Joe Binish asked me to forward this to the list. He is having some technical issues. Sincerely, Rich Remiarz Begin forwarded message:

The 10 CFM flow rate is far too low for a safe paint spray booth. It isn't the volume of the booth that matters, it is the size of the opening at the front. Typically industrial or scientific fume hoo

Sorry, I accidently hit the send key before finishing editing the email and completing the signature block. Bob, I believe the paint scheme is too new for your era. The ends and roof are too old for a

The paint scheme appears to be too new for your era. The ends and roof are too old for a new date in 1956. For 1956 there should be a diagonal panel roof and the latest Post-war dreadnaught ends. To t

Clark, I sent you the wrong reference on the RPCYC. The article I referred to was on the plywood cars and not the woodsheathed cars. Rich Remiarz Vadnais Heights, MN To: stmfc@... From: rr

Clark, You are probably thinking of one of these two articles: Essential Freight Cars 2: Great Northern's 1937 Double-Sheathed Boxcars - Ted Culotta - RMC May 2003 Emergency Composite Boxcars - Patric

Clark, The GN car is a 10' wood sheathed boxcar. These can be modeled with the Sunshine kit. They were the most common type of boxcar on the GN in the 50's (and into the 60's), with 6791 on the roster

In mid-1956 the GN still had 62 truss rod boxcars in the 9000-9999 series in service and 13 boxcars in the 28000-28499 series. Rich Remiarz Vadnais Heights, MN

Bill, What are you doing for decals on the IC car? I am also workng on a model of the car based on a Red Caboose kit. Champ had a decal set, but it was discontinued some time again (before they shut d

The great thing about this list and events like Lisle is that it gives us a chance to interact, share resources, and make things happen that help the hobby. It was great to meet Chad at Lisle and get

Armand, You can find a list of Black Cat decals and a copy of an order forom on the Great Decals website http://www.greatdecals.com/ Black Cat is primarily for Canadian cars. The Great Decals website

Brian, I have been ordering the various Sylvan ends, doors, and roofs from Internet Trains. www.internettrains.com/ If they didn't have the parts in stock, they were able to get them. They still show

JWD makes loads for the Atlas ballast cars. #1420 is a gray ballast load. They have notches for the inside bracing. The loads sit too high for my liking, so I increased the depth of the notches and be

For the SAL gondola I used the #11411 load and shortened it to fit the car. http://www.jwdpremiumproducts.com/servlet/Detail?no=457 Rich Remiarz

Clark, Thanks for the compliment on the rebar load, and for the attempt at the correct pronounciation of my last name in Polish. Re-mee-osh (with a roll on the "R", and osh pronounced the same way as

For the numbers on the sides I used a Champ set for BREX reefers. For the end numbers I used a Champ set for NP gondolas. These decals match up the lettering on the car fairly closely. The end numbers

Being from Minnesota, I was one of the people that asked Bill about the location of Hamlin at Naperville. I promised Bill to check my GN station lists when I got home. I just looked through my copies

For some reason, when the message goes out from the STFMC list, the URL is listed twice in a row, and won't work. The copy I sent directly to to myself was correct. I'll try one more time, but if it d

Let's try that again. http://www.tc.umn.edu/~rrclubum/gopherrail.htm<http://www.tc.umn.edu/~rrclubum/gopherrail.htm> Richard Remiarz Vadnais Heights, MN

This link should work. http://www.tc.umn.edu/~rrclubum/gopherrail.htm<http://www.tc.umn.edu/~rrclubum/gopherrail.htm> Richard Remiarz Vadnais Heights, MN