On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 11:19 AM, Justin Zukas wrote: The tractor load may have been a load of Oliver 99's from Oliver's "plant two". They were a high horsepower tractor for the time and popular in

I've used solvent-based paints (Floquil, Scalecoat I & II) with no problem and no grit blasting. Just clean surface with some solvent first, as they sometimes have an oily coating (mold release?).

Bob: It's in my January 1945 ORER. 2500-2999, split into two sub-series differing only in ice-bunker capacity, 370 total cars. -- Dave Parker Swall Meadows, CA

I've had no problems painting these truck-frames with conventional acrylics (Vallejo, ModelMaster, etc.), BUT I grit-blast all my trucks before painting. -- Dave Parker Swall Meadows, CA

Hi List Members, Altho the image was photographed in Providence RI in 1968, I suspect this Lake Terminal gon LT 2570 was around during the steam era.

The Reading class GHc/d composite gondolas. This is done by Funaro in HO scale, and these were actually used in auto frame service as well. william dale

That is a class HTh hopper, no never done in HO scale (hint), nor the trucks. A useless bit of knowledge, only two sets of those trucks are known to exist. One set is at the RCT&HS museum in Hamburg

The tractor load may have been a load of Oliver 99's from Oliver's "plant two". They were a high horsepower tractor for the time and popular in the great plains states. The 99 and a couple years of

Just an additional comment, that triangle shaped blob next to the door is the logo General American applied to most, if not all, the cars they owned. Dennis Storzek

Apparently, the Rapido GARX reefer will be close to the 2500-series Swift reefers if the notched side sill that comes with the Rapido model is replaced with a straight sill. The Swift cars also had a

Doug Harding commented: It’s wearing the Red scheme adopted by Swift c1950. Swift sold all their reefers in the 30s and then leased back. In your 1955 ORER look under General American and you

Regarding Kadee’s trucks made with HGC (high gravity compound), How well does paint adhere to them? Any types of paint work better on these trucks than others? Thanks in advance. Wayne

Specimen: Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Freight Car Weigh Ticket From the jumping frog website: http://www.jumpingfrog.com/images/epm05jan22/epm1203.jpg Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: Swift Reefer 2805 A photo from the Penney Vanderbilt And KC Jones website: https://penneyandkc.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/maybrook_yard_004.jpg My 1955 Equipment Register shows no listings

Digest version only shows 2 attachments per message (you have to click "View/Reply Online" at the bottom of the message to see them all). Individual email version allows all attachments to show. Andy

Red Ball 107 sides. Jim Gates On Wednesday, April 21, 2021,

Speaking of names and pronounciations, how does one pronounce your last name? Jared Harper Athens, GA

So did I. Brian Termunde Midvale, UT Schuyler Larrabee 5:14pm #183757 Interesting. I received six images on the first email. Schuyler

anyone know anybody in winona, mn that we could find more about this gem? ;-)

Thank you all for the computer advice! You made my day! LR King