I mean I could just as easily have said Missouri Pacific. And then you would have been correct. George Simmons Grandson, Son, Nephew & cousin of MP employees Dry Prong, LA

Tony is being tactful here. I'll be less tactful and point out that, while you can as nostalgic about the model as you like, the Varney tank car was entirely bogus (as was the Walthers re-hash of

. . Tony: Like I said it's kind of silly. As for the photo, I posted it but it's waiting for approval. The size issue though, does raise a problem with doing old kits; it seems the die makers in those

Stephan Parachuk wrote: It's shown on the site as "currently empty," Stephan. If you measure up the car and convert to prototype dimensions, you'll find it's about 11,100 gallons in

forward. John: I just posted a photo in an album called "old cars upgraded" of a 1950s Varney tank car that I updated with improved details. It's kind of silly but I like it anyway. It looks really

John ?? writes: "There are some HO boxcar kits that I assembled in the 1950s that are now in poor condition. I would like to rebuild one or two, and run them on my railroad. Would questions about

John Smith wrote: Absolutely. Fire away. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax,

John,        It would seem to me that updating older car kits from the steam era would be exactly the type of program that would be supported by members of this group.       As an example, I

On Feb 15, 2009, at 8:08 AM, Mike Brock wrote: [plain-text saur-chasm is sometimes ob-tuse] > Yes, that IS a problem. However, not meaning to take sides in the somewhat > unique "Pennsy against the

Richard Hendrickson writes: "See what happens when you try to be sarcastic on the net, Mike? E- mail doesn't transmit tone of voice, so someone is bound to think you're being serious even when what

Now that you mentioned it, seems I had seen a couple of recent pics also in one of the Rail Photo sites. I knew they were fairly recent, cause they had AEI data tags on the sides, although those came

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the STMFC group. File : /Helium car reduced.jpg Uploaded by : richyoda

Greetings. I just joined in December. Interesting group. So far, my freight car modeling experience is limited to kit assembly. Going further will be a learning experience, to which I'm looking

Fred, It took Mike a long time to see the light about Pennsy cars. Must be too many long days in the sun at Sherman Hill! Tom Olsen Newark, Delaware, 19711-7479

Claus, Thank you for both developing this helpful tool and most importantly for sharing it with others for both critique and use. Do you model B&O Steam Era Freight Cars? I sure could use some

next Jan." Shake-N-Take until later... Boy, that's one I want for my Alma branch layout. Jared Harper Athens, GA

Claus, let me help identify one photo on the Westerfield CD. It is not a very clear in the Westerfield collection, being washed out on the upper part of the tank, but Kaminski has a very clear photo

No, actually, I didn't know that. But then, I'm only interested in the ATSF and UP cars, as cement hoppers from other RRs would have been as rare on the LA Division's Third District in 1947 as

Turns out you're right, Brian, and I apologize for misleading you. Have you tried ABE? Richard Hendrickson

See what happens when you try to be sarcastic on the net, Mike? E- mail doesn't transmit tone of voice, so someone is bound to think you're being serious even when what you're writing is patently