I’ve posted a first look at the new Accurail HO scale 36-footbox car kits on the DesignBuildOp blog. These are a welcome addition for railroadsset between 1910 and 1950.

---In STMFC@..., <riverman_vt@...> wrote : Hi Dennis, The Columbia Trust was the governmental agency set up to handle the disposition of the USRA built cars until they were accepted and paid for

Tack Cards Here Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

On this FGE reefer photo, can anyone make out what is sayson the placard board? http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-03-04-17/X1450.jpg The first word appears to be

Hi Dennis, The Columbia Trust was the governmental agency set up to handle the disposition of the USRA built cars until they were accepted and paid for by the railroads. Even cars that had been

On the two Fruit Growers reefers, wonder that the little metal fixture over the doors are for? Looks like a porch light fixture, but it can't be that. Pat Wade Santa Barbara, CA

---In STMFC@..., <tony@...> wrote : Dennis Storzek wrote: ================= Yes. Tony Thompson ==================== So, what was the Columbia Trust (mark C.T.) ? Dennis Storzek

STMFC, The RP CYC Publishing Company is pleased to announce the imminent release of RAILWAY PROTOTYPE CYCLOPEDIA, Volume 34, scheduled for distribution sometime by April 2017. Volume 34 is a special

Dennis Storzek wrote: Yes. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; e-mail,

Thank you Ed for compiling the tables for the 40' boxcars. What a wealth of information!! Has anyone compiled the same type of information on the 40' automobile boxcars? I have conductors lists for

---In STMFC@..., <tony@...> wrote : Government Equipment Trust, during USRA. ================== Were these cars that weren't assigned yet, or the cars that the asignee refused? Dennis Storzek

---In STMFC@..., <rbrennan@...> wrote : ...and introducing newish GET 35895, steel 2-bay hopper, PSC-built 10-19... with a 'Bad Order' card and chalk marks for 'Brake Shop" X1452--Rolling

Government Equipment Trust, during USRA. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; e-mail,

http://lists.railfan.net/listthumb.cgi?erielack-03-04-17 FGE and GET cars. Last in the list, so scroll down. What road did G.E.T. stand for? Schuyler

All continuing the freight car photo series on the ErieLack archive site... part of the NPS Steamtown collection posted by Historian/Archivist Pat (Richard) McKnight; More shots of FGE 25339 - built

Ed, Tim, & Group, Thanks for the information regarding the original paint color being MKT Standard Red, and also for the Branchlike kit number for the 97301-97600 series box cars. Will have to keep an

---In STMFC@..., <rbrennan@...> wrote : http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-03-03-17/X1448.jpg ...with a large supporting cast of cars in the background. -------------------- Also note

Hi guys, It's a Mather car; they did have a very few auto boxcars in their inventory. In fact, they may have only had 500 of these 36-footers: it looks like the Wabash had 500 of them in 1910, in

Bill If you don't want to wait for Yarmouth resin kits, you can use the Branchline ends which are pretty darn close! Branchline kit #1420 was an MKT 40 foot box car with 6 foot doorsand these ends for

The ORERs say how long the cars were: 36-ft long. Most likely for Buick City in Flint. Ford and others demanded larger cars with wider side doors. Taller 40-ft cars were already becoming the norm