In Ted C's "Essential Freight Car" December installment, he has a picture of a 40'6" auto frame gon, NYC 698525. I can't say I've ever seen one like it before. Not just as a frame gon, but in

Richard Hendrickson wrote: But several people who have peeked in the boxes say that there are also a HECKUVA lot of ship photos in there, and "ol' Andy" was a ship enthusiast too. Do we have

Since we're rehashing old subjects, let me air a pet peeve. "Mill gon" is almost as frequently misused as "friction bearing" and "roofwalk". Okay, maybe a distant third, but nonetheless, most

Rich Orr wrote: "Shadow Keystone first applied in Jan. 1954 to the 10 PS-1 (PRR class X48) cars. general application began in summer of '54" Not quite - there were 20 Class X48, built February 1954,

Elden Gatwood wrote: When we had the discussion awhile back about decal errors - including the Micro Scale Cotton Belt herald faux pax - someone mentioned that they had passed our conversation on to

I entirely agree, having once spent three days (in company with several others) intensively plowing through the Merrilees collection without even getting around to opening all the boxes. FWIW, it's

Charlie, you haven't been paying attention. I did a lengthy and extensively illustrated article on the USRA gondolas in the July, 2002 Railmodel Journal. Of course, the basic research resource on

I don't think Andrew Merrilees archived his material according to source. Having seen the storage boxes at the National Archives, they seem to be grouped alphabetically by owner (mostly, as there are

Ted- I guess I knew that..... there just hasn't been the emphasis on mill gons like there has been on the double and single sheathed box cars and the 40' composite gondolas. Maybe an article that

Bob Webber wrote: Well, Bob, I have a 1919, and although MCB is listed as "publisher," at the bottom of the title page it says "Simmons-Boardman." I'm pretty sure that means S-B did the

--- In STMFC@..., Tony Thompson <thompsonmarytony@s...> wrote: Don't forget the ultimate source of Cyc photos: Andrew Merrilees > bought much of the Simmons-Boardman back files

I know I'm repeating myself but.. If you look at: http://www.ironhorse129.com/rollingstock/builders/bibliog-bldrs.htm you will see the Cyclopedias and their publishers. The first one shown is 1922.

Simmons-Boardman had a large library at where ever they are located in Nebraska. Thank you Larry Jackman ljack70117@... It is said that if you line up all the cars in the world end to end,

Dennis Storzek wrote: No. The Railroad Gazette published the 1906 volume. I'm not sure what year Simmons-Boardman took over, but certainly by 1919. As for searching the Merrilees photos, what I

There were thousands of USRA mill gons and clones built from 1919 through the 1920s. The Pennsy, B&O, NYC/PMcK&Y and Reading bought true USRA mill gons. The "clone" of the design was the "standard"

Did Simonds-Boardman involvement go all the way back to the 1906 Car Builder's Dictionary, and if it did, how does one go about searching for a specific photo in the Merrilees collection? Dennis

Angela- Athearn is doing a 65' mill gondola which will be a good stand-in or starting point for the mill gon (I don't believe any "USRA" mill gons were built; there may have been a proposed design but

And speaking for Kevn the owner (whow will likely be in Cocoa Beach) he still does. I believe there are others in the Orlando area too, maybe our Leader can fill us in... Greg Martin

List, Does anyone know of close approximations or good kitbash starting points for these cars in N scale? Any information is appreciated. Thanks, Angela

Ed Mines said: Don't forget the ultimate source of Cyc photos: Andrew Merrilees bought much of the Simmons-Boardman back files from old Cycs, and those photos are now at the National Archives of