Guys, The PRR provided cast iron "loading instruction" plates on the sides of their covered hoppers up to 1953 (stamped plates there after). In my den I have one such plate off a class H33

Please excuse a question that may be very sophmoric as well as being burried somewhere within the message archives, but I was wondering if someone could enlighten me to the use of covered hoppers in

You called it Tom. I tried to build a Sylvan trailer and the little hand car we were given and screwed both up badly! So, I went to my daughters to fix an eve trough and fell off the ladder....I sat

Martin was selling his overstock of orange EJ&E decals for that mini-kit. I have a couple of friend who model the 60s setting on theirs waiting for decals to do the half orange half green paint

Maybe I'm not getting this exactly right, and I wish Terry Link would tell us a more complete story, but I'd always been under the impression that many NYC cars in Canada were due to the use of CASO

Dale and friends, In Jim Harrison's SACRAMENTO NORTHERN GALLERY there is a photo taken circa 1956 of a short train at Lake Temescal near Oakland, California. The first car in the train is a GTW

Thanks, Tony! That makes the green EJ&E cars good for many folks on this list. And if the statements that the orange over green cars came along in 1952, that makes the absence of all of these EJ&E

A couple of thoughts on that: I think Bruce's point is that it needn't have been loaded on NYC or an affiliate. It could have been loaded on any line in any state. Of course, if rules were

Just ditch the PC! 8^) Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: Jim & Lisa Hayes <jimandlisa97225@...> Reply-To: STMFC List <STMFC@...> Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:02:22 -0800 To: STMFC

The car looked great to me, but I was intensely annoyed by the cast-on ladder stiles. Completely ridiculous IMO. I'm not going to pay $50 for a kit that I have to scrape off cast on ladder parts. I

Group, If anyone bought kit 91.5 (B&M/MTC XM-1 with the flat steel roof) at Naperville, will you tell me if it includes the early three panel doors in addition to the Youngstown door?

Richard, et al... Thanks for the advice. I've got a bunch of the Accurail truck (and Reboxx wheels) as they're appropriate for several of my SAL cars, so that's a good choice for me. Paul

Gatwood, Elden wrote: I don't know for sure if this statement is true, but the 1948 EJ&E box cars do appear to have been solid green, and most of the center cabs were delivered in 1948 (the

Folks, I was blown away by the fact that the model is set up to allow the Duryea underframe to WORK! (if the modeler choses to do so) I think that is an HO scale production first - isn't

There was a three part article on "Canada's eight-hatch iced refigerator cars" in Railroad Model Craftsman Dec. 1995, Jan. and Feb. '96. Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

A point of clarification. Joe Delia is ONE of seven or eight people that combined that have hosted the Western Prototype Modelers Meet for the last five years. Dave Hussey WPM Committee

Steve & Group, Is the RMC series on these reefers, or on reefers in general. I have some reefer info, but it does not mention these 8-hatch cars. Which RMC issues (approximate)? My last attempt at

Oops, strike "for 40-ton cars". The data are from various sets. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

I apologize for the fact that Outlook 2007 sometimes (but not always) adds additional blank lines to my emails. It's just one more reason that I'm slowly migrating to Gmail. Jim Hayes Portland

Good Point Dave. I am personally glad you pointed that out because you guys have a great TEAM at WPM. Greg Martin dhussey@... writes: A point of clarification. Joe Delia is ONE