I've subscribed to MM since about 1986. To backfill the missing issues I bought them off of e-bay and from http://www.railpub.com. I was able to complete my collection for a lot less then buying from

Dave Nelson wrote: I have used Pantone 54-1 CVS for this color. It is, in percentages, C=15, M=75, Y-100, K=15. There are ways to convert this to RGB. If you want help doing so, let me know. Tony

I just completed painting the car black and dont know what to do for decals for it. Any suggestions? I am doing it as built, with KC brakes and arch bar trucks. gary laakso south of Mike

Larry, Here's what I was able to dig out of my IC freight car diagram books: SS, built 1927 GATC, originally 164000-164299 SS, built 1917 SSC (Lot 5072), originally 160501-161000 SS, built 1927

cars: either. Thanks Kurt! Maybe I didn't mis-spend my youth and middle age after all. Best wishes, Larry

From: laramielarry Nope, not listed in the ranges with the article. Assuming these would be "new series" numbers, they aren't listed either. KL

Tony & List, If you find some of these old kits on shelf, you might try my method of upgrade. Cut a piece of .040 styrene to the size of the floor block supplied; cover it on

KL writes: He might mean 60 people who would buy one. Gons are poor sellers from what I hear. There were only a bit more than 15,000 65-footers even in 1961 (compared to 102,000 50-footers and

Hi Folks Here is the list (again) of the car series that I'm having trouble classifying as double sheathed, single sheathed, or steel as of July, 1950. There are nineteen on the list, hence my

A color question folks: SP freight car brown represented in rgb values. What do you suggest? Here's the background: A friend of mine is building a cad model of a SP G-50-11, GS gon and he has

Volume 1, by Steven D. Johnson, Morning Sun Books, published 2000, page 6, L&N 13400-13884 were originally NC&StL 18500-18999 and were 1937 AAR design boxca built by Pullman Standard in 1942, with 6

that This is spectacular!!! Do you know of any other great resources like this for (in particular) the C&NW, IC, MP, SLSF or L&N? Thanks Ben!!!!! Larry

Hi Folks Here is the DS/SS/Steel breakdown for different car lengths and door widths as of July, 1950: Cars under 39' (mostly 36', give or take a few inches) IL < 39' . . . . %. . .Number DS . . . .

There's a good chance that was me, Dean. Try www.nsmrc.org I know we have tons (maybe literally) of back issues. Or send me a list of what you want, and I'll get it to the right guy. SGL

Larry, According to L&N Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment, Volume 1, by Steven D. Johnson, Morning Sun Books, published 2000, page 6, L&N 13400-13884 were originally NC&StL 18500-18999

Someone posted here about a club that had many back issues, for somewhat cheaper than direct from the publisher. (I think this was related to Mainline Modeler when that subject came up.) I emailed

Larry Ostresh wrote: Here they [the unknwon PRR boxcars] are: PRR 39995-44000 (146 cars) - Class X23 (SS) PRR 46829-47769 (4 cars) - Class X24 (SS) PRR 103501-104256 (31 cars) - Class X23B (SS) PRR

Hi Kurt Here they are: Start Stop