHAYS@... Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:04:12

I sent Martin 100 tank shell casting sets (matched uppers & lowers) in early December, so he should be good to go. Frank Hodina did the patterns, denuded InterMountain 8K shells with 0.005" styrene

Oops. He's modeling 1947. I meant to include that key bit of information. Thanks! Randy Hammill http://newbritainstation.com

Tim O'Connor wrote: There's a photo of one of my Stauffer cars, a 6000-gallon acid car (which I exhibited at Cocoa Beach), in one of my blog

I have an undated Ebay grab shot of SCHX 88101, a 3-dome tank car that appears to be about 6k, or perhaps 8k at most. It's plain black, no Stauffer markings at all, with a walkway & handrails around

An ad in the newest RMC says Sunshine will be at Timonium with the new tank car. Jim Hayes Portland Oregon www.sunshinekits.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Randy Hammill wrote: Stauffer had reporting marks for all its branches. As a California modeler, I'm interested in the northern California cars (STAX) and the southern California cars (STLX).

Richard, isn't the Trix/Marklin tank car a 6k high pressure tank? It doesn't come with Stauffer lettering, but I thought it was the right size... Tim O'Connor

Richard- In spite of (or maybe because of) the good Tank Car book just released by Morning Sun I, for one, would welcome such a "truly comprehensive" book organized by car type arranged by like

I've completed work on my set for a 10'6" pre-war UP car w/ ACR rivets (B-32/33). It is all yellow lettering and includes both "Serves all the West" and "Be Specific Ship Union Pacific" slogans for

Tony wrote: Wish we had more good tanks Speaking of good tanks and frames have the Sunshine circumferential rivet tankcars been released yet? Thanks Shay Stark

Champ HB-164. It was discontinued many years ago.

Which just goes to show that Tim O'Connor's attendance at Prototype Rails ought to be mandatory! (Just kidding, but his attendance IS "highly desirable") Regards, -Jeff Sent: Friday, January 21,

Randy, you don't indicate the year or era your friend is modeling, and the Stauffer fleet changed substantially over the years. However, assuming the early 1950s, the 1/53 ORER shows that all of

Steve Hedlund comments- Yes.... I too once applied these very attractive WIF Champ decals (no logo) to a Kurtz-Craft PS-1 boxcar, and the car still resides ("somewhere") within the confines of this