I've seen the picture before and had the same questions (since I scratch built a model to this picture). They are obviously insulated box cars, and if this were out east, I would say milk reefers.

Can anyone educate me on the purpose of these C&NW cars? http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/1a34660uu.jpg <http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/1a34660uu.jpg> They have hinged, refrigerator car

I agree with Pierre and Ben, and Mike and I address in detail the different ways modern cars weather vs. steam era or transition cars. Mike does not limit himself to weathering only modern cars in

Ben, Not just into the 1970s, but VGN hopper cars were still around into the mid-1980s. I used to hang out around the N&W terminal in Norfolk when I was stationed there in 1982 and 1983. Virginian

Bruce, Some must have hung around the U.S., probably only in on-post service. One used to sit on the stub of the old C&O Hot Springs Branch at Covington, Virginia. It was apparently used by the

Not to take anything away from Mike Rose and his incredible talent, I have to concur with Ben's position on this matter. The methods that I use for weathering freight cars change greatly depending on

Gentlemen, The first issue of The Seaboard-Coast Line Modeler is now available for at http://www.aclsal.org/ Yes, our magazine is a complete knock-off of TKM, but we did it with permission of the

Kurt Laughlin wrote: "Are Mike's techniques "dated" solely because post-steam trains were cleaner or due to differences in loads carried (less coal?), materials (better steels), or construction

Scott Mason wrote: "Our latest DVD project, "Weathering Freight Cars, Volume 1" is now ready to order. Volume 1 features well known weathering artist Mike Rose. Mike demonstrates his weathering

With Eudora on either platform, you can edit any message. So I correct the URL in the message, save it, and then click. If the URL is a transient picture (like from Ebay) I copy the picture (^A^C) and

Larry Jackman wrote: In the broad (if occasionally OT) spirit of the Fourth, I'd say you sure got that right, Larry!! Tony Thompson 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 (510) 540-6538; fax,

I do not know how your PCs work with e mail and URLs, But on My MAC when I get an email with a busted URL I hit reply and when that comes up I change the address from who ever to myself. I then go

I had a similar if not the same problem. It's fairly common with links in the mailing lists also. For me anyhow. You see the posted link, but only part of it looks like a link ( blue print ). The rest

it's a multi line URL...the ; is NOT the end of it...copy and paste the line after that which is the rest of the line...yahoo truncated it due to the punctuation mark in the URL and the excessive line

Tim O'Connor wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130130881193 VGN 1870, from VGN 1000-2499, Class H-14. It's interesting to find a VGN car that had not been renumbered,

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130130881193

I tried to copy the URL from the original message into my browser; it wouldn't all copy, so I had to type in the rest. *Then* I got to see this amazing coal load (almost looks like the car has a

I can't bring up the image. All I get is error messages. Jared Harper Athens, GA