period... Scott, Kit 109.1 S/S car with Murphy ends and wood doors will model 45000- 45399 and 46002-46999. The 40000-40999 series were 6 inches narrower than all the other S/S auto cars. Kit 109-2

Thanks guys. . . guess I'll be hunting for a copy of Railroad Prototype Cyclopedia #4! Tom

entries in for the column is for doors, steel Dreadnaught =============================================== Yes, it seems like I got part of it wrong (and I'm glad to find out.) Only the 45400-46001

I can give you a quick and dirty answer, Tom. For more detail, see my article in Railroad Prototype Cyclopedia #4. By far the largest number of freight cars on the North American railroads around

Railroad Prototype Cyclopedia No. 4 is a great resource for freight car trucks for in that time frame. Unfortunately it is sold out at the publisher. They may be some left at various hobby shops

I have some further info from my dad on pit posts at mines. He and his father delivered the posts to mines in SW Beaver county, NW Washington county, and western Allegheny county PA by truck. There

Happy New Years! I am looking for a source of information that will give me the appropriate freight truck types that were in use from 1900 thru 1941. Can anyone help me? Tom Makofski NorthEastern

One additional question on my ORER interpretation for these cars. The inside length is shown as 40'-6" for all the cars in the 1957 and Jan 1059 ORER entries I notes. are these typos, or was there a

Scott I think misread the ORER. My July 1957 entry has 3 distinct entries in the "Markings and Kind of Cars" column The first is car type, and for the Wabash cars in question is either "box" or

Douglas Harding wrote: "On the MSTL yahoo list <http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/mstl> we have been discussing the idenity of a coal hopper shown in a photo taken at Oskaloosa, Iowa. We need some

On the MSTL yahoo list <http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/mstl> we have been discussing the idenity of a coal hopper shown in a photo taken at Oskaloosa, Iowa. We need some help. What follows is

Max Robin asked: "Does anyone know what type of ends are on the AccuRail 4600 series 40' DS Wood Boxcar? Are they wood, 5/5/5 steel end or...?" It's a model of the USRA DS boxcar, and it has 5/5/5

A fella posted a photo on the M&StL list of a coaling tower with a hopper under it no one can identify. We have photos of all their hoppers except for the 64xxx series which is made up of cars from

I did some more checking and found a little more on Pacific Clay Products, as well as more in California's clay industry that may be applicable: Circa 1925 advertisement: "Manufacturers of fine face

Does anyone know what type of ends are on the AccuRail 4600 series 40' DS Wood Boxcar? Are they wood, 5/5/5 steel end

Hello Group- I'm preparing to model a C&EI offset hopper, series 97500-97999, in the 1945 as-delivered scheme. Could anyone suggest a color match for Pittsburg Carhide Grey or Glidden Grey Steel

Bob, I have the following on Pacific Clay Products... Circa 1927: Alberhill, Ca., clay mine Los Angeles area brick manufacturer; mfrs of pressed, ornamental, and fire brick; mfrs of sewer pipe Los

I'm familiar with Portland Car & Foundry products and don't think they'll meet with the expectations of most STMFC members. They were just OK when I dealt with PC&F 10 years ago and the current

gary laakso wrote: You are right, Gary. I was looking at the kits. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Well, i am a CAL grad and 3 flat trussrod flat cars are listed by length: 36 foot with 6 trussrods; 40 flat car with 6 trussrods and a 41 foot flatcar with 8 trussrods, all listed under the header