Before the Tichy/Gould tank car became the most recent Freight Car du Jour, I had been barely aware of its existence; but I have to admit that the discussion certainly has piqued my curiosity. This

Fellow List Members, I recently asked the CSRM about the GN photos residing in the Paul Darrell collection. I was intrigued by one photo in particular, a well lit straight on side view of GN

Jon Miller wrote Perhaps not, but salt has been recommended to me as an aid to weathering with paint... Tim O'Connor

Richard Hendrickson wrote: <small voice, raised hand> I want to be a psychotic, nit-picker rivet counter. 8-) Dave Nelson

Money *is* an issue for me... yet it does not interfere with my enjoyment of the hobby. One, the actual research of freight cars is fascinating, almost a hobby in itself. Two: The modeling doesn't

While I won't take any credit for breaking new ground, I will remind us that we CAN treat tank cars exactly the way the prototype did, that is as two separate things - a tank and an underframe. It is

I guess if you can't stand the heat, get out of the (modified) kitchen ( car ). Although steam era, technically it's a head end car on the Q. Sorry. But all seriousness aside. If money is really the

Gee Richard you don't have to sugar coat it like that!!!!!!!!!!!!! VBG By the way, sugar coating on freight cars is not recommended! Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has stopped in 1941 Digitrax,

Here we go again, flogging the long-dead horse about rivet counters. The way to avoid being treated scornfully on this list is to stop trying to justify crap like the Athearn three dome tank car.

Thanks Tony.

Thanks for the info, Paul.

Tim, The DT&I 3-bay PS-2s were built 8-55 and I had already noted that the old-style reporting marks were used even though the cars came with the new emblems. I don't know for a fact that any box

I need some verification, not personally, but regarding the D&H Cement Cars. Reviewing the article in the 1985 Mainline Modeler, it appears that the truck sideframes and underbody were painted black

Ed, Supposedly this photo is dated 1955. Also note the use of the old style reporting marks with the new emblem. There are almost 200 cars in series 16000-16200 listed in the 1955 ORER, assigned

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Group, Please pardon my asking these questions if the information has been discussed before, but if so I cannot locate specifics. 1. DT&I box cars built in the late 1940s to early 1950s used a

They are Ed's chips. All I have is the scan.

Tim O'Connor wrote: Tim, can you give a RGB value for any of those chips? I'd like to compare your numbers w/ what I'm reading locally. Dave Nelson

Tony To produce a kit for the War Emergency cars would require money and expertise. If someone here thinks that would be a viable investment, why not ask Don Tichy to produce the tooling as a custom