Does anybody have a valid telephone number for SC&F? I was attempting to order a couple of their tank cars this evening and found their web sites of no use. Thanks, Mark Feddersen

Taking Denis' suggestion... I PhotoShopped down to 26th Street... dirtied-up the SFRD car a bit, and washed the PFE reefer next to it. Resulting comparison clip is pending

Here in Australia, I use PPG "General Purpose Lacquer Thinners" for Floquil. I spoke to PPG tech support and they said it was basically acrylic lacquer thinners, and is typically used in the

And how many are home road cars? Um, zero? Walt Lankenau

Tony wrote: Note that the year you are modeling makes a difference. I've argued this in the past with Richard, referencing Al Rose color photos of the YV in the early 1940s. I model 1939 (much

Denis Blake wrote: Right, Denis, that be would the color I expect and believe was correct. Might as well. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

Tony: I have tried to, but they look odd. I think Richard has said most steam era modelers need to weather a more of their fleets heavily. Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY

Tony If you use PhotoShop you can color correct them to get the color you want on those fine PFE reefers. Denis Blake Marysville, OH

And ohmugawd, there's some kind of boxcab diesel switcher behind the curved building over on the left. At least, I think so. What else could it be? Certainly not a steam era freight car, I'll

No, Ed, it's on the right(ish). I guess the foam got to my brain. Ed Edward Sutorik

I do some poking around the site and came up this amazing photo. http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/bedt/BEDTAerialPhoto1949.html Denis Blake North Hamlet Shops, OH

Note that the PFE reefers are so dirty as to resemble the box cars in B&W. How many of you have modeled reefers this dirty? Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906

Al does excellent decal work all around; I'll upload a photo to my album of an HO Imperial Oil (Esso's Canadian licencee) tankcar lettered using his decals. With the closing out of C-D-S, Al's decals

And it even has the mandatory CN 40' steel boxcar! :) Seriously, it's a nice mix of cars. Steve Lucas.

Paul Kattner wrote: Very nice find, Paul, and aerial shots are always interesting. (I wouldn't call a nice illustration of free-running box cars a "dog's breakfast," though.) I note that only

Also the Soo Line "sawtooth" boxcar one track out from the left end of the near building. Dennis

GREAT picture! I see over on the left one of the GN boxcars with the orange sides. Neat! And over on the left is an SAL 40' double door box (see Red Caboose). And that's just the

This is an interesting photo of the B&O's 26th St terminal in New York which shows a dog's breakfast of boxcars and a few reefers. The AT&SF plug door reefer is especially

Thanks, Richard! And...I just happen to have one of Al's decals on hand. Bill Darnaby Al Ferguson at Black Cat Decals in Canada has an excellent

All Given the fair number of recent comments on STMFC regarding the PRR freight car in Jim Lancaster's image at: http://www.geocities.com/jim_lancaster.geo/cp/cajon_pass_6-64_05_jl_ps.jpg (from his