Tom, Put yourself in the place of a publisher for a moment. Imagine you are a pretty fair expert on the Pennsy and you collect Lionel stuff. YOu arrange with persons whom you believe to be experts

G.S.M.P.&M. is the standard abbreviation on UP for General Superintendent, Motive Power & Machinery, the top guy in the mechanical department. Today, the job title is Chief Mechanical Officer. Any

I have found one. Thank you to all who offered me theirs. Aaron

Dick I think you're right, and the first letter is a "G" for General. Works for me! I expect in HO scale it will be illegible. Tim O'Connor

1st and 2nd runs - released, shipped and sold out at Atlas. The 3rd run has not been shipped from China yet. This run should ship in a about a month. David Casdorph

Just to maintain my nit-picker reputation, I'd say both the air brake stenciling date, which Jerry has as 3-47-56 in his artwork, and the repack date, which Richard said was 3-22-56, are really

No. Sorry. Don Strack From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Rod Miller Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2010 12:44 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re:

Jerry, in 3-56 the lettering was definitely all yellow. By "lubricator data" I assume you mean the stenciling about the test of Kolin patent lubricators. The last line of that stenciling

Jerry, you are a teaser. Every time you show a new decal, I say "Huum. I like that logo( or something). I should build one of those. Jim Hayes Portland Oregon www.sunshinekits.com [Non-text

Hi Folks, Two weeks ago today on November 13th we held the third edition of BC RPM in conjunction with TRAINS 2010 here in Burnaby, British Columbia. Some of my photos are in the link below. I took

Don, do you have any information on the ore cars used by Kennecott in Nevada before they dieselized? I recall a box on a platform, some with outside ribs and some with smooth sides. Sometime after I

I have been trying to locate an HO Atlas 1932 AAR box car, version 1, undecorated, for a kit bashing project. I cannot, for the life of me find one. Were they not released yet? If they were, I

Yes. They were only used in the Bingham Canyon mine, and along the Bingham & Garfield in the steam era (1911-1948), and the Copperton Line in the electric era (1948-1978) and the SD40-2 and GP39-2

Hi Stan, That's where my paint chips also appear page 1235. 1919 Car Builders. I like the terminology that they use to describe some of the colors - "Target Enamels" Rich

Don, nice find. Am I correct to assume these cars would only have been found in captive service between Kennecott mines and the smelter? Regards, Otto

We don't have a complete set, but our 1919 Ninth Edition incldes paint chips from the Patterson-Sargent Co. (B.P.S. Railine paint) It's always fun to show our customers what Pullman Color (not listed

As a result of the excellent hi-res UP pics recently mentioned, Tim O'Conner asked me to do a set for a UP F-70-1 (Walthers or Tichy). Luckily, I had just made a UP font after finding one available

Gentlemen, I am afraid that the point that I really was trying to make has nothing to do with the publication of the photos. It has to do with a publisher flat out refusing to accept corrections for

I believe these cars were in wood veneer service -- the wood was shipped still "green". Great Northern had some single sheathed ex-auto cars in similar service in the 1960's. Steve Solombrino, a UP

Rich, I have a pretty complete set of Car Builders' Cycs. None have paint chips. How did I miss out? Gene Green