Rob, the Sunshine #25 kit instruction sheet with historical info mentions: TP42 ARA plastic trucks, metal wheels w/extra coils for three spring front for R-70-2. TP might stand for Tahoe Products?

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Hi to all the fine folks on this list. At the moment I am building a Sunshine kit of a PFE R-70-2 Super Giant Reefer I think the kit number is #25 but the instructions are not very clear on what

Scott, DL&W 85560, is an ACF product built in the late 1940s (1949 or thereabouts) and rated at 50-tons. It featured 2,221 cubic feet capacity, and was largely welded. DL&W also rostered later

http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-06-13-16/B0590.jpg plus “next image.” Schuyler

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DL-W-Delaware-Lackawanna-Western-hopper-85560-taken-in-August-1964/301982678446 What caught my eye are the channel-section posts over the bolsters, similar to early PS-2

ADMIN: Tom Madden says: " A toss-off that contains embarrassing punctuation, grammar and syntax errors that escaped my notice in my haste to be clever." The fact that I also have a tendency to expel

My dear Tom Madden, A sense of humor and a sense of humility round out and polish in my eyes the image of a very dedicated and generous man. Your gifts to our hobby would be hard to exaggerate and I

Excellent modeling, Fenton, and thanks, Eric, for bringing them to us. This received a bit more comment over on the resin list, but there is a broader point to be made here. Having these well done

A fan wrote : > > Very convincing story that made my lousy prototype modeling day. I propose > a Pulitzer prize nomination for Tom. You misspelled "Pullet Surprise". <Sigh> Sixty five years in the

And Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Company (CCBX reporting marks) had large operations in South Charleston, Clendenin and Institute, WV, and in Texas City and Seadrift, TX. They produced a lot of

Interestingly, this car, which is clearly a retrofit of 2 additional compartments onto a single compartment car does not appear to be of General American design and in fact appears to be an AC&F

The lessor is "Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Company" which was a subsidiary of Union Carbide established in 1920. The owner is General American. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

As per the reporting marks, GATX is the car owner with number 31230. I think the lessor is Union Carbide, based upon the lettering on the lower side of the tank. The larger lettering seems to read:

Eric, I am wondering if these are new trucks or a re-packaging/branding of their previous model. They are sprung like their older truck and unlike the L-L P2K trucks they absorbed. Bill Welch

Claus Schlund wrote: The owner clearly is General American, GATX. Probably you want to know the lessee, which I can't quite read either. Tony Thompson tony@...

Gee whiz Jared, am I supposed to apologize because I enjoy building models?! Bill Welch

Hi List Members, Anyone have some ideas on the owner of the first (3-compaqrtment tank) car behind the locomotive? One can almost (but not quite) make it

Anything? I really do not enjoy Building models. I love the research and operating trains prototypically in a prototypical setting. I build models to get from A to C. So I won't have to do so much