As everyone knows except Bob Hundman, the drawings were only proposals and don't necessarily represent the cars as built. In fact, the striking castings on most of the USRA cars were concave. They

Does anybody known anything about Tichys latest offering, an injection molded (or moulded for our friends north of the border) kit for a war emergency gondola? I just received notification of its

Guys, Some of you have suggested that the STMFC membership require approval for entry. I have decided to do that at least for the time being. OTOH, I don't want to be the Supreme Court [ we have

Byron, as I'm not well connected at Tichy, all I know is what I've heard second hand. I doubt that there will be variants of the sort you enumerate, though it's my understanding that they will

Works for me. And are we an august group because we usually meet in August? Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland, Oregon 97520

Thanks, Richard. One as-planned detail that was eliminated, but with traces still left behind, that I found interesting was the SS cars' end sill. While the 9" channels and cover plate were

muskoka@... writes: It would help if you gave us the numbers, too. There were sooo many series of reefers the number series might jog someone's memory.

I'm working with a UP conductor's manual recorded in March, 1948, for thru trains between Laramie and Rawlins Wyoming. Almost every car inital and number is legible with just a few exceptions - one

Dave Nelson wrote: Oh, there is one more item of interest: SFRD26384, westbound with a load of eggs. Dave and others, RD26384 was an Rr-12 reefer, which originally was built in 1928 as an Rr-7. In

Dave Nelson wrote, about some reefers he found in a 1948 UP conductor's time book: I've written them down as URTX and I'm assuming they're all reefers, Dave, I'm very doubtful that these are all URTX

Richard Hendrickson writes about Dave Nelson's Frt Conductor book: And some of the loads look out To add a little bit to this [ and I believe I've mentioned it before, but maybe on the PCL ] , the

I'm afraid I side w/Richard on the date issue. By 1960, I was looking for older freight cars still in photographable condition and had ZERO interest in the contemporary equipment except as it

I too dislike styrene handrails. My normal attachment mode is 5 minute epoxy, solder, or (last choice) ACC. Max

Welcome back Byron!! And just what size were the rivets used on the thousands of channel side hoppers on the WM to secure the channels to the side sheets and framing? Max

On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 14:12:08 -0000 "Max Robin" <m_robin@...> writes: Thank you Max. As I recall from the 2-3 WM channel sides that I saw several years ago in Harrisburg, the rivets are

Jeff Aley inquires earnestly The answer is manifold as usual. NO, Branchline 50 foot kits do not include any 4/4 IDE's, since that car's design is too late for those pre-1950 ends. HOWEVER, I expect

I've just been studying the Red Caboose's web site for their PFE reefers. Maybe I've missed something, but I don't see any explanation of the "TW" designation. Is this something they made up for

On 12-20-00, John Nehrich asked: Since everyone else seems asleep, I'll venture a first cut answer from here at work without my PFE book (I took it home during our move). PFE sold some it's R-30-9's