For modelers of Canadian prototypes, more caution is warranted. Admittedly the Life Like and Proto 2000 names are used under license by a different company for the Canadian prototypes, and under

Page 3 has a very interesting picture of a 4 wheel caboose, labeled for the "Los Angeles Terminal". Was this Los Angeles, California? If it is, was this one of SP 4 wheel cabooses? An idea when &

Andy Miller wrote: Prior to around 1950, certainly prior to WW II, the majority of the tank car traffic was oil-company connected, either direct petroleum products or a few chemicals made from

Andy, Tim O'Connor has already identified asphalt and casinghead gasoline as two common commodities that were shipped in insulated tank cars. And it's high time you and others on this list stopped

I've just gone through some of my holdings and found some duplicates of New Haven Shoreliners and C&NW Northwestern Lines issues. I'd prefer to swap for issues I lack but will consider selling

I used to buy a lot of kits through estate sales from the listings in MR & RMC. Occasionally I'd buy some plastic cars too. A long time ago I bought a "MDC gon" decorated for Burlington. I'm don't

I found the link below stumbling through the internet. It's good for cars around the turn of the century. Ed http://www.win.org/library/services/lhgen/SCcarco/index.htm

Andy I just remembered that "natural gasoline" also was shipped in insulated tank cars. I think another name for this is casinghead gas. Sunshine produced a model of a Warren ICC 104 tank car that

Andy, asphalt was often shipped in insulated tank cars. That is the most obvious petroleum product... paraffin is another. If you walk along the yard tracks in Framingham there's an old siding and

Richard, I notice that most of the road names offered (except the generic GATX) are for oil companies. Were petroleum products shipped in insulated tank cars, or were the oil companies shipping

Steve, you've got to pay closer attention. There has been extensive discussion of these cars on this list in the recent past. They are new models – at least, the insulated tanks are new, though

Thanks, Chet. I have a good photo of one but didn't know their history. Richard Hendrickson

I can remedy that, as I have pre-production test shots and I'm in the process of building a model. When it's finished and I've photographed it (which will depend on when the sun comes out – right

Could we pursue the topic of "accurate" models a bit farther? I have been asked to create a list of accurate freight car models for the Chicago & North Western in conjunction with the Morning Sun

Rob; That same fancy cast jacking pad is one item I pointed out in my clinic (I noticed a LOT of napping, so I am not sure they were listening), but I am not sure how it relates to each Type

That's probably because the url was split into three lines; cut and paste everything from "www" through "jpg". It worked for me. Walt Lankenau

"Where have I been". Not at Naperville where it was shown discreetly along with several other projects that will be coming out from a host of other vendors as well.. Bob Webber

List, I might remind those on the list from states on the Left Coast that Florida lacks one thing I am very glad to do without - a State Income Tax. We wisely tax the daylights out of you tourists

Not only that, but you state what is wrong with the model - VERY good! This points out the inaccuracies and lets the modeler decide if he can live with them or has to do some serious bashing or just

That tsunami, when (not if) it occurs, will likely not stop till it hits the Appalachians. Florida will be no impediment at all. -- Thanks! Brian Ehni