Elden I have wondered myself how SP cars were treated when renumbered. For example, some of these cars were not old at all when they were renumbered, so why repaint them entirely? In 1955 SP began

I've updated my all-time list. I have also added Sunshine's newest Numeric Price List and added the most recent flyers to the Flyers by RR page. Please let me know if I've screwed up anything. Jim

OOoh! Ooooh!! I get to correct Tony!!! :-) The SP billboard lettering began in 1955. SP's B-50-36 and B-50-37 double door box cars cars were delivered with billboard (aka gothic) roadname plus b&w

Thank you for all of those insights, Tony! Elden "I am now wondering how to paint a B-50-12A in its new number" Gatwood

Gatwood, Elden wrote: The renumbering we SP folk all call the 1956 renumbering really started in 1955, whereas the billboard gothic lettering came in 1956. There are examples, though not

Thanks, Tony! Did the fall '57 "new look" go immediately to Billboard, or were there variations in there, too? Is the Athearn billboard-painted 65-foot gon accurately painted, as far as you can

Denis Blake wrote: Yes, I only said that the kit "comes with trucks," but at least they are real caboose trucks, not generic "Bettendorf" or something akin. Tony Thompson Editor,

Gatwood, Elden wrote: Whenever they needed repainting <g>, but I'd say soon after the 1956 renumbering started. SP not only renumbered the great bulk of its large fleet in the first two years

Here's the LCL schedule for my town in the early 50s sent to me by Doug Harding. Looks like I might need three cars. I may just leave my ops it as is with one car a day coming and going. Clark

Rob if I understand your area of modelling interest correctly I think you have picked an area with lots of traffic potential, I believe you are modelling a time and place ie Vancouver from the end of

For covered loads ---- Wipes, like the wet ones used for, well, you know --- work great. Don't buy Huggies unless you want little Teddy Bears and Rattles covering that large, industrial load.

Thanks for the help guys! Last night I looked for the handout from Mark Vaughan's wonderful seminar on LCL at last year's Cocoa Beach meet. Here's his definitions of a couple types of LCL

Not for bridge parts loads. Clark Propst

And I was thinking of small drops of diluted black paint far oil spills too. The weather is too nice to work on the load now, but It'll go to S@##@! soon and I'll get'r done. Thanks, Clark

I've been having trouble sending anything with attachments lately. Tried three times this morning to send some. Don't know what the trouble is? Clark Propst

There are plenty on good modelers there too. Al said he only brought one or two of his Milwaukee Road gondolas and sold them right away. Guess you got to know the market. Clark Propst

Clark another material to use rather than tissue is camera lens cleaning paper/material, No fuzz. I have purchased the lens cleaning paper/material at camera stores. In addition, have used it for

Simple - I'm doing a MoPac 86200 series car with the Superior doors, using a Life-Like (P2K) car I started on a few years ago. The P2K car has higher sides (taller doors) than the Branchline car and

Bill; You have considerably more talent than I. I do not have steady hands, nor am I good with handling small parts, like little rivet heads (Yes, I have tried numerous times). The only things I

Clark; Is it a PRR gon, SP, Wabash? An "originating" load would be very appropriate. There were several bridge manufacturers on the PRR that would make that bridge load very realistic. Do you have