Except I think that he was using the term long before fake boobies became a common enough thing to spawn the word. Note that the urban dictionary shows a whole bunch of definitions, and that one

Unless... The stamped side panels also included the stakes, saving the fabrication of separate parts. I haven't had any occasion to research replacement gondola sides, but as far as hopper sides are

Elden: Thanks, that is what I was looking for! What color is the casting? Maybe GSC did not white wash all their castings for the cameras! Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

Microscale still has decal sets available in HO and N scale for Gulf and Flying A. Dave's Decals has sheets for companies Microscale no longer offers and a number of the

..........and the sides most likely were shot and needed replacement anyway. However, the stamped side panels obviously would cost more. Good way to make an older car worth hanging onto. Mont

It looks like there were about 55 of these cars, as of October 1926 ORER Steve Hile

Group; I may have missed my mark. PRR created the X54 to provide Campbell’s Soup in particular, a fleet of cars for which they could avoid dependence on gathering enough other cars to meet

I was told that the D&D bulk plant at Alma, KS, had a large White Eagle logo on a metal sign. i went on line and found what I needed, printed it, cut it out and glued it to the end of the

Gary; How about this one: PRR FD1 casting on PRR F31A, 1951. I have another somewhere of the F30A castings upside down shipped on a series of flats, but can’t find it. There are also

Tony; Good question. I will have to look into that. Elden Gatwood

It does! Good to see you still participating. Great issue of TKM! Elden Gatwood

Old painting and stencil drawings in my collection indicate that the ACL began painting flat cars black in about 1927. At least the oldest drawing I have with black paint specified was revised in 1927

From Ted Cullota's series of books, "Focus on the Freight Car vol ten other freight car types" has some great photos of various tank cars pictured from the 1930s. One of particular interest to me is

As an old submariner, with diesel exhaust and hydraulic oil still in my system I can attest to that, the we used it on the 'boats' was a little less gentlemanly, I'm afraid. Just say'in Fenton --

FUBAR is indeed a Navy expression- dating to at least WWII and is still in use today. Heard it in a meeting yesterday in fact ... And the Navy context, and I believe Richard’s use of the derivative

Thanks for the explanation, makes me appreciate the benefits of living in a temperate climate. Virus-free. www.avast.com

Bill Pardie wrote: Bill, Microscale has a bunch of sets for various gasoline companies, and if you want smaller logos, use the N scale sets. Tony Thompson tony@...

Is there a decal set that features the logos (Gulf, Flying A, etc.) for the ends of the tanks at a bulk oil distributor? Thanks in advance for any help. Bill.Pardie

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Came through perfect on my screen. I was able to read it easily and also copy and dump into a spreadsheet. Appreciate you posting. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org