Tim O'Connor says: Yes, but that's like saying that UP was an Iowa RR. Mike Brock

Hello JP; Umm, then there would not be 100 cars in the series, only 50. Also IIRC the ORER states when a series in even numbers only. but the car count would make the point anyway. Pieter

Dear Kurt et al, Only one glitch in your email of 18 May, one thing to be mindful of, and that is, here and there are car number series numbered only with even or odd. Just another little bump in the

Mike, Maybe Front Range or McKean did it in the 1980's? Tom casey Hmmm. I've been wondering who did produce it. No One, huh? Strange name...I don't recall it. The car IS real, BTW, Superior door

Continuing that concept Mike, and for what it's worth,CB&Q hopper 194906 was on Rutland Train # 9 on 12/1/50 in Alburgh,Vt.Not a single MP hopper in sight for that whole month.Armand Premo

Seems like the perfect use for Archer rivits to remedy the situation, Tom Casey So much so that it's probably not even worth harvesting the Athearn sides, what with having to do surgery on the door

Dave, The GN 60200 series cars were not straight side sill cars like your Q cars but with fish belly sides and of course rebuilt (from 65500-65699 flats) for TOFC service. The GN had one series of

Tim O'Connor wrote: So much so that it's probably not even worth harvesting the Athearn sides, what with having to do surgery on the door tracks (once known as "track-ectomy") and having

Mike Yes, P2K produced both versions (w/ and w/o end doors) as you describe. It's similar to the Fe-24, but the riveting (panel arrangement) is not exactly correct -- only Athearn's ancient 50 ft

Mike, The MP ran up the EAST side of the Mississippi in Southern Illinois on joint trackage with the Cotton Belt, to reach East St Louis. Tim O'Connor

If we used N-G, we could call it the Glottal Stop Theory of freight cars, in honor of the pronunciation of N-G. Remember the name may be N-G but we can call the name something else (ref Lewis Carroll,

[major snip] Thank you Bill for what appear to be excellent suggestions, which I intend to incorporate just as soon as Martin sees fit to send me my examples (probably not until the fall). Hopefully

Yes, but L&A 12275 also has two couplers, so it cancels out. :-) :-) Tim

Does anyone know if P2k produced the 50 ft auto car with 4/7 side panels, 5/5 ends, without end doors? If so, would not this car be fairly close to a Santa Fe Fe-24? P2k did produce the car with 4/7

In keeping with the rather novel concept of discussing frt cars, I received my copy of Classic Trains In Search of Steam Vol III today. Leafing through the various articles about Pennsy and the B&O I

Thanks to Steve, Tim and Rich. Just thought that car looked interesting enough to make one! Sincerely, Mark Morgan

Dave Nelson wrote: Thanks for the clarification, Dave. I wasn't aware of how it started. So I guess it would be okay to continue saying "Gilbert-Nelson" <g> and indeed, in science the

Not correct. I came up w/ the idea about 15-16 years ago after I built my ORER database. There was plenty of data I could slice and dice any which way I wanted. I posted the original idea on the

But many roads had a car numbered 12275, and any of them would been considered a "hit." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Dear Doug: IMO, this would only require coordination between the Registration person and the Program person with the Program person to be in touch with his or her Presenters letting them know they