John Sykes wrote: John, I will send you the photo. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax, (510) 540-1937;

Richard Townsend wrote: I'm not aware of any Thomas models with imaginary schemes. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510)

I know, and I should have mentioned that. But it probably slipped my mind because I didn't model any of my Westerfield reefers that way. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest

Todd Horton wrote: There is no question that steel supplies were considerably better in the course of 1944, as a number of things (not only railroads) point that way. But remember the WPB would okay o

Ben Hom wrote: Yes, I know the ships were different. We have an operating Liberty ship here in the Bay Area, the Jeremiah O'Brien, and a Victory ship mostly restored at the shipyard National Monument

Rossiter, Mark W wrote: Common misconception, that "Dulux Gold" (correct spelling) is the name of a shade of gold color. It's just a DuPont paint line. There was Dulux Black, Dulux Socony Red, etc. et

Great! I've been waiting for the "original scheme" WM gondola, so ordered one right away! Thanks. Tony Thompson tony@...

This discussion reminds me of the 1950s, when the emergence of injection-molded plastic threatened the then-dominance of metal, wood and cardstock. "There won't be any more craftsmen," was one of the

Howard Garner wrote: As Dennis pointed out, the customer charge is not per diem, but demurrage. There was not a fixed time for this, and customers could negotiate with the railroad as what this period

C.J. and Larry -- You guys might enjoy a post I wrote about ICFS, the Iron City award, and ll that, featuring the panel truck that C.J. decorated for ICFS. It is at this link: http://modelingthesp.blo

Sorry for that, meant to send it just to Larry and C.J. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax, (510) 540-1

Rupert Gamlen wrote: Rupert, there seems to have been a preoccupation among American inventors to devise a mechanical system of refrigeration. The patents and other forms of invention are endless. Mos

Al Kresse wrote: Then Gene should have opened some "empty" reefer doors to see what was inside. Reefers were often sent back "empty" with not only remnants of packing crates, etc. inside, but any dama

Bruce Smith wrote: I know this was the rule. But in the conductor books I have from the SP Coast Line in 1948-1952, of the three Canadian cars which show up (out of about 2000 cars total), two are bei

Larry Mennie wrote: usually the Reboxx 1.020 axles work best for me in Accurail AAR trucks. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.

Don Valentine wrote: Meat, of course, was one important cargo. As it happens, I have just finished weathering a TLT 8-hatch reefer and have written about in a blog post. But not just because of the pr

John Miller wrote: One obvious possibility is the Yosemite Valley. Sure meets some of your criteria. Of course in the 1930s covered hoppers were VERY rare, on the YV or anywhere. Tony Thompson Editor,

John C. La Rue, Jr. wrote: I don't know the T&G, but the OP&E hauled very little BESIDES logs. Thus it would hardly meet ANY of John Miller's criteria. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

Bruce Smith wrote: Very well said, Bruce, but we do need to apply some imagination here. As I already pointed out, if you take this list literally, there is a real problem because there effectively WE

Prototype photos make it look like maybe some of these cars had radial roofs. Am I seeing that right? I wondered because in the clearest photos, other cars seem to have peaked roofs. And I gather they