Can anyone point to a definitive industry (not model railroad) term for "blister panels" - the bulging panels used on some hopper cars??? I've heard the term "offset panels" used but can't find a

Mark these are in the Car Builders Cyclopedia 1940 Sec.13 page 1072-1074. Regards, Mark Morgan

Forgot to add the car shown (by the way, the pre-restoration pics of the cars with four-digit numbers and the finished restoration of 43022 are the same car). 43022 had it's roof raised a four inches

The car shown in the link is an HO scale resin kit made by F&C (originally sold by Steam Shack, currently available from F&C). Here are some photos of the ends - it's usually easier to locate photos

There was a typo in the link: http://mopac51.tripod.com/id5.html Here is the direct link to the

Marty, The picture was of a car model, in the new Yahoo weathering group. The difference in this car model, was that the car had Youndstown doors, but the end of the car in the photo could not be

wrote: a however. ... Hi Mike The file you refer to is on the "Steam Era Freight Car Analysis" Yahoo site, an overflow list for STMFC. I'll send it to you off list. Best wishes, Larry

Where did you see the picture? If it's online a link would help. I don't have my reference material at work but that number sounds like it's one of the c 1928 cars built for the Central Vermont

Guys, For others wishing to see GTW #583699, a photo of it appeared in the 1931 Car Builders Cyclopedia on page 131. It was reprinted in the Train shed Cyclopedia #3 also. It appears to have a

At 07:46 PM 12/30/2008, Mike Aufderheide wrote: <snip> >Based on the Gilbert/Nelson idea of boxcar distribution it should be >possible to come up with a list of cars most likely to appear at a >given

Denis, The car # that I've seen a model of is 583699. I hope this helps clear up which class I'm refering to, and again Dick thanks for the scan of the car. Rick Dietrichson Wilmington, NC

Larry, I'm a member of the STMFC group and have enjoyed your posts on the breakdown of car construction and quantities. I have a printout of a file I believe you posted of the 1950 ORER that I have

The brake regulators on the Santa Bx-44s were Royal Type F, and I have a Bx-44 photo that shows how they were installed which I'll send you off-list. Richard Hendrickson

wrote: Richard, He might mean the tall ca. 1930 cars that were drawn in Mainline Modeler fifteen or twnty years ago. A number series would be helpful. Dennis

Thanks Dick, Rick Dietrichson Wilmington, NC

Rick, the HO scale resin kit was actually a Don Valentine conversion kit with new doors, etc. to kitbash an Accurail single sheathed box car. I have a photo which shows the end and I'll send you

Hello everyone, I'm looking for photos of the Royal Brake Regulator as used on some Santa Fe and Burlington boxcars. The cars in question are ATSF 138700- 139199, class Bx-44, and CBQ 17000-17799,

Hey all; On the SS 1 1/2 door automobile boxcar that GTW ran, what type of an end did this car have? I believe that a model of this class of cars were done as a resin kit in HO, but I'm doing in N

What has "making the case for self-tapping screws" got to do with the NMRA? PLEASE change the subject line. Roger Robar _____ From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On

There's an in-service B&W photo of a well-weathered CGW 705 in RMJ 12/03, p 12. The caption refers readers to the Morning Sun CGW color guide (which I don't have). There's an in-service B&W photo of