Jerry I don't know what the selling agreement is -- ask Ron! :-) IRC has Bethlehem, Tichy, Red Caboose, et al for sale as well. I think CCS is Ron Sebastian's name for his custom tooling, but the

Say guys, are there any accurate models out there of a Swift Meat reefer? I cannot find any....in plastic anyway. I am needing a few that would have been around in the late 30's to mid 40's. In

There is a photo of coke fuel on Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke_%28fuel%29 Jack Burgess www.yosemitevalleyrr.com

So... you think a dark gray ballast (basalt rock) from AZ-Rock would do? Is HO scale ballast about the right size for coke? (I'm asking because I just finished my B&O O-27 gondola w/ coke

I wouldn't say silvery... it's not shiney at all, and nowhere near that light in color. I remember handling it for my neighbor's forge when I was a kid. If I had to match it for color, I'd say

By 1978 I remember swithcing 50' double door cars with Christmas trees.  But again very old and on there last legs.  Some may not have made the empty return trip.   Bill Vaughn

Bill There is already an online list in the STMFC Files web page. It may not be 100% current but it's close, based on what I saw at Naperville. Tim O'Connor

Right, CCS is custom Intermountain tooling. DPH also has a line of custom tooled S scale models. I believe it was DPH who had the Viking roof made for the Red Caboose 1937 box cars. I wish more

Petroleum coke is a dark, inky black and is "fine" material. I'll go with Eric on coal coke until someone comes up with a color photo :-) If you want to see coke go to Google news and look at

I think the B&O car is accurate... but is the NYC flat ok? B&O http://www.imrcmodels.com/ho/html/48753.htm NYC http://www.imrcmodels.com/ho/html/48752.htm Thanks Tim O'Connor

If one wanted to model coke, say to fill the Walthers coke containers, what material would one use, and what color would it be? Thanks! Jerry Michels Jerry: Coke is usually a light grey, silvery

Richard Wilkens wrote: I've never seen anything in photos except box cars. SP publicity photos often showed box cars being either loaded or unloaded, and were included in their Christmas

I worked as a switchman in L.A. from 1970-1984 and at least up until 1975 we would handle box cars only loaded with Christmas trees beginning in late November up until mid December for Safeway and

I just decaled one side of the gon and about had a heart attack. The New Date on the decal sheet is 1957. I model 54. But, a quick glance at the prototype photos showed one with a reweigh date of

Yes I did and still waiting for the decals to arrive. Charlie Slater To: STMFC@... From: Bruce_Griffin@... Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:45:30 +0000 Subject: [STMFC] WrightTrak B&O

Jerry, AFAIK, Centrailia is still owned by Des Plaines Hobbies.  See: http://www.desplaineshobbies.com/store/ Jim Brewer Glenwood MD

Clark, I purchased this kit, as well as their NS low side gondola kit at Naperville; my kits appear to contain all the parts, even those that you are missing.  However, both contain the same sheet

Could anyone suggest where I might find good (as in, good for making a model with) drawings of the Type X underframe? Thanks. Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC

There isn't yet but soon will be if a certain unnamed keeper of the Sunshine website gets off his butt and gets busy. That unnamed person has photos of all Stan's built up kits and a web page

I'm guessing shipping by rail was most of Dec. (maybe late Nov.) until the 25. It seems that ** trees were put up differently in the steam era than now. I remember ours went up the 24th and came