I was able to download the e-zine without registering - did I miss a step I was supposed to do? I just clicked on the download link. Mark Plank

I am shaking my head in wonder....How can a start-up e-zine make it so difficult and cumbersome to simply view their publication? I look at many online magazines, and having to register each time

Virgil and all, Link is http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com it again?

On page 7 there was a photo of an undecorated DM&IR wood caboose indicating that it was coming from Walthers.  Are there any more details?   thanks,   Cyril Durrenberger

Mike, I uploaded some Cocoa Beach 09 photos on my PBase site at http://www.pbase.com/golden1014/cocoa_beach_2009&page=all Admittedly, most of the photos I took are of steam era-based subjects and

and car flat also I have one of each and the MDC operating ballast car as well, all in zamac, and can attest to the correctness of Garth's remarks. The gons were assembled with two small screws per

Interesting article Richard. I went to the Annual Freight car order summary for the year of 1916 in Railway Age magazine to see who was ordering auto box cars to fill the need (Railway Age, V. 62 #1

back to reality... and they would have fit your era as the cars were rebuilt in two batches first in 1934 and the last batch in 1938. However: I do understand that not everyone wants a stock car, but

Jared and all, I just got home last night and I just loved the weather,?but now back to reality... The subject this year was of a prototype of the UP Stock car S-40-10 and they would have fit your

Photos of Prototype Rails will be uploaded into the STMFC photo section under Prototype Rails 2009 in an ongoing process. Non freight car photos will eventually be removed and the meet's photos will

Found this on Google Books. Richard Wilkens From The Automobile Magazine. February 17, 1916, Page 340 Freight Car Shortage Becomes Serious Problem in Detroit and Toledo Flats and Other Types of Car

Jeff Aley: Bruce Smith: Technology is rolling stock neutral, no need to be inhibited by being a closet passenger car modeler. I routinely work with 8 to 10 scale foot lengths of the smallest Archer

Marty, Somehow I missed the link to download the magazine.  Would you give it again? Virgil Young Amarillo, TX ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Thursday, January

The HO Ulrich/Walthers GS drop-bottom gon is very similar, and can be modified to be almost dead accurate, to CN 40' Enterprise GS gons. Many CN modellers keep an eye out for these at train shows and

Bruce and Jeff: I've manipulated Archer rivets in narrow, continuous strips up to 12 scale feet long with ease, working on HO freight car sides. So it seems there is definitely something amiss with

In a message dated 1/15/2009 10:45:59 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, cinderandeight@... writes: <snip> X43 cars were acquired in two distinct groups. Five digit cars were bought the old

Its possible, and I have a newer batch of rivets from Archer for use on a pass... (can't say that word on this list <G>) car, so I'll see how it goes. Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn,

Bruce, In my later conversation with Ted Culotta, he indicated that he didn't have that problem. Tom Madden noted that the rivets are on Microscale decal film; perhaps you got a batch

Gene, Don and Fred, MDC offered two 40' cast metal gondolas. One was a high-side car, and was offered both with flat and heap-shield (C&O) ends. IIRC, this car had a multi-piece body, with the floor,

Bill and STMFC- Welcome to the greater non-HO world....... you may, like Z, N, S, and O Scalers been doing for decades, have to approach an article for its inspiration, prototype information, and