Sorry, Bruce but this car is much smaller in capacity. According to UTLX 1952 listings it is 4600 gallons. The number series at that time was 1200 - 1265. I suspect that they were built with a differe

Please see message 96333 from earlier this year on Rock Island converting boxcars to haul bulk flour. Regards, Steve Hile

According to Terry Metcalf's book, UP assembled 300 flat cars using underframes from Bettendorf and that a photo of this frame appears in the 1943 CBC on page 379. Does anyone have that edition and be

Howard, In a short word, yes, they will be included. I don't want to steal what little thunder I might have, but if you want to ask a question, off the list, I will try to answer. There are still ques

I would like to get in touch with Jay Miller regarding helium cars. He did a couple of good seminars at earlier Napervilles. If you are following STMFC or know how I can contact Jay, please contact me

I am looking for the Rock Island pages from a mid 1890's ORER. Does anyone have a copy that they could share? Thanks in advance. Steve Hile

Thanks to Al Westerfield, Adrian and several others who replied on and off list. I think I have the information I need for now. It is wonderful to have such resources. Thanks again, Steve Hile _____ F

Did you guys see John Riddell's review of the ProtoWest Models Hart Convertible Ballast Car in the December 2011 RMC? I think that this is the one that Jack Burgess was chasing information about a whi

The Sunshine resin tractors were modeled specifically on Farmall M's, but could not be advertised as such since they weren't an officially licensed product. The Oddballs decals are nice. There are a w

I am wondering whether anyone has come up with a good approach to removing the unprototypical roof protrusion under the running board laterals without damaging the running boards? Then, I assume some

Hey Mike, Did you see where you can buy the whole town of Buford and relocate to Sherman Hill? :>) http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/entire-town-buford-wyoming-sale-sole-re sident-183155529.html St

Rock Island's GS gondolas use what the folio diagrams refer to as a Creeping Shaft mechanism to control the doors. They had as many as 6700 (1930) mostly composite GS gons built in the 1920's by ACF,

Before there was Prototype Modeler magazine, Robert Longo had Southwestern Prototype Modeler and Western Prototype Modeler. The latter appears to have grown from the former through the addition of UP

While I agree that the builder's photos show black doors on this series of cars, I can't recall any in service photos of RI single sheathed boxcars (and I have a bunch!) showing doors in a different c

Darn - I still need to write the article I keep threatening. There were far more 10,000 gallon X-3's than anything else. Somewhere near 13,350. About 4150 6500 gallon cars were the next most populous.

There was a Bob Hundman plan for a 10,000 gallon X-3 UTLX car in March 1985 Mainline Modeler. Certainly a common car although the design evolved over about 20 years. Is there something special you are

The drawings in the CBC are not to the same scale as MM, for sure. UTLX was pretty consistent with the 6500 and 10000 gallon tanks, over the years. The 10K gallon tanks were, in general, always 87 inc

I will point out that the Van Dyke (V) cars were built between 1902 and as late as about 1912 with arch bar trucks. Those that survived were converted to steel side frame trucks in the mid 1930's. So,

Bill, Such photos that I have are of 15487 (from the RH conversion article, I think) and 15371 from Charlie Winters (via Jay Williams), a George Sisk photo, undated. And there is 14387 at the National

Rob, It has always been my belief that these cars were black, but I have nothing definite to show it. I seem to recollect seeing one show up in the background of a color photo or film, but I can't fin