In the January 2007 issue of Railmodel Journal, there is an article by Richard Hendrickson on Carbon Black Covered Hopper cars, which has two photos of JM Huber Corp cars in a fairly plain paint

=========================================== I remember two educational films with steam railroad action-- both in color. One was about Canada and its natural resources, and the bauxite trains were

Hi Everyone Images of all the pages from a 1951 U.P. Freight Conductors' Train Book and an Excel file of its contents are available online at the Laramie Railroad Depot Association's website:

That film is on a 2 DVD set called "America's Railroads, The Steam Train Legacy". The picture and sound are far better on the DVD than on YouTube, plus it's only $10 for the

Steve: Eyeball it. Chris Frissell Polson, MT

I am modelling a CN 40' steel-frame boxcar that had its Hutchins roof replaced by a diagonal-panel roof in 1951. (Photo on page 98, Nov. 2003 RMC). This roof was rivetted onto the "top sill" of the

The Rocky Way and Strait Gate model railroad club at Mansfield Ohio has this video. Came in a set purchased from Walmart. Every time its watched something new is seen. Mark Morgan

Very professionally made. It seemed to me that it was designed to fit a high school audience -- I wonder if it was shown to kids in the 1950's in VA/WV/etc - N&W territory. Anyone remember seeing

Bill, Very nice video. I picked up on a couple of interesting things, like bricks loaded in to a stock car and there was a shot of 86 rounding a curve and a boxcar loaded with what I perceived to be

Bill, MDC did the T&P 8' single-door car in its initial run. I have one, slightly upgraded following photos and notes in Richard's RMJ article. Kind regards, Garth Groff Bill Welch wrote:

I finally found my notebook with T&P photos. For those interested in creating T&P models from the 50-ft. SS single door MDC kit, there are two photos available from "Bob's" to guide you. The first

While the text file is still there, I've added a listing as a web page: http://home.comcast.net/~jerryglow/decals.html which is easier to read and will allow for links to articles and sample model

Denny Do you remember the Yak Fat rate case? Trains ran an illustation of the Yak Fat Rack Flat... Coelacanth oil is less interesting as commodities go, shipped in 1 Qt cans packed 24 to a

Wow! What a list! Is there yet no rail freight haulage subject that is beyond the grasp of this group? MIke.........? Denny Denny S. Anspach, MD Sacramento

actually it sounds like Stan Rydarowicz. He often has SFRD, PFE, and Fruit Growers company reefers. No email, just regular mail. http://www.sunshinekits.com/sunimages/sunstan.pdf Brian J.

At our mill a similar chalk is used to show heat number and weight! Mark Morgan USW@AKSteel/ Mansfield Works

Tim O'Connor wrote: The markings most likely are identification and traceability data that link to plant records of metallurgical testing, production batch information and the like. As an example,

Last weekend I picked up two sets of Kato covered hopper kits at a local trainshow for very little $$$. One is Wabash and one is Erie. I searched the group but was unable to get answers to two

Keep in mind John said he'd come to Iowa if I put one on ; ) Clark Propst

Hi Jim, No sir, I'm not planning on hosting a St. Louis RPM this year. I am living in Indiana now and am changing careers this summer, and won't have the time to do it again. Technically, anybody can