Missouri Pacific converted some drovers cabooses to LCL service now available in both versions from the MPHS: <http://www.mopac.org/mphs_store.org.asp> Jerry Glow

Hi Richard, I do know Larry Berger, a fine man. I doubt that there is a cleaner copy available from Larry. Larry is a guy who has his ear close to the rail, and manages to find all sorts of obscure

Bill please email me off- line, Thanks Pat

First chance I have to email the STMFC and express my appreciation of the work and time and talent employed by a substantial number of people who put on the Prototype Rails 2010 this last

I have this very useful February 2010 MR article in front of me. Now a few more questions arise-- Did any of these cars receive the Morton steel running boards, as modelled by the Westerfield Bx-12

I have more S scale steam era freight cars listed for sale this week http://stores.ebay.com/Espee-F-5 Thanks for looking! Rob Sarberenyi

Also, why do the cars in the rearmost track seem so much bigger than the ones in front? (Example, GFX 10236 vs. NP 8885 or NP 14368 vs. NP 35200) Were the reefers really bigger or is this an

I don't really know. Seemingly from box cars. But rebuilding less than two year old box cars into stock cars seems odd. They were labelled "Comb. box and stock" already in the 7-00 ORER. So the

When they were changed into stock cars do we know what the modified? Cyril Durrenberger

Steve, You wrote: The EMRy (GN) car number 77442 is a combination box and stock car. It part of series 77000 to 79498 and is a 44' long car. In 1900 there are 750 cars, 745 cars in 1904, and 730

I thought it was lettered "C.M.Ry." at first but upon closer examination it really is "E.M.Ry" which fits in better as a GN subsidiary. EMRy is the initials for "Eastern Railway of Minnesota" which

Hello, Joel The B&O group on yahoo would be a great start. I recall a few years ago the B&O Historical Society had a shot in a calender of this road, steam loco with train! Sincerely, Mark Morgan

GENTLEMEN:Anyone in the group having either modeling or railfan data on the CI&W(think it was taken over by the B&O in 1926)looking for railfan data as well as any modeling data.. Joel

As did the PRR (NX23 -- X23 boxcar converted to a "bay window" caboose) for which Al Westerfield makes a beautiful kt. Rich Orr

Found the link on Shorpy http://www.shorpy.com/node/6924?size=_original Steve Stull    MARKETPLACE Going Green: Your Yahoo! Groups resource for green living

Another photo on the site shows the whole car, with  Great Northern  on the left end. Steve Stull

Was it a Colorado Midland car? That road was still active then and Colorado was very much an origin point for livestock. Tony Wagner ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent:

For you folks more interested in the 1950's this goes back to the earliest days of this list. The car being discussed is an Eastern Minnesota car.  EM was part of the GN. I have looked at my ORER's

Mark None of the group of CB&Q conversions were separately listed in the ORERs - just part of a number block shown as "waycars" until 1907 when the designation was changed to "cabooses" - although

Mark- The OER carries the entire waycar series which includes the War Emergency Waycars WWII 14800-14890. These cars, while rebuilt from 40 FT boxcars of various builders, were all equipped with