Thank you, both. Do either of you know what years the articles about these cars would be in? I've got years of MRs in box after box. I'm thinking these articles had the paint information and other

Don, AFAIK it's a model of a PFE R40-23. It's a good stand-in, being dimensionally correct with appropriate details. But it is ancient molding technology and far better models are available now

Numbered page '16' is in my download -- as the seventeenth (page 12 throws off the number sequence) of thirty-five pages. Storey Lindsay Celje, Slovenia

Greetings All, Another consideration for keeping files sharp is the way they are stored. A pile of files in a drawer will dull every time they rub against each other as you open your toolbox.

Anyone missing page 16 should send an email to bierglaeser at yahoo dot com. I will send the missing page as a jpeg attachment. It turns out that I have that page albeit missing some verbiage that I

Train Shed Cyc #3 (1931) and #61 (1925) show both cars. The RI cars are ventilated with tiny (3" dia.) vents high on each end and roof vents (illustrated on page 157 of the 1925 CBC). The RI and PFE

Jace is correct. Though many of the GN TR box cars were originallybuilt with wood center sills, all were converted to steel draft sills in order to conform with the ARA ruling that outlawed wood

Jerry, personally many years ago I started entering items into simple text files on my PC. I have hundreds of them, one each for most major railroads and many dozens of special files based on car

Dave Eggleston wrote I will make a bet: CD's as they exist now, will be totally unreadable in 100 years, much less 300. That's because no hardware or software will exist for them. Heaven only

group, could someone tell me what the proto-type was for the old Athearn steelside 40ft reefer? I remember, years ago, there were articles in MR or MRC for modifying them into other types and classes.

Keith Jordan wrote: "I've not compared to the same color [MEC Harvest Gold] in Polly Scale, though. I wonder how it compares?" Pretty close, Keith ­ close enough for jazz, as we say in my home

I can't claim much expertise on the GN (or perhaps, given the knowledge base on this list, even much else), but I have some recollection of having read that the GN cars also had a steel channel center

Maybe when making the file they made a mistake and miss numbered page 16 as 17 and so on. I do not have 16 either. Thank you Larry Jackman ljack70117@...

As I recall, Bill McClung was considering issuing the O scale kits in RI lettering, as the prototypes were quite close, and an obvious concern is to find acceptable alternatives to utilize existing

It should be, Tim, since that's the color that IMRC and CB&T matched their paint/body colors to! I happened upon the color when I was doing the research for the old CB&T cars. I've not compared to

Well I don't know, what happened with Page 16, but maybe it will lead to another major motion picture for Tom Hanks. Or Tom Cruise? Tom Arnold? -- Scott

It's in the compressed version in the Files section. Frank Greene Memphis, TN fgreen01@...

Since I have had nary response, on or off list, to my first post below, I thought I would make a another run at it. The Freight Car Underframe download is MISSING page 16. I find it hard to believe

Dave Eggleston wrote: Don't forget "dry" place: moisture is known to be bad for CD-R disks. Archival, yes: the Gutenberg bible looks like it was printed yesterday. Tony Thompson

Does anyone have extensive B&W prints from Railroad Avenue Enterprises? What memorable freight car photos do you have from them? I have a couple that I bought at hobby shops and swap meets