Thanks all for the clarification of the location of Coutts; I guess it`s too much to expect of an Albertan archive to know what towns are in Alberta. The photo shows the cars in a siding that appears

Another gentle abrasive material are pulverized walnut shells. I remember seeing a show about repairing and upgrading Army and Marine HUMVEE's and they were using this material to remove paint. I have

Coutts is in Alberta; Sweetgrass MT is the other side of the border. The route is Great Falls-->Shelby-->Calgary (GN+?) via Coutts/Sweetgrass.

The best place I found for small screws is Micro-Fasteners.com Check out their on-line catalog. I have two of their original kits for this car. I remember I put them back in storage because I didn't

They were also shipped in box car loads. Around here, the arrival of the first load of the year was even announced in the press as heralding the Christmas season. I've occasionally thought it would

Frank - what you may find interesting is that inaddition to CPR traffic interchanged to GN at Coutts/Sweetgrass you will also find CNR traffic (Edmonton...) traffic interchanged to CPR Calgary for GN

Jerry-- He's taking a litle poke at poltical correctness. Even Ben Stein has opined on "Christmas" trees in a well-put article. Christmas trees, BTW, were, in STMFC days, shipped in gondola cars to

Coutts, Alberta, is a twin town with Sweetgrass, Montana. It's a significant port of entry to this day. The local railroad is a GN branch that comes up from Virden, just west of Shelby; I don't know

I know a late reply, cleaning up my Yahoo folder, but anyhow the RPC #1 by Ed Hawkins suggests Floquil #110179 Mineral Brown. Underframe and Trucks were black.   Rich C

Richard, Tom, Andy, and Group, Thank you for the info regarding the IM coupler box on the 70-ton flatcar. Bill Keene Irvine, CA

Have been using a countersink to make 2-56 flat head screws fit flush on the cover. Also tap the old pin hole for 2-56s. BTW McMaster-Carr & others are a good source for small screws at much better

Al: I wasn't sure of the date the reporting marks changed so I didn't want to assume anything. Hopefully someone on here knows for sure. Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY From:

Very helpful reference. NYC also changed from Roman to Gothic for reporting marks and the rest of the lettering, though; Mr. Link's site doesn't address the date of that (at least in the places I

Tom: Are you referring to Gothic in the herald? That happened in august 1955 according to Terry Link's site. http://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/NYC-MODELS-FREIGHT.htm Brian J. Carlson,

That article was in Mainline Modeler but I don't recall the issue and my copies are currently in storage. The tool works very well and depending on the angle you use, it will allow you to make any

"The first you cut in the shape of a (politically incorrect term coming) Christmas tree." Do we really need these sort of comments? Jerry Michels

List, Can anyone advise as to when the New York Central went to the Gothic lettering for freight equipment? My time period and area of choice is PRR Middle Division Harrisburg/Enola to Altoona in

It's very odd that 50 had racks in 1957, but only 33 in 1959 (their numbers are listed in Note DD), and then all 50 again later. So -- about those CNJ gondolas. Were those Bethlehem gondolas, like

Reading the messages about cars through Bieber I got curious as to whether anyone of you who've gone through wheel reports of US roads have found (m)any Canadian-registered tank cars in trains in the

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: Long as it's freight cars, not taxes and tax rates. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705