George, The PRR listed 6 G24 (USRA, 50 ton) class gons in 1958 and 1 in 1963 in the ORER. All of these cars would have had steel sides. I do not know if these particular cars had rebuilt ends (some

I should rephrase what I asked. Did any road run USRA gondolas in 1958 with rebuilt steel sides. Not looking for complete rebuilds. Just a railroad that replaced the wood sides with steel.

Hi, I saw a photo of UP 49191 and noticed yet another application of a vertically-ribbed end, in yet another variation: this one seems to be a 5+5 outward, with blank spaces at either side (no ribs

The only pix I have is from a book Santa Fe Railway Passenger Car Reference series - Volume One head End Cars by Ellington and Shine.< The pictures in the book are of the early 1888 or so wood

Agreed - I'm no more interested in depriving a good source of its revenue than the next guy. I still wonder whether the list of photos is permissible however. It is something they give only to

NP B&O NYC GN and many others........ Terry Wegmann, principal of N&G Signal Co. has finished his latest HO semaphore, the GRS 2-A Top Of Mast single semaphore. Assembled and painted (and operable

Well, OK, I apologize at the flame. This just is one sore subject with me, and most anybody else who is involved with trying to keep an archive whole, complete, dry and accessible. SGL

This SP drop-bottom gon is very similar to 40' Enterprise GS gons built for CN, and 36' cars built by the Eastern Car Co. in Nova Scotia for the Intercolonial Ry. and GTR (taken into CN stock

Has anyone come across any color data for any of these cars? Max

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I have three images coming from an automobile company archive that are being donated as a courtesy, but require that any inter-net posting of the article using them must be posted in less than 100

The thread had moved on to the PDF list of photos Schuyler, not the photos themselves. I didn't make that clear enough in the e-mail. Rob Kirkham,

There sure is. NMRA charges those fees because they have to support a building, staff, and equipment to make it so you can BUY a copy from them. You have the right to use if for your personal

Would there be any reason a copy of the PDF file couldn't be posted into the files section of this list? Rob Kirkham

Is there anyway to justify a USRA 40' gon in 1958? Steel sides are acceptable. This is S scale the Des Plaines kit. Thanks, George Courtney

You mean our bosom companions?? T. M.

You probably mean the desiccant silica gel (a form of sodium silicate), not the shiny, semi-metal element silicon (Si), which is most often confused with our friends the silicones. Rob Simpson ago

Hm, I think my comments must've gotten mixed up... I meant to say that the PM/C&O versions are listed as upcoming, on the Speedwitch website. Frank Valoczy Vancouver,

I live in San Dimas. I store my CA in a bottle with dehydrators from my medicine bottles. I put the plastic slugs on the light reflector to dry the calcium cloride out from time to time. I still

--- In STMFC@..., "Tom Madden" <tgmadden@...> wrote: " Very nice image of an SP drop-bottom gon" Tom Madden Yes it sure is a nice image, you know Tom I