Neat photo. Note those U.S. Army tank cars in the background. Any idea of the location?

Found this while finally organizing the library - uploaded a file titled "RI 474 RS3 Farm Implement Train.JPG" to the group files section

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 : /Consist and Yard Photos/RI 474 RS3 Farm Implement

and Glazing Red Putty originally cost me $5.95. My 1 lb. 5 oz. tube of 3M acrylic "Glazing Putty" cost me a little more than $20 about 6 months ago. It is a life-time supply. I guess the price has

That's about the same language in the sister pub, Railway Age. I guess we should conclude this was a conventional Duryea with full sliding sill. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature

A side view of single-door rebuild N&W 42399 appears in the July 1989 RMJ, p 8. It's a little distant and a little blurry, but a general overview is visible, including the distinctive side panel (sans

Bob Weston asked: "Could someone give me a description for N&W boxcar 42186 and a possible source for for photos of this car or others in its class?" Jim Brewer replied: "N&W boxcar 42186 was

Larry Kline wrote: Interesting theory, but unfortunately it's apparently without support from actual hopper cars. <g> Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest

Bill Welch wrote about the Accurail car in Prototype Railroad Modeling Volume 1-- it's a rebuild of a BREX car. And he wrote about the forthcoming Intermountain car(s) in RMJ February 2005-- postwar

According to Railway Mechanical And Electrical Engineer the original 25 1950-built XME cars had: ".....Duryea welded-type, single-spring cushion underframe(s) to give greater protection for both car

Tony Thompson asked: Where did the idea come from that fishbelly side sills mean anything about slope sheet angle? Larry Kline wrote: I was replying to Jim Mishke who wrote: I am under the impression

Martin Lofton (Sunshine Models) made a mini-kit for the Santa Fe Fe-21. Which was composed of two ends. Does anyone have one of these kits they would like to sell? Getting in touch with Sunshine

The Lindberg trucks also featured incredibly soft springs which enabled a moderately heavy car to actually depress the springs. Ironically, I don't believe the Lindberg cars were heavy enough to do

Fred Freitas wrote: Fred, I think we are pretty clear that it is "PSF." And to answer your questions, no and no. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

Larry Kline wrote: Where did the idea come from that fishbelly side sills mean anything about slope sheet angle? Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

The trucks are the old Lindberg trucks. Lindberg (the plastic kit people) got on the HO Model Train Set bandwagon in the 1960's following fellow Chicago plastic kit maker Revell (yes, Revell had a

E-B Products has been manufacturing the old Lindberg line of free-rolling sprung freight trucks for several years. I have several customers that swear by them. I do not know if they sell directly to

Erie's classic 2 bay offset hoppers predated the Bethlehem fishbelly hoppers so maybe Erie wanted to stay with the same design. Since so many off road hoppers were loaded in the anthracite region

No mention of WM? Generally, Atlas tries fairly hard to letter their equipment for prototype (although all the car details are not always right), and they produced their fishbelly cars in both

I'll check the Bob's Photo negative number tonight. You can't see the side of the car in the photo, however the car end corrugations are the same as the MDT or Despatch ends (don't know the exact