Pete, Here's a list I've been keeping. But it's not complete and not fully up to date. 504 NYO&W wood caboose 507 Southern wood caboose 508 NH class NE caboose 509 IC outside brace

Ahh, thanks. They need to do something to improve their Google rating. Pete _____________________________________________________ Pete Brown - Gambrills, MD (Near Annapolis) Visit my

I'm not sure how many people saw the article in Railfan & Railroad in (I think) the December issue. I believe it was in Maybrook - there was a large icing platform, and the platform was higher than

It's hard to be certain, but do I detect friction-bearing trucks on the tank car? Tom ________________________________

of an crash charging the Bill, You are correct, of course. 300 lbs. falling 7 or 8 feet could do some damage. This matter is one of the things I covered in my Ice-bunker, Private- owner Reefer book

Tim Gilbert wrote http://home.comcast.net/~sseders/tankcar.html Tim, that is a good guess, but the Diamond Alkali emblem was multicolor and had writing through it that extended beyond the edges of

Pete: www.fandckits.com Regards, Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media 100 14th Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94402 info@... www.speedwitch.com (650) 787-1912

BTW, is there a list of all F&C kits someplace? I couldn't find a web site for them, and I also didn't see any product information from them on the STMFC web

Different ends, and in the case of the WM (4th largest number built and surviving) the cushioned frame, custom ladders and stirrup steps, and roof that (I believe) was different from many of the

Tim is correct that this is a Dow Chemical Co. tank car, in this case a 10K gal. ICC-104 (or insulated ICC-103, which amounts to the same thing) built in the 1920s by the Standard Tank Car Co. - note

Ted Culotta replied: In the April 1955 ORER, the only Dow cars listed were from their Texas Division (128 cars - all ICC-103's having five or six digit numbers) and 3 cars from their Canadian

Looks like a Dow Chemical tank car. The Ohio, Kanahwa and other river valleys in that region had (still have) lots of chemical plants. Judging by the type of car (insulated 103) I would guess it's for

Scott: It looks to me like a Dow ICC 104 insulated car, but that's a guess based upon the shape of the emblem. Regards, Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media 100 14th Avenue, San Mateo, CA

Following is a link to my personal web page. http://home.comcast.net/~sseders/tankcar.html I have uploaded an enlarged portion of a photo taken in August, 1956 of an empty hopper train departing

Thanks Chet. "Follow the Flag". Victor Baird Fort Wayne, Indiana

of The data and photos that came with the order size for Victor, Wabash steel gons were painted black including trucks. White paint or stencil paste was used for the lettering. The lettering

Ian, Thank you for the information. That is a lot of "light" to shed. Regards, Mike __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Jazz up your holiday email with celebrity designs.

I'm in the process of ordering three of these puppies and a number of other forty foot gondolas. Hopefully we'll get some more steam era "forty foot" permeations and combinations as time goes

<snip>I wonder if Byron is a nut case because he's such a good modeler, or Richard- I hope the good modeling follows being a nut case because I've got the first step nailed. Walter M. Clark Time

<snip>It will not be published on any set schedule, but I am toying Ted- Considering the machinations I went through after I joined this list and managed to get the back issues of RPC I'd be happy