Al, I have a photo which shows it, scan attached. Richard Hendrickson

On the GA RR rebuilt USRA boxcars, does anyone know where the retainer valve is located? The Tichy kit doesn't include this detail, and I'd like to add it. I don't have a straight-on end picture of

Thankyou Bob and Staffan for clearing up the eaves definition for me. I must confess I am a bit unfailiar with ORERs as I haven't found one for the year I model yet and given the cost of them

Not a stupid question at all! It seems to be hard to establish whether the height to eaves is to the bottom of the roof overhang or the top of the roof at the side or to the top of the lateral running

lateral boards run 90 degrees to the lengthwise boards.

Hi Bob and list members, I know what a running board is. But I don't know what a 'latitudinal running board at side of car...' is. Nor do I know what a 'lateral running board' is. Can someone

In Espee territory... anything not within anticipation or remembrance of Xmas/New Year's... is "mid" <VBG> Richard B.

April is ³mid²? 8^) -- Thanks! Brian Ehni From: Richard Brennan <brennan8@...> Reply-To: <STMFC@...> Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 08:50:45 -0800 To:

The Essential Freight Cars article list through mid-2007 is in message #61846: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/message/61846> -------------------- Richard Brennan - San Leandro

Try a search for Culotta, Ted on http://index.mrmag.com/ That's how I got mine. Jerry Glow Essential Freight Cars series from numero uno. think was published in the January 2006 RMC, and #34, which

The answer to your question can be found in an ORER. That definition reads: "DIMENSIONS--OUTSIDE--HEIGHT FROM RAIL--TO EAVES OR TOP OF SIDES OR PLATFORM" "...For Box, Refrigerator, Stock type of

I have #27 listed as January 2005 RMC and #34 as October 2006 in RMC. Charlie --another EFC fan

Like a lot of you, I reckon, I've been collecting Ted Culotta's Essential Freight Cars series from numero uno. Now all of a sudden I've discovered I'm missing two: #27, which I think was

Thanks, everyone for your comments to update the list. Here's an updated list. I've also included the original descriptions for the models which have been updated, in case anyone wishes to comment

be I hate to say this, but here in the South you see things "for sell" regularly. It is a function of the dialect. You also see "boil peanuts." Jared Harper Athens, GA

Garth Groff wrote: Garth, these comments and numbers simply are not meaningful. If the print is sharp or not so sharp, yes, results will vary. I have scanned images up to 1500 dpi and gotten

ed_mines wrote: Just wrote for and received permission to publish some photos a couple of weeks ago. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley,

Hi, bit of a stupid question here... I was searching for carbody heights on WFE series 67XXX wood reefers and I came across the FGE WFE handout. In it there was mention of the eaves being 12'-8"

Before 1960 TOFC was not possible on the NYC because of clearances. There were many bridges east of Buffalo with 15'6" clearance. That's why we saw Flexivans on NYC and TOFC on the PRR. Later NYC

April 2003... Jack Burgess www.yosemitevalleyrr.com