Fellow Freight car Fanatics, I am modeling 1953. Upon a careful reading of the captions(!) in the Morning Sun Reefer book by the esteemed Gene Green, I see that the Soo URTX reefers were rebuilt

Now that (thanks to The List) acquired the kit from the UPHS and a copy of Richard Hendrickson's article I have one more question. Did the Up cars use the same unique air hose brackets that the SP

.....and Erie's classic 67,000 series of wood stock cars rebuilt from auto cars in 1931. The diagonals are slightly assymetical (maybe some were reused from the original cars). The cars had board

--- In STMFC@..., Bruce Smith <smithbf@...> wrote I can't locate the issue but F,D & S (Flags, Diamonds & Statues from the Anthracite society) had an article on rebuilding RDG hoppers and

Riley, I offer an HO scale 50-ton Double Truss truck with that spring package. If you would like more info, please contact me OFF LIST at brianleppert@... Brian Leppert Tahoe Model

Can anyone direct me to a source and/or an STMF email message about this subject? Thanks, Riley Kinney

Folks, A friend and I were having a discussion on modeling the READING hopper fleet, especially circa 1940-44 (he models 1940, and I 1944). I had a couple of questions regarding various READING

Tim, A big hint might be that the folder is "Railshops Projects by Chris" not "Chris"... That would be Chris Zygmunt of Railshop Inc ;^) Regards Bruce Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

Someone has a folder called "Chris" in the photos section with some beautiful models including a Sunshine ATSF stock car and a Railshops PRR H30 -- My question: Chris Who?? The paint job on the

Especially since some of these were pretty trivial "rebuilds" of composite boxcars, amounting to replacing siding, renewing flooring (as needed?), and providing slatted doors. Whether capitalized or

From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Bruce Smith Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 2:30 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: livestock shipments

Thanks so much Ian! Just what I needed. Bill

Richard Hendrickson wrote: "Railroads that followed that practice included the Santa Fe, Great Northern, Union Pacific, Chicago & Northwestern, Rio Grande, Rock Island, New York Central, Grand

I'm missing the July & October 1945 issues, but the others show: FGEX or FOBX 775-799 not listed (4/45), ... (1/46) FGEX 4000-4174 1 (10/44) FGEX or FOBX 4000-4174 6 (1/45), 56 (4/45), 175

Here you go Bill... BREX 5000-5059 ... (1/57), 24 (4/57), 60 (7/57), 60 (10/57), 60 (1/58) BREX 5060-5069 ... (1/57), ... (4/57), 10 (7/57), 10 (10/57), 10 (1/58) FGEX 10000-10099 ... (1/57),

Gentlemen: Until I can add FGE/WFE/BRE/NX pages for the 1957 (and probably 1958) ORER's, I would like some more help related to my Cocoa Beach Presentation with a few series of 50-foot

Dennis Storzek wrote: Sure, it was a cheaper way to obtain stock cars vs. new cars, but not because of the taxes. That's what Richard pointed out and I was just agreeing with him. Tony

Richard Hendrickson wrote: "Railroads that followed that practice included the Santa Fe, Great Northern, Union Pacific, Chicago & Northwestern, Rio Grande, Rock Island, New York Central, Grand

Except for something as rough and crude as a stockcar, it was still advantageous to rebuild a car and capitalize a small amount rather than capitalize the larger cost of a new car. The math likely no

But in the '60s, not during the period covered by this list, n'est ce pas? Richard Hendrickson