Bill Welch wrote: Bill, I can send you scans of some photos off list. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fa

Bill Welch wrote: Bill, I have looked at a number of photos of SP cars in this era and cannot see anything strange or different about the end placard board attachments. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature

Bill Pardie wrote: Bill, the ampersand was dropped in 1938 and the periods in A.T.S.F. were dropped in 1943. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 ww

Steve Sandifer wrote: As Richard Hendrickson pointed out in the Santa Fe Painting and Lettering Guide, the first cars delivered to Santa Fe without periods were in June of 1943, presumably reflecting

Dennis Storzek wrote: But Dennis, note what the Pantone panels say, in the Process Color guide. They give a set of numbers for percentage C, M, Y, and K. Any color professional can look at a particula

Bill Vaughn wrote: Not true on the SP in the days when cabooses were assigned to individual conductors. The conductor had the only key to his assigned caboose, except for the Master Mechanic's office.

Brad Andonian wrote: Strictly speaking, none. The Standard Railway Equipment Company did not start calling itself "Stanray" until after the time period of this list. For 1937 AAR box cars, both sharp-

Bill Welch wrote: Bill may be right, and perhaps Ted Culotta knew about that change. However, neither the SP car ledgers, nor any photos I have, support this idea. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Pres

Tom Olsen wrote: Most if not all of the load kits went out of stock some time ago. I recall Martin saying he did not intend to re-run them. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 For

Small point: the car is an ARA III spec, NOT an AAR car. The ARA handled tank car specs until 1927, when it went over to the ICC -- which is well before the formation of the AAR. Older cars were corre

Denny Anspach wrote: As Sam Clarke of Kadee is wont to say, the projecting wire below the Kadee couplers is NOT an air hose and certainly not a glad hand, despite Denny apparently having convinced him

Dennis Storzek wrote: What are called "glass-lined" steel articles do indeed have a porcelain surface, which is strongly bonded to the steel. It would make no sense for the steel tank itself to be sta

Ken Montero wrote: Gee, Ken, I always thought it was an affinity for BEER. <g> Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540

Bruce Smith wrote: Glad I didn't know about this when it was ME in academe, thinking I had a fun job. <g> Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.s

Doug Harding wrote: Thus also capturing the spirit of the original cars! But incidentally, the truck design is named for a man named Andrews. No apostrophe. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berk

Sorry for the slow reply, as i was at an operating session all day. I too was baffled by the article, since I can see no reason not to do the same detail modifications to the InterMountain R-40-10 and

Al Brown wrote: In more recent years, Floquil has rostered both a "UP Light Orange" and a "PFE Light Orange," which are good matches to the PFE color chips and are therefore also good matches to SP Da

Norm Buckhart wrote: My experience with a couple of their colors has been excellent. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (51

Ed Hawkins wrote: This is a common opinion, and perhaps appropriate with today's paints. But in my opinion, not true at all in the period of this list. Roof shots in the 1950s do not show that many ca

Richard Hendrickson wrote: Richard is right about the placards, but he didn't mention that if the car were carrying a cargo not requiring a placard, it simply would not have one at all. So you cannot