I have a photo of GARX 1503, a 36' wood RSM leased to the Wimp Packing Co., a small packing house in the Chicago area named for its owner. The reweigh date on the car appears to be 1956, so that

It has been a VERY long time since I've done this, but: at one time there was a graphics house I used professionally for printing architectural drawings that had a process whereby they could

Peter Ness wrote: Peter, SP bought some G85s in 1960, which IS in scope. SInce the G85 was a dual-purpose car, intended to handle Clejan trailers as well as non-Clejan trailers, I'd doubt that

I am not sure if this is within the scope of the group because I an working from an undated photo. Yes, the name intrigues me, and it is photographed in Boston, MA on the New Haven. Can anyone

I am looking for information on G85 TOFC's ca. 1962-3 which is beyond the scope of this group. If there is anyone who may be able to answer some questions please contact me off

I built one of the Branchline 50 ft Seaboard welded side boxcars some time ago. In looking at the car this evening it bothers me that the Plano roof walk is popping off (this was before Dr Denny

Thanks Cyril and Tim, It's for December 1945 build date. I'll look at my Sunshine papers and try to decipher who might be doing their decals and see what luck I have getting an O scale one out of

TCM showed a bunch of early RKO films this morning including Carnival Boat. Don't be fooled by the title. The story takes place in a real logging camp with lots of detail, including a saddletank

Jim, I was hoping you would chime in. I was curious if you had found any correspondence in the NP archives about this topic. The trainmaster I had corresponded with did mention that the GN

Red Caboose is moving again, and is having an across the board blowout sale with steep discounts for customers and dealers. Steam era cars to look for include a post 1952 SP AAR boxcar, another PRR

Bill is right, although by 1959 (if not sooner) there were cars with the twin horizontal black stripes lettered RBNX that had prominent stencils indicating "Leased to" a railroad. I am looking at a

Sunshine (I think) offers builder stencils for ACF that include the plant data. And for other builders too. Tim O'Connor

No. The Santa Fe Ft-V class had 70 ton Barber S-2 trucks. Richard Hendrickson

A related question. were the same trucks used on the Santa Fe FT- V 70 ton flat cars in the 91500 series?

What time period.  Art Griffin may have one from the earlier time periods.   Cyril Durrenberger

Based on a message from Central Hobby Supply, I noticed on thier site that Athearn plans to release undecorated kits in thier first run of their new Airslide model and I have ordered four. In case

The is answer not in the era that is the subject and coverage of this group. Bill Welch

Howdy, I am in need of an ACF St. Louis plant builders stencil decal in white but I haven't had much luck finding a decal set that has one. Has anybody seen one? It's actually for an O scale ITC

Frank Angsted from Intermountain ordered these trucks for me directly from China. IM will eventually package some and offer them for sale, but in the meantime, these trucks are available from me at

--- In STMFC@..., "railsnw1" <railsnw@...> wrote: Nice display of a grain elevator and single sheathed Wabash boxcar. http://rypn.sunserver.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=27262 Richard