Dave Nelson says: You happen to The number of total cars to SP box cars in my report is 20.4 while 57.6 in Tim's...4.9% in mine to 1.7% in Tim's. The number of SP box cars...136...is 9.89% of the

If you're a little adventurous, here's something that I tried with nice success. Making the "innie" corrugations is something that I don't want to try. I had to make some reverse murphy ends, so

Mike Brock wrote: Mike, In times when there was a boxcar surplus, there were probably a higher than average SP participation on the Laramie-Green River line (e.g. Spring 1949). In times of boxcar

Mike Brock wrote: In a word, yes. I can't comment on that data but from what I see in my SRR data, yes, there is a very slight increase due to proximity -- and in my data that meant just 1 road.

Tim Gilbert writes: Tim, let me be certain of what you are saying. You say: "...the percentage of boxcars OK...let's say SP "...to all foreign boxcars on a line..." Lets say UP Green

Please will Doug Polinder contact me off group re: Illinois Central Hoppers and Beyer Garratt Locomotives. A message to him has been returned undelivered. I apologise to everyone else for the uptake

Blair Kooistra asked: "A former Santa Fe boxcar, obviously rebuilt from an earlier car, not sure what class of car this is, and all lettering except for the ATSF initials and one herald are painted

Dave Nelson wrote: Dave, I think this was probably the operative rule for boxcars on all lines - not just the major trunk lines - particularly those receiving more boxcar loads than they originated.

Tim Gilbert wrote: There is the operative rule for boxcars for major trunk routes. As for the home road percentage... locations that shipped more than they received would likely see a far higher

Try medium weight CA glue hit with your favourite accelerator. This works especially well where you need to fill sink marks or ejector pin holes and can sand and file the surface without risking too

Decades out of date? And in an NMRA publication? Surely not! Someone should nominate Rip Van Winkle for NMRA president. Richard Hendrickson [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Tim Gilbert wrote: Thanks for saying this, Tim. The Weiss article is a real "time machine" back to the modeler's attitudes of decades ago, though at least it tries to be quantitative. Tony

Bob Chaparro wrote: Bob, The central premise of Michael Weiss' determination of the ownership distribution of freight cars on a 1950's layout is railroad driven rather an examination of what car

The Winter 2005 issue of the Marker Lamp, the official publication of the Lone Star Region/NMRA, featured an article by Michael Wiess titled, "Determining A 1950s Freight Car Fleet". The article

My apologies for starting an off-topic thread. I guess I should have mentioned that the parts I want are for older freight cars. And my thanks to all who responded - on and off line. Jim

Richard Hendrickson wrote: On Richard's previous recommendation of this I bought some and have been very satisfied. Smells GREAT. Just like old fashioned airplane dope. 8-) The only caution is you

I'll third the motion. I have a one-pound tube of Nitro-Stan Spot and Glazing Red Putty 9001. It's a life-time supply (still good after 15 years) and it originally cost me $5.95. Pat Wider

I'll second Armand on this, as I've used it for years. The product you want is available at most auto parts stores and auto paint supply houses as "glazing putty" or "spot putty." It's easy to

Another source I should have mentioned is the article on 10 ft IH postwar boxcars in Railway Prototype Cyclopedia, Vol. 8. http://geocities.com/rpcyc/v8.html Larry Kline Pittsburgh, PA

Tim Costello asked: With the discussion of freight trucks and mention of RPC #4 as a comprehensive reference, I'd like to ask if there is a similar comprehensive review of (boxcar) ends, and boxcar