There is a guy on Shapeways that makes those underslung heaters. Rich Christie "State of Maine"-style HO Charcoal Heater Kit by KkadwellMfg on Shapeways $ 14.00

I have two extra Broadway limited tank cars for sale. The Brown company car Mathieson. Both from the variety pack.

In 1953 Shell was using three reporting marks Rich Orr SHELL CHEMICAL SCMX SHELL OIL SCCX SHELL OIL RPX

Brian, look for SCMX reporting marks -Shell Chemical - seen all over the US Tim O'Connor

Perhaps we need to take a closer look at the early heater cars. Bot the B&M and the MEC used the patented Eastman Heater Cars, which had permanent charcoal heater boxed underslung. I believe the MEC

List, I'm currently attempting to build up a tank car fleet that would be accurate for my time (1953-1957) and locale (suburban New Jersey on the Lackawanna). Going over different sources like this

---In STMFC@..., <rbrennan@...> wrote : The ErieLack list returns to the freight car topic... part of the NPS Steamtown collection posted by Historian/Archivist Pat (Richard) McKnight; A full

Hello All! The subject's planning and preparation is well underway.  The general thrust of this meeting is to address the mostly unremarked southern end of the railroad which has not much been

I was trying to offer solace for the overbroad generalizations about BAR refrigerator cars. And unlike the sheriff, I have no aversion to mentioning dates after 1960 or before 1900, if it helps to

We were discussing Bangor & Aroostook, Bill.

Thanks to all who responded to my request for the X29 information. I have what I need, and am most grateful for your generosity. Cheers! Michael Gross Pasadena, CA

The C of G official lists shows the following 1941 1949 1954 1957 Vent Cars 4168 2412

I have used automotive Acrylic Lacquer Reducer for thinning Accu-paint and lacquers for decades. The quality of hardware store lacquer thinner is suitable for clean-up, but lacks consistency for paint

Hello Steam Era Modelers: We are pleased to announce that Westerfield Models is having a NATIONAL TRAIN DAY SALE! This sale will be in effect from 12:01 am Wednesday, May 10 through 11:59 pm Sunday,

Another thing to realize about published quantities of "vents" in and after the WWII era, they were really box cars that happened to have ventilated doors and maybe end vents. I expect by the time we

Craig/all, So it would seem fairly likely that small or even normal capacity bottling plants would have stored their CO-2 in a tank somewhere inside ... ??? Or even that those 200 gal. supply

Hi - thought I'd chime in ... I have been using solvent based paints since the mid-80's. I still have a small supply of both Diosol and Scalecoat thinner and use them for air brushing ... but use

Eric, Our readers should note that except for the D&H, all of these are "y'all" railroads. Yours Aye, Garth Groff

A copy of the January 1943 ORER has been in my librarysince it was first reprinted by the NMRA in 2001. It was my first exposure tothis type of data and captured my interest. A very handy table can

The ErieLack list returns to the freight car topic... part of the NPS Steamtown collection posted by Historian/Archivist Pat (Richard) McKnight; A full walk-around of DL&W 35059... a Class B-7