List, Here are two images of AT&SF flatcars taken from the Online Archive of California web site. The first is of AT&SF 9290(x) taken in May of 1922 in Orange,

In the 1/43 and 1/53 ORER's, the KPCX reporting marks belonged to the Koppers Company. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

I didn't record the details, but at TrainFest last weekend Accurail announced that they were working on a 40' steel gondola of a prototype other than Varney or Tyco.... which should be good news for

Greg Smith wrote: Very well said, Greg. I would like to add my compliments and thanks for the site too. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

done. This is great news. I have been wandering in Eliot's "Waste Land" since the SEFC website ceased updating. Great source of info, photos, and inspiration. To you, Rob, and to Ted: there is no

Group, Was there such a thing as a "common" 40' steel gondola for steam era or transition era railroads? I'm searching for something similar to what the 1937 AAR boxcar design was to the boxcar

In a message dated 11/17/2005 6:19:15 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, shawn.beckert@... writes: Amazingly, my April, 1959 ORER shows examples of both series still in service, though it says

In a message dated 11/17/2005 5:17:36 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, gsmith@... writes: To you, Rob, and to Ted: there is no way most of us can repay you for the time and work you put

Great news!!! Bill McCoy Jax the along. It done. things. wrote: excellent contains including include it in far as I it 1938

Bill, For photos of the WE tank cars, try Railmodel Journal, October 1990, or Kaminski's ACF tank car book, page 131. Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

Hello, all I was going through my stash of old kits the other day and found a Main Line Models kit for a billboard reefer-"King Packing Co. Omaha" reporting mark KPCX. Would anyone have any

[snip] I agree; note also the lower eave height relative to the adjacent Erie 10'0" IH 78000-79199 series box car. Also, what's visible of the door matches photos of the B-50-17s. Interesting that

Ed Mines wrote: The PFE orange did indeed weather in the direction of yellow. Some years ago I was presented at Winterail with a piece of wood from one of the surviving wood-sheathed PFE cars at

For one, the fact that they have exited before doing the Rock Island 4-8-4s! -- Thanks! Brian Ehni

I shouldn't be writing e-mails before my second cup of coffee. You're right, of course, and I now realize that I saw stacks of the Sunshine kits at Naperville only a couple of weeks ago. The first

Patrick Wider wrote: This lettering is famous and IIRC was made into a decal by Walthers. However, to my knowledge there were only two cars ever so assigned. Tony Thompson Editor,

On Mon Nov 14, 2005 Shawn Beckert referenced a photo with UP boxcars in mail service : http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics45/00057025.jpg There has been some speculation here about what those UP boxcars

I experimented a bit with this approach in the distant past (though not with the Tichy underframe) and found that the most vexing problem was getting the length of the running boards exactly right.

Richard, what the...? NP War Emergency box cars are offered by Sunshine. The Challenger cars sold poorly, because they're not even as good as the Sunshine kits. See

Ted's magnificant calendar reminded me of the excellent photos in the aforementioned collection of photos so I revisited the Jack Delano section over the internet. Using "railroad yards" as a key