Elden,            I need to ask at this point >>> in 1942, Scully yard on the Panhandle had 6 tracks added on to for the purpose of inspecting grain shipments before passing through Pitts.

Dave; Too familiar.... I have dreams in which I am building resin kits...difficult kits. Then I wake up in a cold sweat. Elden "fallin off the wagon" Gatwood

Hi Group, I have -- or had might be a better word -- a plan that I put in place some years ago. I allow only one shelf for unbuilt kits. When that shelf is full that means that a kit has to be

Ralph; I cannot tell you with certainty, but for comparison, the PRR did not haul food products in covered hoppers until much later, and only then, in giant new covered hoppers like the

Dave, you are not alone, I can help. If any of those addictions are Burlington or Rock Island I would be happy to share your pain. Signed: No chance of recovery in South Holland Rob Manley

I built the piolet model for Martin, and he only sent the Youngstown doors. Charlie Slater To: STMFC@... From: heninger@... Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 02:43:10

Martin usually doesn't sell the decals from the new kits for about a year. When a decal runs out sometimes it means the end of production for that kit because of the minimum order required to have

Garth Groff wrote: Remember CN was GTW's parent, and the car may have been loaded on CN somewhere. I don't know why meat would be shipped to California for export, as Canada has perfectly

Me, too!

Tony, Do you think the GTW cars also carried meat, or might they have been in some other service? If so, does anyone on this list know of a major meat packer in GTW territory who might have shipped

Don't remember it being mentioned but Westerfield sells decals too! They appear to be all $4 but I didn't check every one. Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has stopped in 1941 Digitrax, Chief/Zephyr

Garth Groff wrote: Garth, by far the predominant use of those 8-hatch cars was for export meat, either to Canadian ports to go overseas, or to the U.S. You're right about the empty probably

If I recall correctly there was a message in this group several months ago that InterMountain was tooling a roof with inverted T-section roof seams for their 1958 cu ft covered hoppers. I tried but I

Ralph Heiss wrote: A perfectly reasonable question, Ralph, and though I don't know about NYC specifically, the early covered hoppers were VERY dominantly assigned to cement service. Some

Me: "Hi, My name is Dave. I buy kits of steam era freight cars... resin kits". Audience: "Hi Dave". Me: "I started slow, buying just a few and actually building the kits, but as time went on I was

Sunshine decal only orders are faster. Occasionally only a month. I don't know of any restriction on buying decals from new kits. Jim Hayes Portland Oregon www.sunshinekits.com

Thanks Al and Jim. That figures, I am just wrapping up scratchbuilding the sides for my B5 and the kit is announced. Wonder if Martin will sell me decals for his newest releases. I am glad to know

I'll be your sponsor. Step one is to send all your resin kits to me. Jim Hayes Portland Oregon www.sunshinekits.com

I think we should rename this group "Resin Cars Anonymous" ... any one want to be my "sponsor"? Only thing is ... twelve steps won't be near enough.

Of course, if rules were followed, the choice of route and destination were limited because of tariffs and other regs. re crossing the border.   One of the rules I don't have any insight into is how