Allow me to disagree with Lt Ben. I don't think there is any need for a modeler to own either equipment registers or diagram books until they are familiar with and have built all the available kits

Byron, What ever happen to that tank car frame? Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has stopped in 1941 Digitrax DCC owner, Chief system NMRA Life member #2623 Member SFRH&MS

John, yes, I am familiar with that photo. But it's not what I would call a high quality photo. Most of the small lettering is illegible, which by today's standards is a no-go. What we need are clear,

Many of the Train Shed Cyclopedias are still available directly from: Charles S. Gregg 808 Boulder Springs Drive, #C5 Richmond, VA 23225 chasmagg@... I most recently recieved a catalog in June,

Just received my RMC and noticed that Tichy had no less the 3 ads in the Feb. issue. One for the war emergency gon, one for some express trucks, and one for some nut/bolt/washer and rivet castings.

From what I understand, Don Tichy's main business, which was producing injection molded supplies for the medical industry, is no longer occupying his time, leaving him free to pursue freight car kits.

Ben: I also recommend looking into your local NMRA chapter. Interest in freight cars usually begets more interest and many of the experts are not distributed in an entirely even, random pattern, but

John, I will forward this to Steve Johnson, and see if he has any good copies of NC&StL cars for this. IIRC, Steve has worked with Atlas before, as well as LL on some of their car

Ben Hom's post on sources for freight car research was very well done and, along with Byron's, should be archived as a national resource. However, I must respectfully disagree with Byron about the

Richard Hendrickson wrote I concur with Richard, and would say that the TSC's are also a good way to find out if you'd actually be interested in a Cyclopedia w/o having to take out a second mortgage.

Hello again, Looking for information on the following USRA Double-Sheathed boxcars and "clones" thereof to support an installment of my "boxcar series for the new prototype modeler": PM

You might also check the larger libraries. The RPI library has the reprints of the entire 1879 (or so, I'm not sure of the date), 1880's, and 1906. They also have in their archives an original 1916.

In a message dated 1/11/01 11:11:43 AM Pacific Standard Time, ibs4421@... writes: << He would make us read "1937 ARA Boxcars In Service" if there was such a thing. >> Warren, We are

Spen Kellogg sent me a copy of his family's company's annual report of 1960, which included a photo of an old tank somewhat akin to the MDC kit. I've posted the picture

On Wed, 10 Jan 2001 14:08:17 -0800 "Jon Miller" <atsf@...> writes: Jon, you really know how to hurt a guy. To answer your question though, it's in a box right next to the started patterns for

Noble Freight Car Grandmasters, Well, my post regarding the cycs. didn't open up a can of worms, but it sure did promote some discourse on research,

On Wed, 10 Jan 2001 22:27:49 -0500 "Tim O'Connor" <timoconnor@...> writes: Richard and Tim, I never said that the Cycs, Train Shed or otherwise, and the ORERs were not helpful. I only said

Well, Byron, we assume you know what the road to hell is paved with. Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland, Oregon 97520

A question, and then a few comments. Question: What is the Squadron series like? I've never modeled anything but railroads, so I'm not familiar with the data contained therein. Comments: It seems