Back home with references now.. In 1958 and 1959 seven New Haven 17300-series 70-ton flats were converted with the application of lading band anchors and bulkheads by Pullman at Worcester, MA to

Hello I am ready to paint a tichy HO scale 36 inch ice dock. I am planning to paint the dock the PFE Standard Exterior Gray shown on page 419 in the book PACIFIC FRUIT EXPRESS-Second Edition. I

I remember seeing, either on this or another list, a depressed center flat car with a specially built wood enclosure complete with overhanging side air vents (similar to the radiator overhang on later

Hi John, That's what I'm seeing in my own ORER research. I'm giving a clinic at Naperville next weekend on the remnants of the short boxcar fleet in the USA and Canada after WWII. I used the

Peter, MM had a B&M car in it which had the same ends as NH but was a welded car. The plans are real good for us that are trying to model the ends. Jim Evans

Would relative age of cars on a specific railroad, say the Erie vs. the Santa Fe, be a great part of this story? It would seem that the Depression did two things, make a large number of old cars

Hi Folks I just finished transcribing portions of the February 1932 ORER into an Excel spreadsheet (U.S. box, auto and ventilator car interior dimensions, capacities, and number of cars, by series)

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 : /Number_of_boxcars_by_road_and_length_1932-1950.xls

"Surfing" was very common in this yard. I fact it was required! This was a hump yard without retarders. Therefore a Hump Rider (brakeman) was required on each cut of cars. Howard Garner

Fascinating stuff, with lots of STMFC content. I'm not sure about surfing on the tops of boxcars, but it seems to have been a commmon practice in this

Sorry that message was meant for the MOPAC Group. Response from this group would (I assume) be enormous. Jerry Glow

Who plans to attend? It would be nice to know so we can look for each other. I will be driving up with a friend. Lee Freeman had plans to attend as he missed the MPHS meet but had to cancel Naperville

WrightTRAK will be there and we will take checks, credit cards and good ole fashioned green backs. Denis Blake One of the WrightTRAK Guys

Between checks and cash, I have never had any problems with purchases. Even at Bobs Photos, I have written checks in the past. I won't argue with Bruce Smith though, this may be something new. Other

Robert, Bob's is a cash only operation. Many of the other vendors will take credit cards, such as Westerfield and F&C. Sunshine takes checks. Regards Bruce Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

I've thought it but haven't decided yet... Jack

Hello, I was hoping I could prevail on the experience of the Naperville veterans in the group. What forms of payment do the vendors (especially Bob's Photos and Jay Williams, etc.) take

Jack, I picked up a MEW car some time ago with thoughts of rebuilding. Have you considered an article on your project? Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has stopped in 1941 Digitrax, Chief/Zephyr

Robert wrote: When I read this last night and other comments about not seeing the piston rod at all except for when the body was being dumped, I thought that I'd need to rebuild my model this

I must be the only member of this group who has loaded giraffes onto a railroad car. This was in East Africa on the metre gauge East African Railways in 1969/70. We did not sedate them, they are