Dear list: I have a "Q" that maybe one of the C&NW aficionadoes can answer: Were any of the C&NW's War Emergency boxcars lettered in any other scheme than the "Route of the 400" prior to their

A quick question---which versions of this car are actually correct for which roads? I get the impression that this model is accurate for very few roads. Thanks in advance, Steve Lucas.

Al, Brad Pitt doesn't look like you today, but give him time... :) Regards, -Jeff Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 2:02 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC]

Ed - And I thought I looked like Brad Pitt! - Al Westerfield

Guys, From what I understand, the executor of Don Ball, Jr.'s estate has parceled out the negatives to various organizations, according to roadname. For example, the

We both wear glasses, both like freight cars, both like model railroading and HO scale, both have some connection to the Bronx (so a lot of you would think we speak with an accent) and both wear out

rwitt_2000 wrote: Not entirely. The SRHA has his Southern Railway negatives/slides. -- Frank Greene Memphis, TN

I just looked at the photo and I concur with Steve that the medallion appears to be solid red, not an outline. There is no date in the caption. Chet French Dixon, IL

Jon Miller wrote: 47) FWIW, Don Ball's railroad photograph collection is located in the University of Connecticut Library. http://doddcenter.uconn.edu/findaids/Ball/MSS20030093.html He didn't take

--- On Wed, 7/7/10, Aley, Jeff A <Jeff.A.Aley@...> wrote: I believe it's on p 74 of said book. CJ Riley   <I was unable to find the Don Ball, Jr. photo that you cited;

Steve, I was unable to find the Don Ball, Jr. photo that you cited; could you please double-check? I ask because I am the person who scanned [most of] the Don Ball, Jr. photo

3.4. Re: Rock Island aluminum box cars Posted by: "Anthony Thompson" thompson@... sigpress Tue Jul 6, 2010 9:40 pm (PDT) Decals? Romanticize? H-mmmm. Clear as mud. The Varney

there was Thought I had that book for a minute but turned out I have his "colorful railroads" published in '78! :-) -- Jon Miller For me time stopped in 1941 Digitrax--Chief/Zephyr systems, JMRI

Were there not some "higher average running speed" truck journal issues with using freight car journal ratings in passenger car usage? Al Kresse

The Varney herald has a solid red background, which does NOT match photos, in that the heralds in photos all look definitely to be outline only, not with a filled field. Tony

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I have been away for a week or so. At one point, I was able to read some of this discussion. Tim pulled up an old (2003) email from Doc Denny and I was thinking he would find another in that stream

Ed Hawkins wrote: Amen. Varney is known to have done this in other cases, such as the car-length "wing" scheme for SP Overnights, which Varney knew had never been put on a car, but did the

Tom, I personally wouldn't trust the Varney decal sheet to be a guide for accurate colors for these cars because, at the very least, the red Rock Island medallion was inaccurate for the

Tom Maddens wrote: The Varney herald has a solid red background, which does NOT match photos, in that the heralds in photos all look definitely to be outline only, not with a filled