HI All, I have 12 sets of Microscale O Scale C&O hopper car decal set # 48-712 for sale. All are new in sealed envelopes. Best offer takes them home. Of course, installation

Niter is the mineral form of potassium nitrate a.k.a. saltpeter, presumably shipped in bags. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla. and 1946 three: Manassas, only one (none manner

Actually, the DSDX billboard reefer I mentioned in my post appears to have been a former MDT car of the design modeled by Rutland Car Shops. However, the early '50s DSDX cars were former MDT cars

could by Monroe 12-28- copy I want to add my thanks to Tim Gilbert for his hard work. Mike Wilson Terre Haute, IN >

Actually, this photo is of UTLX tank car 56816, a class Z car that was built by General American to its design rather than Union Tank Car's. It apparently has heater coils as evidenced by the cap on

Excelsior (wood wool) an Aspen-fiber material similar to wood shavings, used for packaging and teddy bear stuffing. (Not that I knew that . . . Google told me. I was curious because Excelsior Mills is

My first question. Have looked and read lots of the posts on wine cars , there is a lot of information. But where can I find some photos preferably in color of 6 dome wine tank cars. Would like to

Ben Hom wrote (replying to Frank Valoczy): Quite true. PFE had a substantial westbound loading pattern of magazines, many from Philadelphia (think _Saturday Evening Post_). This was at least

Thanks for the explanation, Ben, and for the tip - I'm going to go scour the archives now. Though just before checking my inbox and seeing your message, I sent a new one in which at the end I

I jumped ahead of what I was doing and went through both the 1948 and 1946 lists that were uploaded. I found no C&O ventilated cars in 1946, but in 1948 there were three: 86812 - merchandise 86522 -

Frank Valoczy wrote: "I've been going through the spreadsheets uploaded to the group the other day, of the conductor's book on the Southern in Virginia. I'm about halfway through the 1948 list, and

I've been going through the spreadsheets uploaded to the group the other day, of the conductor's book on the Southern in Virginia. I'm about halfway through the 1948 list, and I've noticed some (to

Hi Al, The C&OHS has a photo of C&O 86607 being loaded with what appear to be long, thin, craft-paper wrapped boxes. The Valentine Museum at the Richmond History Center has a photo of

--- In STMFC@..., Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@...> wrote: Litchfield Produce Co. of Litchfield, Wis., shippers > of, to quote the lettering on the car side, " fancy eggs, butter, >

Folks, I'm considering doing an article about ventilated box cars for C&O History magazine. We've builder's pix but nothing really about their usage. We see SAL and other southern railroads'

Basic question, Geoffrey: what period do you model? Dairy Shippers' fleet varied a lot over the years, as it consisted almost entirely of second-hand cars. Early in its history, Dairy Shippers

Is there a good match in HO scale for the wooden refrigerator cars owned by Dairy Shippers Despatch / DSDX? I found a set of Champs decals, but would like to use them on as prototypical a model as

Tom, That photo tells it all. THANKS!!!! John F. Cizmar Tom Madden <tgmadden@...> wrote: John F. Cizmar wrote: Here's a link to a broadside photo of the fan-equipped

John F. Cizmar wrote: Here's a link to a broadside photo of the fan-equipped R-40-10 at the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, CA. I took it in early

The rules regarding subject matter for the STMFC appear to need some "tweaking" so a better understanding of the rules can be provided. Note the STMFC rules: "The objectives include the sharing