Andy Miller writes... "In California they smoke everything! regards, Andy Miller" You're right Andy as is true with those who have moved from California to Oregon. My neighbor smokes Salmon...

Dave Nelson writes... "Too bad about the license... Guess I won't be buying the car then. Dave Nelson" I have taken a similar postion... I am boycotting and calling for a boycott of those companies

I wrote: It should stand out for it's construction details but be decorated like other cars of the era. I know we aren't supposed to attack each other's spelling on this list, but can we attack our

In a message dated 10/6/2004 10:10:36 AM Mountain Daylight Time, asmiller@... writes: In California they smoke everything! regards, Andy Miller Part I - Only what they can't sue. The legal

In California they smoke everything! regards, Andy Miller

The state of california believes everything causes cancer... just one more good reason to divide it up. Too bad about the license... Guess I won't be buying the car then. Dave Nelson

Tim O'Connor writes: "Interestingly, Red Caboose produces the car under license from the UP. For the life of me I can't figure out what exactly has been licensed here. There is no SP herald, just

Re the kit for the 2000-2799 series rebuilt in 1939 from USRA single sheathed cars: 1) I've said that I'd probably be satisfied if bracket grabs on box car sides were done by casting the brackets as

Certainly not the F-70-4, which was a depressed-center car (pretty serious kitbash) and was covered with rivets to boot. The -3 is indeed the 60-ft. class, though there were only 130 cars

I finally got my first F-70-7, a kit, direct from Walthers. It's undec, but includes an excellent set of decals. The wood deck is the best I've ever seen. The fishbelly sides, underframe, end sills,

Hey Yuze Gize... Here at work in the Great Pacific Northwest yesterday I stumbled onto something I found intersting. The WPRR (Willamette and Pacific Railroad) had a work train moving south (west in

Tim O'Connor wrote: You and a few others, fella. Then all we'll need is a correct single-axle trailer to go with it. What I'm *really* waiting for is the version(s) that came with bulkheads for

Tom, I have a photo showing a heavy PRR steamer shoving hard on one of these SP flat cars as they climb around Horseshoe Curve. So yes, you do need at least one!

Tom, they not only went off line, but they lasted well into the Amtrak era and ran on Penn Central's ex-B&A line into Boston. I learned this from Bob Buck a couple weeks ago when we were talking about

Dan Smith pointed out to me that the kit can be bashed very accurately into the 60 foot F-70-3 (?) and that by changing the end sill details, one can model the F-70-4. He said there is a Video Rails

Ben Hom said: Is there a prototype for this number of panels on a 50-ft. roof? Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Tony, Shawn & Ben, Many thanks for the information on these cars. Looks like I need to get a few, but the Fe-24 looks to be a rebuild project! See you all soon at Naperville. Tom Olsen Newark,

Bill Lane wrote: "The amount of information exchanged on a weekly basis in staggering to me. I still can't get over the fact that more then one of you know how many fattened cattle fit in a SPECIFIC

Tom Olsen asked: Yep. Built during fall 1949-spring 1950. And the model is quite accurate for both F-70-7 and F-70-6. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942

Tom Olsen asked: "Somewhere along the way, I must have overlooked the dates that this class of SP flats were placed in service. My time period is late 1953. Do this class of SP flat fall into that