Gatwood, Elden wrote: And hopefully make a few available (or loan the masters) for others to do the same. The labor on a master shouldn't be hidden under a bushel. Tony Thompson

Jason; As Martin Lofton has said to me so many times, "if you build the masters, I will offer it." He has also said that he hears regularly about projects for whom people have gotten a lot of

Maybe I am living a pipe dream but it seems like there are a significant number of modelers who would like some of the UCR gons, what are the chances of getting a resin company like Sunshine or

Thanks to all that responded to my request for input on TKM. It is greatly appreciated. I got a lot of useful information from your replies. We will definitely consider each and every request,

OK, two strikes against me for this reply: ot conclusive as far as final destination, and it was a gondola, not a hopper: however in the last two issues, Milwaukee Road Historical Association's TMR

My family fed whey to pigs but I understand it was also used as a source of casein which was used to make wood working glue before the days of PVA. Richard White

Hey guess what, I worked in a creamery in Salina, Ks, name was Harding Co. We only received the cream. All rhe farmers in Ks. we dealt with had separators. Most farmers kept their skim milk and fed

Doug Harding wrote: "Tim, are you sure it reads 1950? When I click on the link you provided (others might want to try that technique before responding) the photo caption clearly reads March 1959, not

Tim, are you sure it reads 1950? When I click on the link you provided (others might want to try that technique before responding) the photo caption clearly reads March 1959, not 1950. Knowing Ron

Rob, My experience with Bev-Bel is that prototype accuracy is not a high priority. I would research any potential purchase thoroughly before buying. They are nice folks, though. Mont Switzer

You are correct the date was wrong. I checked the photo again and it was taken in March 1959. The date has been corrected. Ron Christensen <timboconnor@c...> wrote: their train had the that I've

Rob, In a word, no. I've seen more than my share of "phantom" car/road name offerings. I have not seen the ad you mention and am not familiar with the Imperial Oil line tankers, so the accuracy of

In a message dated 9/12/2005 3:46:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, STMFC@... writes: Any one else know about that, and what the whey would have been used for if not for pasteurized

Chuck Yungkurth writes: I don't know about the Santa Fe, but there was milk traffic into Los Angeles in the 1920s and 1930s from along the coast (Oxnard, etc.) which was carried as cans in

Rob Kirkham wrote: Rob, I had no idea you were such a romantic. Or, to summarize differently, not so far. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

Hi, I just noticed the add in Sept. RMC, p.26, for Bev-Bel Corp, selling kits and assembled models of Imperial Oil (and affiliated) tank cars. The art work looks good enough from what can be seen in

At the San Diego N scale meet last month, Matt of IM told me to expect them some time early in 06. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA --- Brian J Carlson <brian@...>

Mike, there is a 1950's photo of SP 6323, a 60 ft Harriman baggage car, clearly stenciled "Milk & Cream" sitting on a siding at a passenger station. So yes, without a doubt the western roads handled

Coming late to the party here, but there has been mention of PRR milk traffic at least as recently as the March 2005 RMJ with Vic Roseman's article on "Switching the Spirit of St louis on the

The upcoming Intermountain FGE Reefers were covered in an article in the February 2005 issue of RMJ. We discussed the models on the list back then, but I haven't heard an update on when the models