Jason, I've biult the CAT load, I think there's a photo in the St L RPM stuff. I don't remember it being very difficult, not like the Farmalls. These load kits are only as good as the paint job you

I plan to attend and, as usual, Tony Thompson and I will travel together. I could work up a PowerPoint presentation on the Standard Tank Car Co. and the cars it built, if you think that would be

Tony and Tim and all; I recall that Calcium Carbide was also used by the steel industry as one of its many additives. I believe it was supplied in exactly that manner to the industry, as they used a

Tim Gilbert wrote: Yes, I remember that quite well from my brief time going into caves: we wore the old miner's hats with carbide lights. Linde, originally independent, was one of four

Tony Thompson wrote: Tony, I remember each night when I took a shower after working in the Calcium Carbide drum shipping department, I would get asphyxiated from the slight layer of CaC2 - calcium

AT - 1) I never worked at a cement plant. 2) NYC #481392 was designed to carry containers of Calcium Carbide - not cement. 3) I assume you have a freight car directory or equivalent from the

A.T.; I have tried to dig up info on these, too. There are several photos out there of these gons in service, but I cannot recall who published them, either. I believe Bob of Bob's Photos had

Western Prototype Modelers Meet (WPM) 17th Annual Meet, Saturday October 7, 2006 The west coast's largest gathering for prototype modelers, now on Saturday Model Display: WPM will have 6000 sq. ft.

Tim Gilbert wrote: SP also converted two flat cars for this, with very similar containers. Their customer was Linde Air Products. Were there other railroads with such cars, and were the

Tim - Do you have any information about this class of NYC air- activated cement container cars? I cannot find the photos referenced in a prior post on this site (??) of the docks across the Hudson

Tim - Do you have any information about this class of NYC air- activated cement container cars? I cannot find the photos referenced in a prior post on this site (??) of the docks across the Hudson

Ed Mines wrote: PFE very rarely except in the WW II period and even then photos show relatively few PFEs (or SFRDs in SP/UP trains). I surmise that SFRD and PFE continued their practice of

ed_mines wrote: All eastbound ATSF loaded reefer trains were symbolled "GFX." Between 1942 and 1948, there were probably more PFE cars in ATSF's GFX's because of war time car service orders than at

Gerard J Fitzgerald asked: Gerry, NYC #381392 was used to carry containers of Calcium Carbide as it appeared sometime after 1962. #381392 was part of the eight car #481388-481395 series which were

In the SFRD reefer book there's a photo near the front of the book of an ATSF reefer train headed by steam. The train is named "green fruit express" or something similar. Was that train made up of

Hi All, I was studying the photos from John Golden?s very exciting RPM meet and was wondering about the NYC car (#3481392) by Mike Dudley. http://www.pbase.com/golden1014/image/65833004/large Are

I¹d love to be there, but that¹s the weekend Iowa pheasant hunting opens. -- Brian Ehni

Ted, Please put me on the extra board. I can be a good sleepy fireman when needed. I don't know what I'll have to do Mod-U-Trak wise but I'd like to visit the layout. You can see my layout too. You

Reading about the very successful St. Louis RPM Meet and with Naperville only 2 months away, I suppose it's time to make the first announcement of the Prototype Rails/Cocoa Beach RPM Meet in Florida

I am looking to purchase some of the load kits that Sunshine offers. What are these kits like, are they nicely done, easy to assemble(in reference to the crawler load)? Here are the ones I am looking