I know we usually want thin material but as a look to building two of the new Westerfield ex-PRR R7 reefers as owned by FGE, I want to model the "booties" that were added to the bottom of the steel

This does not include the Macintosh OSX version of IE (5.2.3). And now that this horse is dead, let's get back to STMFC! Brian Ehni

Two 50-car trains will not fit in a 100-car siding... you're forgetting about the engine and caboose lengths. Two 50-car trains may fit in a 106-car sidings, or two 47-car trains may fit in a 100-car

If you check the archives I already explained that the F&C web site uses proprietary Microsoft functions that only come with IE.

The F&C web site has never worked correctly on my Mac. I currently use OSX 10.5.4 and Firefox 2.0.0.4 I also tried Safari 3.1.2. In both cases I can get to the links to the HO kits but the links

Sorry Jerry, it doesn't make any difference whether I navigate to this page from the base URL or directly from the subURL you have given. I just can't get any further at this point with either

I think it might have something to do with the use of frames. On a PC using Mozila/Firefox, I listed the source of the right side of the page and appended the source URL to the base for their site.

An alternative is to find a distributor site with supposedly the entire FandC catalog listed (many pictures are missing, though). Here are a

On my PC/Explorer I can expand the road name links to individual kit listings, and expand those to give details and a photo. If it works for me it may also work for him. It's difficult to diagnose a

They had these laws in several states. The train crews had their hand in it. The shorter the trains the more train would have to be run and more trainman would be working. One state had a law you

I've pictures of C&O gondolas in Los Angeles in the 1950s. Al Kresse

Gary, I think it probably had more to do with economics then any thing else. The big voter turnout was from Cochise Couunty, which had large mining interests, a lot of railroads. Shorter trains means

Gary, I agree with you again. Apparently they had hearing in Washington, DC, May 1916, which the N&W folks participated in. That would be as the War in Europe was just unfolding and the US was

Its very odd to have a train length provision in a state constitution and its not something the usual politically connected interests want. The question is then "who benefits" and i don't think its

This law was put in place by the people of AZ when developing the AZ State Constitution in 1912 and voted on by the people of AZ. I've not seen any reference to union involment. Santa Fe and SP

Gary, Old timer guidance and historical recollections are great "original sources" in my book. If it was not for "old timer sargents" steering us straight we wouldn't have servived in the war zones

Andy, I thought the F&C gon was a flat kit (or kits, they come 2 in a package). Maybe this is a newer version of the same kit. The original ones didn't have any detail on the interiors of the side.

I spent 20 years in the ESPEE legal department and everyone there, including the olde timers when i was a pup, told me it was union lobbying for more work not coupler strength that was involved. If

Gary, First, I don't doubt your very logical conclusion. Do you have any pre-WWI "original source" documentation to back that up? . . . or even a general book on railroad history during those

The state laws had much more to do wth union politics then coupler strength. The laws were desiged to maximize union employment and or overtime. The unions were pushing for federal laws to do the