Seaboard's second group of 1932 ARA boxcars was delivered in '37, with the slogan "Route of the Orange Blossom Special". Their first group (built 12/34) came without slogan. Source: Ted Culotta's

Thanks guys - glad I asked! Rob Kirkham

No Credit cards....cash and checks....Jim Williams

In a message dated 2/25/2008 12:59:39 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, rdkirkham@... writes: Hi - I'm wondering whether Sunshine sells steam ear freight car models at meets (such as that coming

I don't think Lackawanna had any double sheathed box cars with wood ends or board roofs in the '40s. Ed

I'd say "The Professor" has offered more than "a little information" on both this forum and others (e.g. MFCL) on numerous occasions. If I say any more in his defense, I'll have to start sending him

Todd Stearns wrote: So identifying a source of answers and photos is not "a little information?" And excuse me, Todd, but there was NO sales pitch. I did not urge buying the book, nor even

But you HAVE turned it into an argument, Todd, and it's an argument that recurs from time to time on this list, fueled by a common misconception that we all ought to be able to get any kind

Just found the original posting, should anyone want to know what was (or wasn't) observed: http://lists.railfan.net/erielack-digest/200108/msg00333.html and a response from the same forum:

CASH ONLY or check, Martin does not take credit cards. Paul Lyons Laguna Niguel, CA

Hi - I'm wondering whether Sunshine sells steam ear freight car models at meets (such as that coming up in Perris) by credit car, or cash only? Thanks in advance, Rob Kirkham

--- In STMFC@..., "benjaminfrank_hom" <b.hom@...> wrote: Ben is correct tha the DL&W "Phoebe Snow" first was applied to new cars delivered during WW2. This was also the advent of

Yeah, right. And my neighbor's Chihuahua was abducted by little green men in a flying saucer. In a brief and probably blurry video clip, most observers would be unable to differentiate a DL&W USRA

There are reweigh schedules for cars of different types in the editorial pages at the back of the ORER. Hoppers were reweighed more often than box cars, and privately owned cars were reweighed at the

I recall finding this topic previously when a good number of the Ertl cars were being sold at clearance prices, including the DL&W USRA box. For the low prices they were going at, I didn't think it

Malcolm, I have the following ACF Type III wood reefers with wood ends as still around in the early 50's. This info is from photos in an Ed Hawkins article, May 2000 issue of Railmodel Journal.

wrote: Thanks for the info Richard. It will come in handy should one of these cars turn up again and happen to fall into my hands! John Hile

In a message dated 2/25/2008 11:58:26 AM Eastern Standard Time, Carlmarsico@... writes: I didn't think it would be cost/time effective to independently look into the video clip issue that

Carl J. Marsico wrote: "I remember this topic coming up when Ertl released their USRA DS box, but it may have been on another forum. IIRC, the initial consensus was that this car was a foobie (like

I remember this topic coming up when Ertl released their USRA DS box, but it may have been on another forum. IIRC, the initial consensus was that this car was a foobie (like most of the Ertl