Bill, Be aware that Martin's kit was for the IMWX/Red Caboose 1937 box car 40 foot version. There is no kit for the 50 foot cars. I have extra doors as Martin gave out just the doors as a present at

I thought some of you might be interested in these comments from Frank Sergent. And, if any of you would to see his couplers first hand that haven't already been able to do so, I will be bringing

In their collection is THOMAS RUFFIN, a prototype for the Bachmann HO Pullman. Oh yes, they also have freight cars ;-) Gotta keep this legal for the list. regards, Andy Miller

This was on the CG modeler yahoo page a couple of days ago. Bill McCoy Jax Bob Branin, owner of Riverdale Station Hobby Shop near Atlanta, called this morning to tell me he had found some more of

SouthEasternern Railway Museum, Duluth Ga www.srmduluth.org/ Howard R Garner

the Bill, That's too bad. IIRC some folks say 90% iso is the only way to go. But I have no experience with this. The late Hosam (http://www.hosam.com) has a website where he had collected posts from

Wow Gregg, your stuff is very nice. Blake D. Tatar Custom painting, repairs and modifications of model railroad equipment. Brass a Specialty. E-mail : BDTatar@... Website @ :

Thanks Richard. You have confirmed some things for me. I will be using the Kadee, Accurail, and Red Caboose trucks for all of my models with Andrews

Try using Scalecoat Wash Away. This is the stuff in the plastic bottle. It works well on plastic shells Blake D. Tatar Custom painting, repairs and modifications of model railroad equipment. Brass a

What & where is SERM? -- thanks -- Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla. accessible files section? plant an idea since it and were gons. find sides You could Could you for outside of

A curious car with a curious underframe. The underframe was obviously steel, and there were only two truss rods, apparently for the purpose of supporting a somewhat skimpy steel center sill. A

Denis, Thanks for the offer, but I already have a copy of the article done for the ACL-SAL HS bulletin that included the general arrangement drawings. IIRC, Ambroid actually did the cars in

Clark, Wanting some pumping up, I swent to the site only to discover that it is not functioning "at this time." Anyone else had this experience? Tom ________________________________ Sent: Thu

Gregg You indicated that you wanted some one to do the ACL vent in N scale. I have the general arrangement drawings for the car if you someone in mind. DB

Needless to say, when I went to look at it, I got "quota exceeded, check back later". I've been busy making N scale billboard reefer decals from photos on the web, so I'll definitely bookmark this

In a message dated 10/20/2005 7:15:00 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, abrown@... writes: What & where is SERM? ---> See; _SRM Exhibits: Freight Cars_

This site has some very nice stuff for Freight Car fans. http://www.geocities.com/oldlahistory/reefer.html If this doesn't get you pumped up for Naperville, nothing will. I can't

Manfred, I have tried alcohol (denatured and 70% iso) and Polyscale paint remover, neither of which worked. The PS did a good job of removing the paint, but the lettering is as good as new! Bill

Hello again, Thanks to Mr Ben Hom, I stand corrected, the series 41,000 LV quad hoppers were the ones built as composites, I was in a hurry yesterday and didn't check my typing or the on line

Ed, By your description of style #5 cars, do you mean this series (I stole this from Ed Shaller's web site)? Hopper, 34'-1" composite (steel after 1951), 55 ton (HM) 15001-15250 Built by