Ray is essentially correct, though the conversions actually started somewhat earlier than 1959; the 10/58 ORER shows 19 cars, 34890-34899 (10) and 34990-34999 (9), XM class with 6' wide doors. I

Dave, thank you, really appreciate the photos. We hope to make it next year. John Spencer's models sure look nice, right up my alley,B&O my favorite. Mark Morgan

I also wanted to comment on this past Naperville and say I had a good time. The pace was a little less crammed than last year, and as others have said attendance seemed down a little from previous

Dave the four photos between Stan pictures and Jeff Eggert's models are mine. I forgot to make labels. Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY prrk41361@... From: STMFC@...

Thank you Rob, great post. I've had a good experience with Polly Scale as well, using many of the precautions you described so thoroughly. When I first open a jar, I throw a half-dozen BBs in and

Forgot to include the link http://www.pbase.com/dh30973/naperville10 Dave

http://mopac51.tripod wrote: Charlie, The cars were originally built by Mount Vernon in 1929 as IC 162401-162650. In circa 1942 the cars were re# to 40250-40499 as part of a massive system

Amen to that. This was my first Naperville (brought the wife too and she liked it as well). We hope to be there again next year. "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance

Hi Charlie, It looks like this conversion is outside of the scope of this group. My 1954 IC car diagram book doesn't show any of these cars converted into single door cars (34990-34999 with the left

I finally got my pictures from Naperville put together in the usual pBase gallery. This is most of the models on display. I was fighting low battery in my flash near the end and might have missed a

Hello Group, I am looking to develop a GN freight car roster for September 1949, and I am hoping someone on this list has either the last issue of 1949 or the first issue of 1950 and would be

October 1989 Railmodel Journal (on page 45) shows an IC SS DD boxcar converted into a single door car (IC 34899). Does anyone on the list know when IC started this program. I model circa 1954 and

you sure about that? :-)

try rhinman@... Roger Hinman

I was told by Joe that it would be the first weekend in October. There was a problem with the hotel and dates. Scott Kremer

Bruce and Ben-- Thanks for the quick and comprehensive info, gentlemen! I have a Bowser H21, a Bowser GLa, and a Westerfield GLa to build. The Westerfield GLa is by far the nicest work of the lot.

I'm looking to contact Roger Hinman offline. He had a wonderfully informative presentation on NYC Coal Cars and it seems to me that the C&O's and NYC's early-steel thru WW2 type hopper car purchases

TVI is an oddball designation, turning up only in the mid- to late-1960s (1966-1968 for sure). The definition is: Tank car equipped with insulated container having an inner and outer shell with a

Clark Propst wrote: Nope. By 1970 all the AAR Mechanical Designations for tank cars had been simplified to "T" for all cars. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

Tanks for the quick responce Tony! He models 1972, so TVI may not have been invented yet during the time of this list? Clark Propst