Intermountain does really well with sticking with the right paint schemes on the right cars. But does anyone know of any ART cars leased to Royal (with the big placard on the side) that were NOT

John Nehrich wrote [ *begin sarcasm* ] Come again? Has Intermountain discontinued its entire product line and introduced another?? [ *end sarcasm* ] None of the steel reefers are truly accurate

Tim - I've been working on our Red Caboose and MDC sections, so BY COMPARISON Intermountain is a breath of fresh air. But I am entirely in the dark on the 60 foot flats (Richard's answer to the

I've seen only two photos of ART crs in this scheme, and both were belt-rail cars (i.e.,postwar cars with improved Dreadnauight ends and horizontal rivet seams in the middle of the side

Richard, One more question on the COSX D-X billboard cars. In my time frame with the KC brakes would they still have archbar trucks? Also are those LOC photos accessible by internet? Jon

Jon Miller wrote: No, as the (twice delayed) deadline prohibiting arch bars in interchange took effect in mid-1941. Anyway, the prototype cars were delivered with ARA cast steel trucks with spring

The bottom line to this discussion will be written on modelers layouts. Since I have not yet had one of the new Kadees (or Accumates) to play with, I can only make an educated guess as to how they'll

Just found a new material to use for your used Floquil and Scalecoat paint lids. Seems the plastic material used in SoBe drink lids is very solvent resistant. It can be pried out of the lid and used

Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@...> wrote: Well, almost correct. Once again, in the interest of accuracy, according to an article in the July 1974 issue of the NYC Headlight, the date

Thanks, Jeff, for this useful summary. I think I knew most of what you posted, but I didn't have it all in one place, Now I do. Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland, Oregon 97520

This early 1940s timing of shifting painting open top cars from black to a freight car red coincides pretty tightly with the CNR's dates of doing exactly the same thing to the same groups of cars.

Dick and John, At the time these cars were converted (the late 1930s), wood was the only commonly used material for cooperage in the California wine industry. Although glass-lined tanks were in

Richard, From the wording in your reply, I presume you are unaware that Martin Loftin has the correct model of the SP Overnight boxcar in his Sunshine line. It's a nice model, with the correct ACR

One of the things that I wasn't aware of concerned the development of paint. There was an article in Invention & Technology (I think that's the right name) about the problems of painting autos. It

I understand that part of the fermetation process are the development of aldehydes, which are bitter, but allowing the wine to "breathe" lets them oxidize. Although around c. 1940 there are the

In 1940, there were an unknown number of cars in California Despatch Line's 277-317 series, TW cars said to be equipped with 6 wooden tanks (not the two I would have expected, if built like a GPEX

John, Quite a few of the large wine makers in California served primarily eastern markets up into the 1960s. Roma was the most famous. Wine from quite a few of these producers was shipped in bulk to

John Nehrich wrote: In fact, those cars were glass lined. There was a discussion on the FC list a couple of months ago about how the glass linings wee applied. Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland,

Garth Groff wrote: That's essentially correct. There is photographic evidence of the Roma cars lasting into the 1960s with billboard lettering. And I photographed several wine tank cars in the

You're right Garth, I'd forgotten that Martin had produced a resin kit for these cars. It's a model I can't use, and I have a hard time remembering all the different cars in the Sunshine