I have asked him and he said that he had someone in mind.  I am still up for the task.   Dennis

Alan, I seem to recall that someone did take over the site; I can't recall who it was; Ted had indicated with his Speedwitch Media obligations, he really didn't have the time to maintain the

Would Ted Be willing to have someone take over the site? Alan -- -- Alan Palmer http://rrgeekdev.googlepages.com/home

Tony: Spam must be unevenly distributed. The Central Vermont Historical Society has had their email shut down for quite a while now due to excessive spam. Why anyone would do this to a model railroad

OK, so if the cars did not go offline in the 1950s, were they used to exclusively distribute Keebler products from Denver to other points in Colorado and Utah? Or large shipments from Denver to

Tom Olsen wrote: I don't doubt your word, Tom, but I'm astonished to hear this. Signature Press has had a web site for a dozen years, and yes, there is some spam, but hardly enough to

One big reason that Ted discontinued keeping the website up was that it was garnering a large amount of spam. With the other things that he was doing, it was not worth his time to continue adding to

[I]t's sad to My thoughts exactly. I'm glad it's still there, but disappointed that it's not been continued, even at a lower level of activity. SGL E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor

Andy Miller wrote: Very nice model of an interesting car, Andy. But it's sad to visit the Steam Era Freight Cars site these days, and find VERY little that postdates 2003. I know Ted has an

Sorry Fred, It's already spoken for. Jim Hayes Portland Oregon www.sunshinekits.com

Tony and group. As a follow up on the discussion of cleaning reefers. On My Railroad I have a Printing Works due to this discussion the PFE Reefers that go to the Produce shed, after cleaning, will

Armand Premo wrote: "Did you bring any kits with you? <G>" As a matter of fact, but only some shake the box kits and styrene models to refurbish. (Resin kits by mail are a non-starter as

I kitbashed one of these in HO several years ago. A picture and brief description of its construction can be found at: http://www.steamfreightcars.com/modeling/models/millera/ebax3064main.html It

Hey Ben, Been there, done that. It's an utterly exhausting life. The tax-free pay can't be beat though. Let me know if you need me to send you anything. Are you doing any modeling over

Very likely off the mines served by the Northern Pacific: either Black Diamond/Ravensdale on the NP main line about 20 miles east of Auburn or the Wilkeson/Carbonado area, on a branch line in the

Wow, Ben. I am a former Air Force Brat!, Dads last stationing Tehran Iran. We lived there, Mom, Bill and myself. Not in battle but we had to be careful where we went. Bless you as you are

Jim,          I'm sure I can find a use for it. Fred Freitas Bennington, VT prrinvt@... ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Saturday, July 4, 2009

Richard Hendrickson wrote: I completely agree. I remember as a teenage modeler, buying Ulrich coal hopper kits because they were so cool and so unusual. I can't remember ever seeing that type

Tim O'Connor wrote: You're absolutely right, Tim, but most modelers have such poor resistance to impulse purchases that the usual problem is very much the reverse. Only the very (and very

Of course. But if the issue is whether eastern coal hoppers were rare to the point of being almost non-existent on the west coast, your photo of an LV hopper at Mason City proves nothing. How far