Guys, Sorry for intrusion, but I'd like to contact the officers of the MILW HS group. Please respond >>>>off list<<<< Schuyler.larrabee @ verizon.net (take out the spaces, of

I'll probably get yelled at by Mike, but here's what I do: at the top of the message (I always read on Yahoo's website) I place my cursor and hold down the left button, then drag down and across the

Hi List, I am building some Northern Pacific 36' wood boxcars, originaly built by the Pressed Steel Car Company in 1903. I have the body and roof done from photo's and the diagram on the NPRHA site,

Hello All, This might be a bit OT... if so... please forgive... A while back I posted the following request for information on the MKT Yahoo site and to date have not had any success. I am hoping

Did the PFE operate any ice decks east of the Mississippi River? Did they have agreements with other RR's to ice their reefers? Tony Thompson need not reply. Paul Catapano

For anybody who cares (and at least one person did) my misgivings about calling that B&M line the "Portland" line were well founded. It was, in fact, the "Western Route." Here, let me copy and

Jim Betz wrote: But did not have to go in reefers; other roads did not use reefers. When the crop first came in, yes, as people would pay premium prices, but afterward, I doubt there

To be specific we make the following number of kits that are appropriate for the following decades: 00s 90 10s 270 20s 375 30s 410 - Al Westerfield

I've done some more reading and now see that my comments about Type 27 frames having flat faces on the side/end sills could be wrong because I was looking at AC&F UTLX cars - which, but for 3 cars,

Members, I have put up for sale the following 'O' scale freight car kits: 1. Central Hobby Supply +IBw-West Shore Line+IB0- #9321 NYC +IBw-LO+IB0- class 70T Covered Hopper w/decals, less T&C @

Woe!!! You could ship LCL express. All Express rates were set by the express company.(REA) Nothing to do with passenger trains. Then they worked out rates for space in the baggage cars on the train

Jim Betz wrote: "LCL" was governed by freight tariffs while "Express" was governed by passenger tariffs! Tim Gilbert

Nope, no bulging. However, there is no reason that a well worn, non-interchange boxcar would not perhaps bulge from a load. That would be a pretty weak boxcar, especially if it is bulging near the top

The short answer is "any relatively small product that needed to go from one end of the RR to the other without the risk of being worked in a yard". If it was in a freight car it was at risk

Bob Warren wrote to the B&M Yahoo Group: Tim Gilbert

Guyz, My 2 cents >> when attending any large hobby meet, keep an eye out for original Kadee kits. Was the best source many moons ago, and still builds into a fine product with upgraded

Schuyler, You have correctly identified the "senior moment" at crossing the name with stover. Thanks for the map link, one more thing to drive the Mrs. nuts as I tie up the computer.

Just made a wonderful discovery. Since I can no longer drive my wife does that for me now. Now I can look around at the passing scene with the wifely admonishment to get my eyes back on the

Kurt Johnson wrote: Kurt, While I'm not suggesting any specific kits, the following suggestions will point you towards decals and other sources of info for modeling that period. You might want to

In a message dated 6/10/2005 8:21:05 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, tculotta@... writes: Interestingly, it looks like the error is not simply that the two middle panels are too wide, but that