FWIW, I am led to believe the stock cars were disinfected with lime between runs and so typical stock cars typically had white residue inside that sometimes bled outside. MBC Michael Carson

Thank you for the information, Victor Did the special issue give you any insight into Wabash cabooses that might have built during the Gould era? IIRC, George Gould lost control of the roads he contro

Tony, I always appreciate leads to authors presenting alternate interpretations of accepted fact, particularly those I was unaware of. Professor Klein appears to a prolific author, who it appears has

Garth, Although there may not have been a "formal" Gould standard for much of anything and if the results of my research is any indication, I'll suggest the Gould family (Jay & later George) practiced

Hello, List; I recently have been investigating the later Gould Railroads. Mullet River Models (MRM) has recently released a Western Pacific Caboose, that is stipulated to be a Gould Standard Wooden C

Eric, who evidently is a New York Central fan, wrote in part; "I came across this photo on the LOC site. Any have information regarding it? It's WWII era. It had the following caption: "New type of bo

Don Valentine wrote, in part; "Short answer, yes. Overland produced the GPEX cars like those leased by Bowman over ten years ago. To the best of my knowledge Bowman used the longer 8,000 gal. cars and

Denny Anspach wrote, in part; "(1)Has anyone produced models of the the milk cars used by the Bowman Milk Company? (2) Did Wanzer use milk cars also? Another express milk car commonly seen in Chicago

______________________________________________________________________ Roger Miener, wrote in part; "For crying out loud, there is actually a list devoted to milk trains?...... I think that these list

Rod Smith, from Australia, wrote in part; "I am endeavouring to research the milk industry in & out of Kansas City in the post war years. Particularly the type & ownership of freight cars used to carr

Is the shipment of canned fish seasonal ?? If there were little risk of freezing then almost any house car would do. The BAR (just about as far away as is possible to get in the continental US) shippe

FWIW The Bob's Photo book ad, in the back the December issue of TRP, asks for $2.00 shipping. Bob's shipped my copy of his milk car book to me via priority mail. Mike Carson

Ed, Thank you for the information. I believe you had posted information about the content of next Volume earlier, but missing bit was when we might expect the next issue. As my earlier posting stated

October 2001, IIRC. I guess we could quibble if October is more than a couple months ago. The older I get the faster time seems to go, but Volume 6 came out after the warm weather left Vermont. After

But then again children's books aren't noted as reliable prototype reference material. First the interest, then later (in certain cases, infinitely later) the discipline of prototype fidelity. Mike Ca

Norm, Back in pre-history, Walthers had replacement leaf springs. However they have not be offered for a decade or so. I understand Precision Scale has replacement leaf springs as part of their produc

Larry, Don't think so. Volume 6 "just" hit the streets a couple of months ago. And my appreciation is there is a hell of a lot of work that goes into each volume. Personally I would rather have them c

Ian, While I agree with Ned that Paul Gibson, d/b/a Railpub, is an excellent source of Railroad related magazine back issues, according to Paul's January 2002 magazine web listing/catalog , he doesn't

Mike Brock, As the list owner, you get to frame the standards for the STMFC list. Set the standards where ever you feel comfortable. I obviously have different standards governing civil discourse. Sin

Byron, I suggest you owe Norm Dresner and the list an apology for your intemperate remarks. Although Model Railroader has had articles advancing the level of modelmaking, they have also been known to