Now, not only off-topic but out-of-era... I don't know whether Michael Gross is related to Max Gross, whose name I see on all those intermodal containers. <g> Scott Pitzer

This won't be of much help... The other night Turner Classic ran a short, circa 1950, about autos and driving safety. Lots of Los Angeles views. I missed the start and therefore the title. The cable T

Those who weren't inspired to build a Sunshine Frisco Howe Truss box car when RP Cyc #1 came out, will probably want to do one now that Ted's RMC article is here. I purchased an unlabeled photo of SL-

Several newspapers recently changed a column of the weather chart to read SUN Rises Sets so they won't have to pay UP for using "Sunset" <g> Scott Pitzer

Re TS#12 on tank cars: If one doesn't believe a book has to be kept intact, an owner could cut out all the duplicate images and come up with enough for a nice little file for a beginning tank car fan!

I am not the magazine-subscribing type, but I just signed up for two years of RMC and I told them that Ted's series is the reason. (And even though it's a pretty good deal, I hinted that a nickel reba

FWIW there was a photo of 1141 for sale on ebay the other day. #1111 is in the Classic Freight Cars book series I have about 10 of the Pacific HO sides-- 1 of one side and 9 of the other! Scott Pitzer

What C&O gondola is that? I can only think of the one that's now Con-Cor (which I thought was ex-Revell,) which is pretty good but not in the class with the refrigerator car. Scott Pitzer ------------

Yes, in the early 80's you could still get the insulated box as a "Walthers Golden Spike" kit. What did I do with it? Make an approximation of a Santa Fe Bx-76 with a sliding door. (A special kit for

How "disappeared" do you want it? For the purposes of STFMC, it hadn't disappeared by our end point of 1960, as there were quite a few PM-lettered freight cars around. Scott Pitzer -------------------

Yes, there were lots of them around in PM paint then. (Of the 750 or so 1937 AAR box cars the PM had.) I've never seen a GOOD photo of one of these in C&O paint, but lots of the various other ex-PM ca

There are TIMES when I wish the brackets were molded on-- never mind the "air" behind them-- with slots for wire or styrene rod. But, too many times they'd end up in the wrong place for This Prototype

If you're modeling WW2 or later you need one of several styles of end extensions for C&O. I think they were written up in the C&OHS Magazine? Accurail's lettering seems a little off to me... not as go

The correct name is "Investment Casting" {Big grin} B>) Thank you Larry Jackman Oh! I thought that was the concept proposed by Ted at his site a while back, where if there's a part you want, you have

I saw some 3-packs at All Aboard in Torrance, CA. These are lettered in all-yellow as A-50-19, NEW 12-47. They have 4/5 dreadnaught ends, so they look more like A-50-16. But the steel running boards d

I don't know if the Accurail was stretched, but the Tichy was, and it was all in two panels so they don't "look right." Scott Pitzer I just measured one of my Accurail USRA twin hopper bodies and it i

Are these "standard" from tank cars to other types? I've seen them on passenger express cars and plain box cars (in later years) and Atlas molded them on their (1960s) Center Flows. I guess ANY is bet

Jerry, You're saying you're afraid your period is too early for the 13 Great States to be on the car, right? As I get it, the slogan was added to the logo around 1940-41 as applies to these cars. What

When I finished my Westerfield gon I buried the data sheet somewhere. Otherwise I would re-check it to see if I might have misread something. I admit that the 1940 prototype photo in Richard's RMJ art

In 1987 I loaned you the construction photo books of the KCS 'Belle' and Mop 'Eagle' cars from the ACF archives so Hallmark could make those trains. Any Chance you plan to return them? --------------