I've found a photograph at the Glenbow Museum online photo archive at: <http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesPhotosSearch.aspx> that shows IOX 2144 among others, filling with gasoline in Calgary,

Since my last e-mail on this subject, I've noticed (again) a very good shot of a similar three tank car, UTLX 13504 in Edward Kaminski's Tank Cars: American Car & Foundry Co. 1865 to 1955, p.150.

Rupert Gamelin wrote: "I noted that BRE reverted to tongue & groove for its next group of cars in 1944, and that plywood sided cars of all three companies requiring attention were re-sheathed with

Oh great.... I justified that last resin kit by telling the wife how lucky she was that I was spending the money on trains instead of beer! Phil Buchwald

Re. the "War Babies" article in the RP CYC on wartime reefers for FGE, BRE and WFE I noted that BRE reverted to tongue & groove for its next group of cars in 1944, and that plywood sided cars of all

This is only slightly off topic since this store has a lot of old freight car kits. See photo section for a picture. John Ryan

that they used outlined I, too, was never aware of any outlining of the letters, and furthermore the letters do not appear to be raised on separate sheetmetal cutouts, which we know to have been used

I have some items listed on Ebay including freight cars and related equipment http://stores.ebay.com/Espee-F-5 Will be adding more stuff next week, make sure to check back... Rob

Yes I think that is the red scheme with white outlined letters. I've never seen a good photo of that scheme until this one.

An EXCEL spreadsheet of Bill Darnaby's NKP Movements has been uploaded into the Group's Files. This spreadsheet should be downloaded , and re-sorted to determine whatever is desired. Right now, the

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Pat Wider wrote: This is what PFE used on reefer roofs and ends: red car cement. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Tim, I think that the small lettering over the journal boxes is the numbering of the journals. In this case... R3 and R4. -- Bill Keene Irvine, CA [Non-text portions of this message have been

And in some cases, black paint was applied over the black car cement where the end lettering was to be applied. Aluminum pigment paint was then applied over the black paint that was on top of the

The caption accompanying the locomotive photo says 1941, at Millburn, NJ. Anybody care to speculate on the milk car colors? I wasn't aware that they used outlined lettering. Walt Lankenau

On the Claremont & Concord in New Hampshire, a former electric railway, due to tight curvature a 50-foot boxcar could not be placed in the Coy Paper Co. spur unless the knuckles were removed from the

Great photo Schuyler! Any idea of the date of the milk train wreck? I've been searching for a long time for a good in service photo of one of the Borden's cars... Lots of tiny lettering on the

Wartime neglect was certainly a factor, but not "more than anything." Prewar color photos (and there are some, though not many) show that cars in the North American freight car fleet got dirty very

Here is a list of things F&C will be issuing in the next few months, based on my conversations. L&N and NYC 36 foot boxcars SAL B5 NC&StL gondolas CofG ventilated boxcar reissue of Wabash SS autocars

Ed; The ABB switcher does not have the typical bellpaire firebox, almost the trademark of the Pennsy. It is an rarly style tho and coulda been turn of the century stuff before the