Reading 101045 is an XMu, not XMt. The XMt class were all in the 100xxx series. The XMt's were 8' 8" inside height while the XMu's were 9' 3" inside height. Both XMt and XMu were 8 panel sides

BRUCE: No disagreement here. I get more from the tiny odd ball adds than from the new product announcements. Looks like an area in which one of the publications could "step up" and capture the

BRUCE: No disagreement here. I get more from the tiny odd ball adds than from the new product announcements. Looks like an area in which one of the publications could "step up" and capture the

Hello Eric, For the SP side you should probably invest in Tony Thompson's freight car books; Southern Pacific Freight Cars Volume 1: Gondolas and Stock Cars Southern Pacific Freight Cars Volume 2:

Dear Group: I am trying to build up resources on freight cars in the 1880-1930s period, with a particular interest in Santa Fe practice, although I would be interested in good resources on any

Garrett, The SP 65088 is a fifty foot auto car from their 64925-65424 series, class A-50-14, built 1940-41 by Mt. Vernon. Later, Bill Kelly

N&W, VGN, and C&O had them, built from 1912-1924. PRR built a single car in 1919, and Pressed Steel built an 8-wheel 90-ton demonstrator in 1921. C&IM had smaller 70-ton cars. Battleship gons were

Pardon the bandwidth. Bob Kutella, if you are monitoring this channel, would you please contact me, off list. Thanks, Steve Hile shile@...

THE NICKEL PLATE ROAD DID IT ALSO. MONT SWITZER Quoting Bob Webber <zephyr1@...>:

_centga@... (mailto:centga@...) writes: Greg, so where can I find this builders photo that was supplied to Kadee? Todd Horton You can find it in... The Cars of The Pennsylvania

All, The PRRT&HS Modeling Committee has contacted nearly all Model manufacturers with regard to the use of the PRRT&HS archive as they relate to upcoming projects. Some have made good use of the

wrote: hyphen. Ahhhh! I see it now from the online diagram books on Elwood's Fallen Flags site for free, Vs. the Morning Sun book that cost $$$$. Garrett Rea Nashville, TN

Greg, so where can I find this builders photo that was supplied to Kadee? Todd Horton

Todd writes: Greg, care to elaborate? I wasn't aware of the body color mistake made on this model, did I miss something? I know they have made mistakes but who hasn't. I've worked with them on a

In a message dated 2/13/2005 12:29:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, tgregmrtn@... writes: Mistakes like the incorrect color of the PS-2 PRR class H-34A Covered hopper have no logical excuse . They

Todd Horton writes: While Kadee has made mistakes they try harder than anyone to produce a correct model. Kadee's past policy has been that they will not do a model unless they have a photo of

In a message dated 2/13/2005 9:21:34 A.M. Central Standard Time, timboconnor@... writes: Prohibition ended in 1934, and most of the billboard reefers lost their ads by 1938. So it must be

--- In STMFC@..., "Garrett Rea" <Garrett.Rea@w...> wrote: <snip> > NYC 169382 (Lot 798B PS-1) <snip> In the Ben Hom tradition, I'd like to point out that whenever NYC wrote or

Montford Switzer wrote Subject: RE: Side Effect and >PM.. I have to read them ALL to stay anywhere near >current. Montford Unfortunately, the magazines seem to have followed Walther's lead. The

Garrett CB&Q 7196 was built in 1930 by PSCC as class XA-12 (40200-499) renumbered to 47196 in about 1933, and renumbered to 7196 between 1951 and 1956 on removal of auto loaders Rupert