Guys, The MTH USRA hopper photos have been approved and should be in the STMFC photo section shortly. Mike Brock STMFC Owner

Glue together some bird seed and paint them purple-brown and dirt. Al Kresse

Thanks for going the extra effort. I'm not about to strip a model that finely detailed so unless they offer my road (MP) or undec, I'll pass. I can't believe they would do ficticious roads but not

Does anyone know the colors used for the Kingan's Meat reefers for their ads up to and including WWII or on their billboard reefers? Larry Sexton _,_._,___

Thanks, Randy. It's bothersome that it appears that the paint is already chipping on the hand grabs, and there is evidence of a finger print on the end. Can you tell us if the fingerprint is yours, or

Photos are here for now: http://www.flickr.com/photos/16761215@N02/sets/72157625651838888/ Randy

Yep, I figured I'd post them here so folks wouldn't have to leave the site. I didn't realize they wouldn't be available right away. I'm not sure if I'll get a chance before Christmas, but I'll try to

I had the same problem locating them. I think he posted them in the photos section here but they haven't "passed inspection" yet as the folder is empty. Jerry Glow

Dear Randy Are your photos posted somewhere. I tried your website and if they are there I could not find them. Thank you for your review. Bill Welch

Thanks for all the assistance. Looks like I'm going to have to do my own beets. John

Jack http://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=+inauthor:%22Rodger+Ballast+Car+Company%22 Google Books knows about the pamphlet, but unfortunately does not offer a preview. But there are some Railway

Did anyone send a private email to the second of the two addies that Jack provided for contact info? I would like to order two but did not get a reply yet. Victor Baird Fort Wayne, Indiana

All of the talk about which railroads had Hart Ballast cars reminded me that I have a photocopy of a Rodger Ballast Car Co. pamphlet from around 1906. At that time, there were several variations of

BullWinkle: Nice try but we are not buying it. <vbg> Paul C. Koehler _____ From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of brianleppert@... Sent: Tuesday,

Well, since I hadn't seen anybody posting on these, I was wondering how well they were done. So I picked one up. I had to special order it, since none of the shops in my area carry MTH HO models. I

Richard, I'm truly sorry. And I had the book laying right in front of me when I made the post. Any chance I can claim the cover is mis-captioned? <grin> Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

But how is the caption for that photo? KL

In a message from George Wolfford, retired Ashland Kentucky newspaper reporter and friends of many local railroad and chem industry retirees got responses mostly saying that security was so tight

I know that the GTW had some. Mainline Modeler ran an article on these cars along with Robert Smith HO scale CAD drawings in the March, 1989 issue. The GTW cars were built September, 1927, numbers

Upon further Investigation, the NP Hart cars are different. There is one fewer side panels. One survives in WA. The NP equipped a rather large number of these with rollers, and used them in long