thompson@... writes: April 1952 ORER SHPX 25306 is indeed a 70 ton 1958cf covered hopper Rich Orr ************** Need a job? Find an employment agency near you.

Walt, I don't think that either of those is a steam era freight car and therefore they are not within the purview of this list. You might want to ask on a list that considers a more modern era

The new Athearn 20900 gal non-insulated tank is almost I dentical to the Atlas 20,700 gal tank but is about 8 feet shorter. Is either correct? Walt Gay

I see where I misunderstood Richard: the thread started talking about WWII war emergency cars but I'm sure his comment was about the ACF covered hoppers. His announcement IS good news to me as a MP

Yes as already commented. I had an interesting with Frank that he had recently been out to California and knew Randy Wilson who cut the tooling for Des Plains' Viking roof and the shop that molded

HUH? Best of my knowledge, MP didn't own any did you mean NP perhaps? Sometimes you have to monitor the muckrackers as well.... <G> Jerry Glow wrote:

Steve, How about starting with something sticky on the wheel face and around the journals, maybe brushed-on Floquil grimy black. Then blow or sprinkle on some sort of fine powder, say coarsely-ground

There have been some nice photos posted in the albums lately that show more prototype STMFC gunky trucks and wheels. "qrailroadman" has posted several of a truck that has been sitting around a while,

Thank you .12/50

I can probably give you some help here, Armand, if you'll specify the approximate date for which you want this information. Richard Hendrickson

Mont Switzer, please contact me off list, _rutlandrs@... (mailto:rutlandrs@...) , re, IH truck article. Thanks, Chuck Hladik **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in

John, you write: "Since my first kitbashing project is (was?) to be a rebuild of an Varney boxcar that I built in the 1950s, I had doubts about whether discussion of that would be appropriate for

Group,I am seeking information as to the type and capacity of the following tank cars :GATX 32071 ,4251 :SHPX 25306 ,3285 : UTLX 99988 ,92725 :PGX 54 :PQX 54.Any help will be appreciated.Armand

CDs. what you are looking for other than by labor-intensive means. Hi Claus This is superb! Thank you very much for doing this and making it available to us all. Best wishes, Larry Ostresh Laramie,

Stephan, I hope you won't take Richard's criticism personally and leave this group. Richard is a actually a gracious gentleman, and is very generous sharing his vast collection of photos, data, and

I'm relatively new here, and posted the first message in this thread. Since my first kitbashing project is (was?) to be a rebuild of an Varney boxcar that I built in the 1950s, I had doubts about

--- In STMFC@..., "jmsmith871" <jmsmith87@...> wrote: in part.... > > There are some HO boxcar kits that I assembled in the 1950s that are > now in poor condition. I would like to

Robert Federle wrote: Read the goals of the list. This group is specifically NOT just to have "Fun" doing what we want. It is about prototype freight cars, and of course you may have noticed

Sure did, and specifically in Tacoma. See: http://search.tpl.lib.wa.us/southsound/southsound.asp?now=26-June-2001 Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla. produced. inspection, coast cars least, by

I agree. With the cost of some moddels today what better way to learn and practice technique than to dig out an old car and see how prototypic and / or realistic you can make it. I have been an