That didn't take long...Denis was the first to ask for it and also promised to use it. Jack Burgess www.yosemitevalleyrr.com

Attendees at Naperville this year received a Mini-Kit for converting a Red Caboose box car to a GM&O 1940/1942 ACF box car. The kit includes decals, a jig to build the unique ladders, and

Earl, THANK YOU for putting together the article. It was very well done and I learned a lot. Allen Cain

Hi Richard, Thanks for the explanation re: modeling an earlier ACF type tank car. Based on my limited capabilities (currently I can handle a limited scope of "rectangular" cars like some boxes,

Thank You for posting this. I plan on casting flat boxcar ends but your article takes casting to the next Level. Sincerely, Mark Morgan [Non-text portions of this

Denny and Group, Denny I was really surprised by your negative comments regarding the HiTech air hoses. Surprised, because after completing a half dozen models, I absolutely love these new HiTech

Denny, I'm still using my cuttings from Micro-bulbs or other such wiring. It's shapeable and sturdy. Don't know about the attachment to the new bracket, but angle cocks fit ok, you can cut

James, I can probably tell you a lot about the car if you could send me a scan of the photo. Unfortunately, the ORER entries for many tank car owners were not very informative, and that's the

Accurate enough for mid 50's. Arnold van Heyst Netherlands.http://www.flickr.com/photos/heyst/

Continuing a mild obsession of both creating much more accurate prototypical detailing for the ends of our steam era freight cars, AND retaining good reliable handling and operating characteristics

All of the feed mills I've been in had boilers but were gas-fired. Possibly in this particular case they were fired with fuel oil. One possibility. Frank Fertitta and concern parked are,

I think, given the recent discussion regarding resin parts, that it is worth mentioning that the YAHOO groups: "casting" and "hobbicast"; are online groups similar to this one. Their 8,000 members are

Oops, got the dates backward. CSOX 5200-6999 aren't in the 1/43 ORER but appear by 1/53. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla. and concern parked are,

The 1/43 ORER lists CSOX 5200-6999 as 40-ton cars, class TM: garden- variety uninsulated tank cars, probably 8000-gallon capacity. The series is gone from the 1/53 ORER. Cities Service is a

So look for a car with heater coils! Additional components of feed might include oils (vegetable and animal) and blood (although that was more likely supplied as dried blood

This is a great article, thanks! The vendor and brand information is very useful. Jim Eckman

One episode of the Discovery Channel's "Dirty Jobs" programs covered feed mills. Molasses is a major ingredient in cattle feed. Brian Ehni

Hello all, Can anyone give me details on tank car CSOX 5394? My resources at hand, as well as the archives of this list, have been consulted and I'm coming up short. The background: in another group

This is SWEET stuff. Thank's for the How & what. Now I can get a better set of parts. Jim Evans ronin_engineer@... writes: This is a great article, thanks! The vendor and brand

Jim (Hayes) is doing a great job in providing this site and service but his scans often are marginal at best. In his defense, scanning from photocopies (which is what I think Sunshine's flyers are) is