Hi All How does one go about obtaining "The Wood Sheathed Car of the FGEX/WFEX/BREX Freight Refrigerator Fleet"? Thanks Albert Spor

You guys din't get it.. they must have been moving them at night while ou were all sleeping... Greg

GUYZ, My aunt Florence was the paymaster in Roseville, CA. When I would go west to visit I enjoyed the sight of PRR cars in the yard and consisted heading both east & west. As So

Tom Madden wrote: But Tom, isn't that what some list members call "elitism?" <g> Yes, Peter has taken more than enough for simply stating his recollection. It does remind us that oral history

Tim wrote: Careful, Tim - I was stationed in various locations in TX and CA between 1957 and 1960 and never saw you. Would hate to draw any conclusions about that! Peter has probably taken enough

Lighter and more red than Santa Fe mineral brown, if anything. But nothing that some weathering won't fix. Richard Hendrickson

I keep getting conflicting reports on this. They used to be listed on the site and at Walthers. They are not anymore. This from the rep at the Santa Fe convention last month; "According to the

I lived in Texas and California from 1953 to 1960, and I have no memory of ever seeing a freight train at all. Therefore I must conclude there were no freight trains operating near San Antonio, San

In a message dated 7/12/2007 2:48:08 PM Central Daylight Time, STMFC@... writes: I'm beginning to totally believe IM doesn't know what they are doing any more. I've had my kits ordered

Tim, They clearly weren't there because Peter didn't see them, just per chance were they night shots? ? Greg Martin

Yes, it's very good, though the relative lack of interior detail is disappointing. Not as good as Al Westerfield's resin kits, but those are time and labor intensive to assemble and finish. The IM

Peter J. McClosky wrote: Reminds me of the philosophy for successful (or at least guilt-free) driving in Boston: "If I don't see you, you're not there." :-) Tom Madden

Look at the AERIAL PHOTO on Mapquest (not Google) Malcolm. There's an obviously abandoned connection and an abandoned yard. But Mike's observation about the Logan branch means that the cars

How is the color? In the photos they look kind of dark to me. Does Intermountain plan to release kits?

The photo I referred to...train of MT VGN hoppers on the C&O...can also be found in the book Chesapeake & Ohio in the Coal Fields and that caption notes that the train is headed for West Gilbert at

I got one of the new IM ATSF Caswell gons (AB brake version)from Andy and it looks terriffic. Still looking thuourh the archives I see no comment on this model. I'm not an ATSF expert. Is it as good

Posted by: "timboconnor@..." So my guess is that those VGN hoppers came via that line and were interchanged to the C&O at Deep Water. =========== Close, but no cigar ! Problem

I never say "always", particularly with the New Haven, but it appears that most of the cars in color photos in the Morning Sun book have roofs and running boards that are painted orange. (This would

I sent Peter scans of a PRR gondola, two flat cars, and a "Merchandise Service" X29 in Taylor Yard, 1955-1957. I hope it makes a believer out of him. :-) Tim O'Connor

The Rutland 10000 series hoppers WERE NOT USRA hoppers.They were built earlier and were very similar to the Pennsy GLAs.If you check the dimensions you will see the differences>Armand Premo