schemes to an RR Now there is a thought for a quick, basic, entry level article. Perhaps someone at MR could do it in two pages since they seem to mainly focus on simple, not very in-depth articles

Just how accurate was the lettering on the old Silver Streak model?Armand Premo

Jon, Thank you for your interest in the Dalman trucks. The new CNC mill arrived in January and since then the tooling for the sideframes has been completed. I finished the brakeshoes part Friday.

You are invited to attend the 3rd annual Bay Area Prototype Modelers (BAPM) event on Sunday, April 30, 2006, from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM at the Marriott Hotel in Fremont, California. Tickets are

Jim writes: "Has any one ever done a book/document/list of the changes to paint schemes that covers the major railroads? I know my RRs. But when it comes to an RR that I don't know I don't know

Steve and Richard; Thanks very much for the information. I had done a search of the Steam Freight car messages in my several years of archives, but didn't turn up anything. I'll give it another

Hi Rob, I seems like these cars were discussed, at some point in the distant past. Someone with better searching techniques in the STMFC archives will probably point out where. These cars were the

Rob, these cars have been discussed previously on the list; when the Rock Island went into receivership during the depression, General American repossessed the reefers and leased them back to the RI

Is HO scale lettering available for the 1924-built Rock Island refrigerator cars that were covered briefly in the August 1999 issue of Mainline Modeler? Can anyone elaborate on their paint and

Has any one ever done a book/document/list of the changes to paint schemes that covers the major railroads? I know my RRs. But when it comes to an RR that I don't know I don't know what years what

Sirs, I've just finished some AAR 50 ton flat cars for the Union Pacific. What is the most common car load for this U.P. F-50-11 class? I prefer to have some photo's of that. Regards, Arnold van

Last May the Mayor of Mason City Iowa presented fellow list member Gene Green with a special award for his effort in the restoration of an M&StL steam engine located in a local park. Last week the

The last data I have seems to be from Nov. of last year. It was from Brian Leppert and apparently he is waiting for a new CNC machine. He states 3 months so I figure it's time to query for an update

Great, now I can build my Rock Island SS mini kit. All those cool parts make sense now. Thanks, Rob Manley

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the STMFC group. File : /reefer sfrd 34163 Rr- 21 Duryea.jpg Uploaded by :

To amplify what Ben has said, the October 1953 ORER lists only 70 pieces of rolling stock that was useful in interchange service. The proper name for this railroad was the "Huntingdon & Broad Top

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Bruce: It is below the left leg of the grab on the right end of the left side of the car and to the right of the last stake pocket on that side. Regards, Ted Culotta

Thanks for the link, John. OK all, continuing my underframe education - is that a Duryea underframe on the car on the right of this picture?

Folks, I'm almost done the Northern Specific Models NP SERIES 64000-64195 flatcar model and I had what may be a silly question... Where is the retaining valve located on this car? I cannot see