Atlas did two Hooker schemes for the 11k LPG/Ammonia tank, 1067-x are lettered Tacoma and 1074-x are lettered for Niagara Falls (can you say "Love Canal"?). I don't know if either one is prototypical,

Mike, While I think Stephan's response was a little oversensitive, Richard's was, to be honest and even in considering, dismissive and scornful when that was not necessary. Stephan was right in

Stephan, I'm sorry if I offended you. However, let me quote a part of this list's statement of purpose: "Emphasis is to be placed on the study of the prototype with a goal of producing models of

Now that Stephan Parachuk's model is in its photo album, we can see that he did a good job of adding brake rigging, nice trucks, and vertical staff handbrake. His photo angle minimizes visibility of

Ed Sutorik wrote: Hooker's plant in Tacoma, about which I gather you know, is by far the best bet for the Northwest. I seem to remember being told that Westvaco also had a west coast plant. Why

Stephan Parachuk wrote: . . It is now in the photo area. For reasons unknown to me, I am not receiving notice from Yahoo of new photos waiting for approval. That's the good news. Stephan

wrote: Richard: Is there something in what I wrote that makes you believe I don't know it's bogus? I said, "it's kind of silly". Since the photo I sent in hasn't been posted yet how can you be so sure

I bought awhile ago that three car set of tanks that Trix produced. They are very attractive models and I like them; but, on inspection, all the cars are lettered for chlorine service and all are east

I mean I could just as easily have said Missouri Pacific. And then you would have been correct. George Simmons Grandson, Son, Nephew & cousin of MP employees Dry Prong, LA

Tony is being tactful here. I'll be less tactful and point out that, while you can as nostalgic about the model as you like, the Varney tank car was entirely bogus (as was the Walthers re-hash of

. . Tony: Like I said it's kind of silly. As for the photo, I posted it but it's waiting for approval. The size issue though, does raise a problem with doing old kits; it seems the die makers in those

Stephan Parachuk wrote: It's shown on the site as "currently empty," Stephan. If you measure up the car and convert to prototype dimensions, you'll find it's about 11,100 gallons in

forward. John: I just posted a photo in an album called "old cars upgraded" of a 1950s Varney tank car that I updated with improved details. It's kind of silly but I like it anyway. It looks really

John ?? writes: "There are some HO boxcar kits that I assembled in the 1950s that are now in poor condition. I would like to rebuild one or two, and run them on my railroad. Would questions about

John Smith wrote: Absolutely. Fire away. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax,

John,        It would seem to me that updating older car kits from the steam era would be exactly the type of program that would be supported by members of this group.       As an example, I

On Feb 15, 2009, at 8:08 AM, Mike Brock wrote: [plain-text saur-chasm is sometimes ob-tuse] > Yes, that IS a problem. However, not meaning to take sides in the somewhat > unique "Pennsy against the

Richard Hendrickson writes: "See what happens when you try to be sarcastic on the net, Mike? E- mail doesn't transmit tone of voice, so someone is bound to think you're being serious even when what

Now that you mentioned it, seems I had seen a couple of recent pics also in one of the Rail Photo sites. I knew they were fairly recent, cause they had AEI data tags on the sides, although those came

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