All, I'm fairly certain that there is someone in this Group that has compiled listings of car fleet size by year. I have a set of GN drawings that covers their car fleet by number group, (also

From Jeff English: (I don't know why Yahoo won't let me post this to the group directly) Regarding the size of the NYC oval, it should be 48-3/8" at its widest on the outside of the white stripe of

Kurt, I suggest starting with the Union Tank Car list at the CPHA online documents library at http://www.cpsig.ca/. Search for "Union tank car" under document type: "rosters". The Jan. 1, 1952

Hi.....The Decals are probably old or "printed thin". I've had success by spraying the decals with a very light film of Flouquil gloss or glaze. Keep it light, wave the air brush over the decals for a

Many remained in service through the 1960s and into the 1970s. However, UTL's ORER listings were notably uninformative. Send me a mailing address off-line; I have a UTL document which you will find

OK, how can they be identified in ORERs? They don't appear to designate them differently in the listings. Perhaps they were off the roster by the late '50s? KL

All, As many of you already know, I'll be leaving the St. Louis area in August 2007 for a new military assignment in Indiana. Unfortunately, I will not be able to run the St. Louis RPM meet, which

Yes, lots of them. I have numerous photos. Richard Hendrickson

Were there any UTLX compartment tank cars? KL

I am finishing decaling my Funaro P&LE 36' box, and have run into the Devil of a problem! The background for the NYC herald needs to be black, and they included black decal backgrounds. I have had

Dean, You might try Micro-Scale MI 12 Decal Film. Chuck Hladik

Dear Sir: Thank you. I will let Dave know. S----Jettie

We will be at the Timonium show in February. As usual, if you want us to bring any specific kits, let us know deadline 31 January. - Al

Well, they pickle eggs, they pickle fish, and they for certain pickle pig's feet. Who knows what else? Russ

I don't know if the anwser to Mark Mathau's question is here, but this is a useful link to bookmark for reference. http://www.enter.net/~eaneubauer/frtmech.htm Eric Neubauer's home

Mike, This may be reasonable. The MP cars were generally loaded at Coffeyville. If these were open hoppers there certainly could have been a facility that did the grinding somewhere or an Aluminum

Mark Mathu wrote: In my understanding, Mark, it also applies to a horizontal cylinder (like a conventional tank car arrangement) but with the tank made of wood. That type was also used for

AAR mechanical code "TW" signifies cars with wooden tanks, typically used for pickles in brine. Does this designation cover the traditional "pickle cars" with two vertical wood cylindrical vats for

Comes a time when building an undecorated kit has some allure. To placate those feelings, I offer the following; all HO undec. kits. Innovative Model Works (IMWX) Square corner '37 AAR

I thought that was a little pre-pre-pre-acquisition testing of MP¹s goods? 8^) -- Thanks! Brian Ehni From: Mike Brock <brockm@...> Reply-To: <STMFC@...> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007