Tim O'Connor wrote: Yeah, well I guess what passes for reason in some people is sheer stupidity for most everyone else. Ha! I gotta change that... sheer stupidity for most every... model railroader.

Andy, There were two series of GTW cars in the 516000-series. First was 516000-516249, blt. 1-53, ACF lot no. 3755. Second was 516250-516599, blt. 2-53, ACF lot no. 3876. Both series of cars had 7'

And quitea job of selling in the listing writeup, too. Guess it worked! Barry Roth Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> wrote: Dave I was watching an auction this week -- an

I have a Branchline GTW boxcar numbered 516514 for which I am trying to get the correct information for the details. This car has a built date of 2/53. I have Parts 1 & 3 of the series of articles

Dave I was watching an auction this week -- an unmodified Atlas tank car with a heavy (not realistic) weathering job. It went for $200.

Al, The book sounds interesting but where in the heck on the web site is it? OR who is the publisher and what is the ISBN number? Sincerely, Rich Yoder

Looking thru my collection of both wood and steel bodied CMWX cars show no wood-bodied cars had data (11 cars). All pictures I have of steel cars (four numbers) all show data. I have no explanation

I've noticed that the few available images of Chateau Martin wine tank cars (in the former milk tank car bodies) appear to have no data lettering on the cars sides. Here is an

Storey Lindsay wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/SUNSHINE-MODELS-REA-EXPRESS-GATC-REEFER-HO-RTR_W0QQitemZ 280107351603QQihZ018QQcategoryZ484QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Yes but that is a finished car not a kit.

In my previous missive I forgot to mention another Espee promotional film, "Snow on the Run", which has shots of the City of San Francisco sticking its nose out of the snowshed in which it was held

I once had in my hands a VHS copy of this film and the later diesel era film; for those of us who appreciate period details of the Espee, these films fill that bill quite well. However, it seems that

I just received a copy of Shipping Planes on Trains, Volume 1. In 300 pages it covers only 1903-1918! To say the amount of research is astounding is an understatement. See it at www.sharpspear.com.

I completed the first GG model last night and emailed photos to Al Buchan for inclusion in the next Pennsy Modeler, due out shortly. Once painted and decaled I get it up on my web site. - Al

I emailed Byron Rose with the news about the RP Cyc article in hopes it would interested in re-starting the project. - Al

I think it's time to again remind the members about STMFC rules regarding messages. 1. All messages must be signed with full names. If your full name is to the left of the "@" in your address as it

Rich, No, I am not interested in the fire train, only in one of the series of tankers that got made into water cars for the fire train. Remember the old Lobaugh "Crude Oil Tanker"... Rick

Eric Thur wrote: I replied Bill Welch then wrote: Bill, Eric, Folks, I've ccc:ed this to a couple of other lists (STMFC and PRR-Talk) because I think it has wider interest. I looked at the photos

wrote: match up light inked importers, but clues? Chad feet. as the windows with smaller, square, sides of rear edge cupola and include in right brackets for brake valve, lightly on the Marker

Dear Steve: Tell me about the cupola. As you are probably aware, GN cabooses, both steel and wood, had the steel and wood sides that went right up the side in one continous piece from the sill

As has been pointed out already, there were two versions of this promotional film (the latter of which, if I recall, reused some material from the original). The numerous shots in this version of