SGL, Thanks so much. Great timing! Gives us a good feeling as to the progress from in the mid to late-teens when they would disassemble Model Ts for better packing density in box cars. What about

http://www.jon-n-bevliles.net/RAILROAD/articles/ra-v77-n19.pdf Possibly of interest to the earlier-era modelers on this list. SGL La vita e breve, mangiate prima il dolce!

Has anyone ever made a spread sheet or list of steam era box cars with unpainted roofs? Ed

Tom, The mountains are available for viewing daily, weather permitting, of course. The air quality in these parts has improved considerably. Still not the greatest, but many times better than it

I always enjoy Ted's articles and this is, perhaps, my favorite since the caption beneath the underframe pix is: "The underframe was not fully detailed because most of it cannot be seen due to the

Mark, Close observation of these J&L cars indicates that only the center dome had a manway, unlike the brass model, and the resin model that, ahem, makes the same mistakes ;^) This would indicate

The photos have been approved and you can find them here in the photos folder at: <http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/photos/browse/e4fd> If the link doesn't work, they're in a folder titled

Why the three domes on the 20K-gallon Jones & Laughlin tank cars? To me, that presumes three separate compartments. Why bother when carrying a single, homogeneous product such as coal tar? Where am

If the pig iron left Birmingham on the Frisco, the Frisco could have ran it to Memphis. From there the IC would have gone to Chicago. Just a guess. George Courtney

Precisely what I would suggest, except I'd use wet'n'dry paper, with a little water. I suspect that when you sand through the clear coat, the decal will get all mushy and sort of scrape/wipe off.

Jeff, I can provide some information on tank cars built by AC&F. Over the years from the early 1930s to late 1940s there were a number of 11,000-gallon pressurized tank cars built with DUPX

Three photos of O scale chlorine tank cars have been uploaded to Rod Miller's Pics in the files section. Two of the cars appear to have an older style lettering with no dimensional data, while the

Ed Mines: You should see the cover of the latest (1Q08) issue of the SFRH&MS's THE WARBONNET. A 1940 color photo of orange groves in Redlands, with the snow-capped San Bernardino mountains as a

Almost forgot to mention that the Bob hosting the aforementioned web site is named Robert Morris. There was another Robert Morris who took photos of steam locomotive around NJ in the '40s. The steam

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There's interesting material at this web site with some nice steam era freight car photos for sale including a Southern truss rod box car in revenue service and a single sheathed MP auto box with a

Dean, I'd experiment with a VERY fine sanding stick to sand away the offending decal. Glue a circle of 600 grit or finer wet/dry sandpaper to a wooden dowel with a 45 deg angle cut. Good luck.

Does anyone know if this paint scheme ever appear on 11,000 gal pressurized tank cars? I seen many photos of this paint scheme on smaller ~6,000 gallon cars. Thanks, Jeff Dobslaw

My RIP track has been a busy place lately, fixing wheelsets and couplers, correcting some decal errors... which brings me to my latest dilemma. I have a kitbashed Westerfield H21 hopper that