can different Well . . . OK if you say so. All the taconite I've seen has been rusty red. But in any event, the blueness is on the inside of the car at the top of the side sheets, uniform (more or

Many thanks to Tony Thompson, Tom Madden, and Al Campbell for clarifying that "C" type cars are "Coal" cars - meaning gons and hoppers. I spot checked the car numbers provided in the four different

It depends on the heat source used. When I was a little kid, I remember seeing a fire on the RR tracks across the street from the store my dad and I were in. Dad said they were thawing coal cars. The

Thank you, Tim. I can believe what you say without doing the Photoshop experiment, because in my other avocation, easel painting, the Impressionists and Josef Albers are some of my heroes. However,

--- In STMFC@..., "Schuyler Larrabee" Some ores of iron are blue in color. Taconite certainly is, and some natural ores were, too. Dennis

--- In STMFC@..., "Schuyler Larrabee" Some ores of iron are blue in color. Taconite certainly is, and some natural ores were, too. Dennis

Looking at that photo, I would be more tempted to think that the charring of the end of that particular car was the result of that bane of the industry at the time... a hotbox. If the car needed

wrote: standard PRR freight recollection of a very recent load. Even today, this is braking). the cars that look was too aggressive Interesting observations, Dale. The one I find interesting is the

One has a lot of leeway in matching STMFC colours. Group, The hopper behind the one being loaded has "two" colors on one car, and it triggered a recollection of a very recent conversation with modern

Builder's photos for the horizontally braced hopper cars are available from Keith Retterer: New York, Susquehanna & Western 10000, dated 3/1912 is number 561 Erie 31000, dated 2/1914 is photo number

Thanks, Bob, another reason I need your book. It's on my Christmas list. I was about halfway through the research I needed to do. SGL hat-shaped horizontal ribbed Company. The Erie with car

The Z-section horizontal ribbed hopper cars were built by Standard Steel. The pressed-steel, hat-shaped horizontal ribbed hopper cars were built by the Pressed Steel Car Company. The Susquehanna

Many military vehicles use an olive green-type color. Adding white to lighten usually doesn't work well, as you found. The solution that has developed over the years is to use a WW II German color

A good place to start with older grey-greens is to assume that it is likley to comprise a basic mix of black, yellow and white which may be adjusted with a few more expensive pigments. The original

I haven't tried to "chalk" stencilled lettering, but I do try to make chalk *marks* look like they've smeared a bit. For carmen's marks I use Sunshine decals, over which I put a little white powdered

Hello Larry: I've been going through some B&M conductor books that date to 1944 and also some that go back to 1925 and find that "C" cars are indeed a mix of both hoppers and gons. I guess if you

What I was looking for when I wanted a paint alternative to Accupaint (and >>really<< need now!) was the light gray-green used in the horizontal band on ERIE passenger equipment. Some

Hi Eric, There were two series of horizontal rib cars. The first was built with channels for the horizontal ribs. That proved to be problematic, as the channels trapped water, and that combined

Tim,       Excellent points!   Bob McCarthy