But many roads had a car numbered 12275, and any of them would been considered a "hit." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I know one of the cast-resin-lump "covered load" offerings in HO scale had this practice incorporated into the casting... although maybe there was some "excess tarp" beyond the "wood" strip. Don't rem

I'm just gonna sit here and eat these Youngstown-Murphy-Vulcan, corrugated potato chips. I think it depends on which way I hold them. Even though the bag reads "Ruffles"... Scott Pitzer

--- In STMFC@..., Jim Betz <jimbetz@...> wrote: I challenge > any one to look at an HO scale model sitting on a layout and > tell me if it is 39 or 40 or 41 feet long. Even if it is > sitt

I can't help you with the 2nd post, but... in Target's "Framed Art" department there's a large photo of fans lining up to go into Wrigley Field. I suppose it's the 1945 World Series (a banner declares

It's not a model... (sorry if people thought Broadway Limited was supplying the Target toy department) Scott Pitzer

Call it a warm-up for the upcoming Easter-egg-hunting season... Scott Pitzer

------------------------- ------------------------------- Andy, Can you tell if the roof in the photo is a diagonal panel (vs. rectangular panel)? Roofs do get replaced... I modeled one of the slightl

I think that's fine (if I follow what you're saying)-- 1960 they were still yellow; after N&W logo replaced Wabash in 1964, orange came in. Scott Pitzer =================================

The wood on the track base looks like a normal color.... please tell me this car was a special for a "Think Pink" campaign... Scott Pitzer

Remember Chico Marx in "Horse Feathers" pouring out "one quarta scotch... one quarta rye" out of the same big bottle? Scott Pitzer

That scene has the "Tylick look" about it (nothing's been painted in 20 years.) But the big puffy SANTA FE puts it far past 1960 (Violation Card!) Scott Pitzer

Aren't some of these disqualified by having 4/5 rather than 5/5 ends? Scott Pitzer

None of the examples I checked had restenciling of weights, or replacement of the NEW date with a shop or weigh station symbol. So even expensive custom-weathered RTR isn't actually ready to run! Scot

Based on STFMC messages over several years, this guy should be on the 10 Least Findable People List, somewhere below Osama Bin Laden, but (nowadays) somewhere above J.D. Salinger. Scott Pitzer

The weight and dimensional data on the Sunshine set seem to be "something fairly close" but not accurate, in lettering style. Sometimes when multiple manufacturers are keeping each other on their toes

Also Erie and PRR Union Line box cars http://www.shorpy.com/node/8634?size=_original Scott Pitzer

FWIW, somewhere there was an article about New Haven's first AAR 10'0" IH boxcars, which had the running board in segments fitting between, not on top of, the "roof ribs" / carlines(?) due to tight cl

C&O and Monon each got 50' double-door box cars in 1948. C&O's had the "newer" R/3/4 end but the "older" rectangular panel roof, while conversely (IIRC) Monon's had the "older" 4/4 IDE but the "newer"