Yes, I checked the web site, and that’s what prompted my question after Caboose Hobbies and Walthers said out of stock, no resupply information available. Nelson Moyer

What will the price be. -- Sent from my Android phone with GMX Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

I’m hoping these will be printed before the RPM in Collinsville and we’ll have them available at the Missouri Pacific Historical Society tables but providing a reservation helps decide on the

https://elgincarshops.blogspot.com/2020/02/a-sneak-peak-for-you.html -- Pierre Oliver www.elgincarshops.com www.yarmouthmodelworks.com

Hi Jon, Interesting. I hadn’t checked the “Home” page before. Now I have, and I must admit that it doesn’t look good despite the 2020 copyright date. It would be yet another unfortunate

Looked at it and this came up; Things to do; update website and check back soon... www.mvproducts.com -- Jon MillerFor me time stopped in 1941Digitrax

Hi Nelson, MV Products still has a website, and it has a 2020 copyright date! See: http://www.mvproducts.com/Model-Lenses.html. The also show a phone number of: (949) 427-7913, and the website has

I hunted a few months ago. I believe they have been out of business for some time. -- Jon MillerFor me time stopped in 1941Digitrax Chief/Zephyr systems, JMRI UserSPROG UserNMRA

Is MV Products still in business? I tried a couple of usually reliable sources, but both list backorder with no restock information available. I need four #220 red lenses for my NE-10 waycar

Santa Fe autoboxcar with black doors. on Page 45 of Furniture and Automobile Box Cars is a photo of 65956 Fe-S. The photo caption reads In 1938-1940 the Santa Fe leased about half of the Fe-S class

Rich, I. too, would like to express my appreciation for your fine work on this car. I do like those single sheathed cars. Jim Kubanick Morgantown WV

You're talking about the mechanical fan drive, right? Most other major refrigerator lines located it on the left-hand truck on the side of the car as you stood facing the side with the fan drive. My

I do not remember if any of the cars w/welded roofs were painted BCR, I need to look at the photos I have. Bill Welch

Where any of the butt welded cars know to be painted BCR? George Courtney

Fine build Rich. Hope to see it among the models you bring for display at the Modelers Retreat. Lester Breuer

No problem, Garth. I model 3 era's in particular, mostly 1955 though Rich Christie

Rich, Thanks for settling the conversion date as past our time frame, and confirming my notion about kaolin. I also photographed a different car here in Charlottesville around the same time, Southern

I have noticed this curious item as well, but I'm not sure it existed when the cars were in revenue service. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Garth, Those were converted in the 60s for Kaolin clay service. Most of these cars had vents on the ends right below the roof. There were two series' of these particular cars 34000-34124 and

In the 1990's there was a whole string of ex-MDT ice reefers parked at the east end of the NYC (Conrail) Selkirk NY yard. I wonder what became of them? The set included a