Allen and all, Aleen wrote... First let's say never say never... No not normally. The cars were origianlly built (50-foot and 60-foot cars)and the X29b's were rebuilt for speciallized service. LCL ser

shawn.beckert@... writes: Shawn, What year are you modeling? After WW2 the Pennys began rebuilding cars (X26 and X29 programs) with 7-foot doors leaving the 6-foot door behind. This is likely d

Clark Propst cepropst@... writes: Tim, This is the basic but it also was sometimes reserved to single receivers in a town. The agreement allowed more than one origin RR to access an industry o

Did I say Oregon Trunck??? " by the Oregon Trunk (now BNSF" Oh my Lord this local crew would have me drawn and quartered... I should have said the Oregon Electric (now BNSF)... Greg Martin

Ian and All, Prior to Dick's surgery I had a conversation regarding the cars without the molded on ladders and he told me he had "some" still in stock and would like to sell them. I mentioned it in my

Gize, If there is only one RR in a town then the town is classified as a closed point. Good example is Las Vegas, NV... UP closed ... that is why the rate there is and has always been higher form any

Listers, Here is a couple of additional options for farm equipment in addition to the Life Like's offering as well as the Athearn offerings. Some are not appropriate for our era but most are. While yo

Earl and all, Get a hold of Mike Bradley and Mark Kerlick and if you live near by take a trip to Sharpsville, PA there are two in fairly good condition there, one still steamline equipped. Mark crawle

Guys, A friend forwarded this to me and I don't recall seeing it here on this list but I would like to respond and without causing a war over the better manufacturer. I would like to say that Walthers

Ben and all, The reply you pulled down regarding the Merchandise Service cars was incomplete as I went on to say: "Again, LCL service which died off in the mid fifties, when cars went short and the ma

John, The Rock did have modified AAR (those with and interior of 10'6" with 5/5 dreadnought ends. And depending on what era you are running some of their cars were painted in express service and rode

Ben Hom (b.hom@...) writes: << We do need to find a better DSMS boxcar shot though - the one of PRR 24168 with the pigeon colony on top of it doesn't make it look like the car utilization

Jack, Ah yes let's not forget that beer... Olympia "It's the Water and a Lot More..." My first beer at the ripe age of ahhh, well ahhh... Just remember it the Water! Then if you consider the other fru

Jeeze I almost forgot the cheese... The world famous Tillamook Cheese... 3^) Greg Martin Pac Nor Westerner

Ben Hom (b.hom@...) writes: << MS1 (1947-1948): Classes X40b (100 cars), X41b (300 cars), X29b (some cars - total undetermined). 23 ¼" wide aluminum band with 4 ¼" white edges. Background

Guys, I wanted to forward this to the list from my brother who is not a member of the list. It is a reply to a message from Ben Hom. Ed Martin Writes; Ben and All, Greg and I discussed this subject at

Guys, <<First Ben Hom (b.hom@...) writes: cars Then I comment... Then Tim adds these reminders... a photo of a X29d in MS paint but it might be a model photo.< First I checked MM and that

Bruce Smith (smithbf@...) writes: Yes Bruce there is a wood God and we still have trees here in Oregon, lots of them... Your observations are correct the "patterned stock" for "car siding"

Hey Yuze Guys, I have been doing a little photo research on Farmalls and mix'd freights and I found a shot in (the Late) Don Ball Jr's book America's Colorful Railroads. Here is what I have found so f

Mike and all, Being in the Transloading Business in today's world I have to say I will ship anything that you want me to in your car as long as it doesn't go over gross to the car. The rate will be th