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Re: Seaboard AF-1
It appears that the Bowser car has a typical Dreadnaught end.
However, it also looks like something that Greg Martin would look at and see
that the ends could be replaced and he woul d find or make
It appears that the Bowser car has a typical Dreadnaught end.
However, it also looks like something that Greg Martin would look at and see
that the ends could be replaced and he woul d find or make
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Steve and Barb Hile
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#172630
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Re: Covid 19 Builds
Paul
I can sooooooooo relate!!! 3 years ago I got the train room and garage, wife has the run of the rest of the house.
Lee Stoermer
Aldie, VA
Paul
I can sooooooooo relate!!! 3 years ago I got the train room and garage, wife has the run of the rest of the house.
Lee Stoermer
Aldie, VA
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Lee
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Re: Speaking of rivets
Film? I haven’t seen a dentist use x-ray film in ten years.
Eric Hansmann
Murfreesboro, TN
Film? I haven’t seen a dentist use x-ray film in ten years.
Eric Hansmann
Murfreesboro, TN
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Eric Hansmann
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Re: Speaking of rivets
Fred Swanson wrote:
Oh yeah, I remember that, back before digital X-rays . . .
Tony Thompson
tony@...
Fred Swanson wrote:
Oh yeah, I remember that, back before digital X-rays . . .
Tony Thompson
tony@...
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Tony Thompson
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Re: Speaking of rivets
The x-ray film that's shoved in your mouth has lead that is .005".
Fred Swanson
The x-ray film that's shoved in your mouth has lead that is .005".
Fred Swanson
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Fred Swanson
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Re: Seaboard AF-1
Ben Hom wrote:
Thanks, Ben. I was afraid of that. I guess if I wanted a correct AF-1, I should have bought the Sunshine kit <g>.
Tony Thompson
tony@...
Ben Hom wrote:
Thanks, Ben. I was afraid of that. I guess if I wanted a correct AF-1, I should have bought the Sunshine kit <g>.
Tony Thompson
tony@...
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Tony Thompson
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Greg
It’s taken me a while to get ready . . . no, to be able, to write about this.
Greg’s passing has hit me much harder than I thought it might. I was aware for quite some time that he was
It’s taken me a while to get ready . . . no, to be able, to write about this.
Greg’s passing has hit me much harder than I thought it might. I was aware for quite some time that he was
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Schuyler Larrabee
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Re: Seaboard AF-1
Tony Thompson wrote:
"A friend, not local, has offered me a Bowser kit of this car class. I know these round-roof cars had a distinctive "dart-nought" end. Does anyone know if the Bowser kit has the
Tony Thompson wrote:
"A friend, not local, has offered me a Bowser kit of this car class. I know these round-roof cars had a distinctive "dart-nought" end. Does anyone know if the Bowser kit has the
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Benjamin Hom
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Re: Early Great Northern reefers
I'm working on the core of a 36'4" car right now. Probably stuff you already know, but the GN reefers show up in numerous yard photos on Shorpy in Duluth and in the City of Vancouver archives. The one
I'm working on the core of a 36'4" car right now. Probably stuff you already know, but the GN reefers show up in numerous yard photos on Shorpy in Duluth and in the City of Vancouver archives. The one
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hockenheim68
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Seaboard AF-1
A friend, not local, has offered me a Bowser kit of this car class. I know these round-roof cars had a distinctive "dart-nought" end. Does anyone know if the Bowser kit has the correct ends? If so, I
A friend, not local, has offered me a Bowser kit of this car class. I know these round-roof cars had a distinctive "dart-nought" end. Does anyone know if the Bowser kit has the correct ends? If so, I
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Tony Thompson
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Re: I'm trying to make out the owning road
The MP car in the foreground is possibly from the series 84100-84499, built late 20s as part of one of several orders of 40 ton single-sheathed auto cars with 12' doors. By 1950 most were converted
The MP car in the foreground is possibly from the series 84100-84499, built late 20s as part of one of several orders of 40 ton single-sheathed auto cars with 12' doors. By 1950 most were converted
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mopacfirst
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Re: Early Great Northern reefers
Westerfield has a model of a Great Northern class refrigerator before the formation of WFE. They found some information about colors. There are diagrams for the cars in the 1927 Freight Car Diagram
Westerfield has a model of a Great Northern class refrigerator before the formation of WFE. They found some information about colors. There are diagrams for the cars in the 1927 Freight Car Diagram
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gary laakso
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Re: I'm trying to make out the owning road
Looks like MP ?5150, maybe. The other one looks like ?&P 4330
Buell
Looks like MP ?5150, maybe. The other one looks like ?&P 4330
Buell
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Larry Buell
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Re: Speaking of rivets
Try the foil from wine bottles.
m
Try the foil from wine bottles.
m
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Michael Watnoski
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Want to Buy: KASLO shops Canadian National 40-foot Howe trussed SS boxcar kit
Curious if anyone here may have one of the KASLO Shops Canadian National 40-foot Howe trussed SS boxcar kits they would like to sell. Sorry do not know their catalog number if there was more than one
Curious if anyone here may have one of the KASLO Shops Canadian National 40-foot Howe trussed SS boxcar kits they would like to sell. Sorry do not know their catalog number if there was more than one
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Bill Welch
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Re: partial view of a PRR class G25 steel gon
Cheer up Claus, the Pennsy gon looks a lot more capable of handling that tank than the sagging
flat bed trailer it was on in the photo that first came up! The trailer looked like it had a John
Cheer up Claus, the Pennsy gon looks a lot more capable of handling that tank than the sagging
flat bed trailer it was on in the photo that first came up! The trailer looked like it had a John
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Donald B. Valentine <riverman_vt@...>
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Re: boxcars can be lined up on two tracks
The car to the right appears to be a Erie car with an end door. I'll leave the rest to
tjose with better computer ability than I possess.
My best, Don Valentine
The car to the right appears to be a Erie car with an end door. I'll leave the rest to
tjose with better computer ability than I possess.
My best, Don Valentine
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Donald B. Valentine <riverman_vt@...>
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Re: HO Tank Car Walkway Upgrades
Don Valentine wrote:
There is a simple answer, from Ed Kaminski who worked with the AC&F tank car plant for years. The answer? it was buyer choice.
Tony Thompson
tony@...
Don Valentine wrote:
There is a simple answer, from Ed Kaminski who worked with the AC&F tank car plant for years. The answer? it was buyer choice.
Tony Thompson
tony@...
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Tony Thompson
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Re: HO Tank Car Walkway Upgrades
hello Allen,
I'd be interested in some etched walkways and platform decks for the same lines of tank cars.
Also have a tank car question. Back in the late 1990's my late friend Bob Witbeck, a
hello Allen,
I'd be interested in some etched walkways and platform decks for the same lines of tank cars.
Also have a tank car question. Back in the late 1990's my late friend Bob Witbeck, a
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Donald B. Valentine <riverman_vt@...>
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Photo: NP Reefer 91497
NP Reefer 91497
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Hudson Leighton <hudsonl@...>
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