Awhile back the color of the C&IM cars was discussed as to when/whether they were yellow or orange. In the car-side photo, it looks like there is orange paint under the chipping-off yellow paint. Are

Rob, Even with the Sunshine kit you will have to do some scratch building if you want it right. The Sunshine Seaboard kit underframe has the wrong truck spacing. Paul Lyons Laguna Niguel, CA

Beware of the comma at the end of the URL: eliminate it and it will work. OR http://tinyurl.com/2fv68g Jerry Glow wrote: can't

I'm glad it gave you a laugh! For me, I'm wondering why I can't read well enough to have spotted the info when I looked at the list. I went to the trouble of down-loading it and sorting it

Thanks to all for the insightful, thought-provoking answers. Most of the notes and comments - aside from the general thought that to be considered true history there should be a lot of "those little

True, but it does show the routing of the train line. At the A end of the car, the train line is routed over the center sill. I can send you a photo of that off-line if you're interested. I've sent

I am, also, interested in these cars. Where do I order them from?? Is there an email address or mail address that I didn't see? Thanks very much Don Worthy Ivey, Ga. gn3397

With all the present chitter-chatter about the historical validity of what we and others do, I thought that this little news item may be of interest. A rail enthusiast recently bought a four page

Mr. Kirkham, I would save yourself a lot of hassle and send a check to Mr. Lofton. My perusal of Mr. Hayes' All-Time Sunshine Kit List (updated 3/11/07) has the following kits listed: 21.12 SAL

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Mr. McGuirk, Hmmm, interesting question. I certainly think that there are numerous examples of "real" history in the freight car literature. You mentioned the PFE book by Thompson, et al.

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While the books you mentioned count as history, short well researched articles count as well. It is quality, not quantity. You can certainly have big, poorly researched books as well. In general the

gary laakso asked: i have seen states that the registration starts at noon on Thursday. The flyer I have doesn't lay out a full schedule, but if it follows previous year's, the show itself is over

Hello Richard, Thanks again for the info.that you have provided,I am getting much closer to finding out how CDLX 1051 looked before WW2.Would the 15 S.T.C.Co. cars leased to Star

Dwight asked, in part.... Did the Rock Island have company service tank cars? The answer to that is yes. In the steam/diesel transition era, in addition to using some tenders from retired steam

Since my e-mail last week attempting to identify some freight cars in a 1945 photo of Vancouver, I've been attempting to match appropriate models. The Seaboard 1932 design cars were apparently once