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

Tim; I don't know how the majority feel, but some of us do realize how good we have it. We also realize the time we put in, and it is a LOT of time, pandering to the needs of other PRR modelers, is

Happy Hobbo in Tampa,4040 W. Waters Av., 813 886-5072 ; they used to have a great selection of detail parts and kits. Marcelo Lordeiro

Bob Webber, soon to be announced as the STMFC's official comedian, notes: I guess you haven't been to Blue Ridge. Actually, I must confess that I haven't been inside any Hooters...<g>. However, I

Hi, I know that there are several people on the list that live on the Gulf side of Florida. I am planning on spending the Holidays in St. Petersburg. Can anyone suggest any GOOD model railroading

Thanks for the update. When communication leans towards criticism, recall Abraham Lincoln's words, you can please some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time

There are good freight car sequences that show all types of freight cars in the B&O and WM videos by Bill Price. They are available from WB Video at the link

Elden, I would second Gregg's request for the pre-1954 schemes in N-scale. There are many holes here. Some decals are available as parts of specific kits; but the big classes of gons are mostly

Thanks SUVCWORR@...! So it's the Circle Keystone that I need from my 1951-52 Grand Canyon District. Appreciate the help! Take Care! Brian R. Termunde West Jordan, UT "Ship and Travel the Grand

The aforementioned: Stephans Railroad History POB 667 Talbott, TN 37877 1-865-828-3380 or toll free 1-877-694-8366 Cell phone 1206-409-2240 or toll free 1-877-694-8370 Email:

My suspicion is the reason for this is that they began being relegated to less-than fully commercial service. By that I mean they started to be used for such things as hide service or other services

Brian: Circle Keystone scheme pre 1954 Shadow Keystone first applied in Jan. 1954 to the 10 PS-1 (PRR class X48) cars. general application began in summer of '54 Plain Keystone 1960 I don't have

ljack70117@... wrote: Try Karen Stephans, Rural Route 3, Rutledge TN 37861. Her late husband Earl bought a lot of the Trainshed Cyclopedia Remainders, and she occasionally sells them on

As indicated in a previous e-mail, Stephans railroad History (which now has the Trainsheds)

ed_mines wrote: The changes in the wood sheathed-to-steel sheathed boxcars from 1945-1950 are due to new steel sheathed cars replacing older wood sheathed cars. While I cannot quantify your

Thanks for that info Andy. I have not seen that message yet. I'll go to the group website and look that message up. Yahoo and/or AOL has been awfully weird this weekend. More so then usual. I'm been

Thomas Baker wrote: Tom, If you read all ten pages of the file, you should get the general sense of Ben's presentation. Much of the "historical" part of his presentation has been covered in sundry