Category 1. Tony Thompson

Yeah, funny how the bad estimates were always on the high side. Tony Thompson

Sorry, meant to write “Brian.” Tony

Roan is absolutely right. Your hafta do it. Sent from my

Remember that reefers were paid on a mileage basis, loaded or empty, so the reefer owners could not care less about westward loads. And in harvest time, they wanted their cars back without divergence

They do flatten somewhat, final result is not noticeably "puffy.” Naw. Just apply ‘em like regular decals. Tony Thompson tony@...

Lovely model, Paul I have always liked these big cars. Tony Thompson tony@...

Many oil companies reserved the silver schemes for local dealer delivery. It’s possible that CONX did so too. Tony Thompson tony@...

The story did get written recently here. Did you not get it? Tony Thompson tony@...

Gorgeous detailing, Michael. Good looking work. Tony Thompson tony@...

Thanks, Rufus. But that’s the short version. In the long version, Joe was the night yardmaster, he would know the answer, and he hasn’t gone to bed yet. Call him. And Joe says, car of lumber for Memph

Yep, I still remember Larry fondly, and often think of some of his yarns. My favorite was the one about the car in the yard with missing paperwork. Tony Thompson tony@...

That is only the nominal capacity. Look at the load limit. Tony Thompson tony@...

They are thick on the sheet but seem to me okay on a weathered car - - meaning all of mine. Tony Thompson

In my youth (not going to do the arithmetic right now), I glued the car weights into Athearn “Blue Box” cars with Goo. In 20 years or so, those floors too were “banana” or other peculiar shapes. Total

Ken O'Brien wrote: Brian Sones replied: Use of the Twin Star parts for the Chrysler trucks was shown in a blog post of min awhile back. If you’re interested, here is a link: https://modelingthesp.blog

This is true, and one certainly sees waybills without junctions identified, doubtless on account of what John states. However, the waybill form clearly states “show each junction and carrier in route

Congratulations and best wishes, Sam. You will certainly be missed in the modeling community, because you have spoken up for Kadee very effectively over the years. I hope Kadee finds someone to take u

I have been told that agents typically used whatever abbreviation on waybills they thought was needed, so consistency was not observed. On the SP, the reweigh location code for Tucumcari was “T” but I

Hardly “too dirty,” Paul. I might say that if EVERY car in your fleet looked that way; but if none did, that would be way wrong. Tony Thompson tony@...