And don't forget that a lot of flatcars used vertical staffs if they needed a clear deck. Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Wednesday, Jan

I would suspect that Clark meant "weak moment"... monument may well be a spell-check error. Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Sunday, Janu

Craig, If you did send this from your soup can with the string pulled really tight, you probably will understand the problem with this truck. ;-) Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA _______________________

The ONLY water spray I know of on a 3900 or 4000 class was a spray nozzle on the tender which was supposed to wet down the roadbed to prevent fires. There is a photo of one in operation in one of the

Burst your bubble? Nah! I've got 5 or 6 of them myself, but I've use the Detail Associates ends on mine (either 5/5 or 5/4). As I recall, (I don't have one available right now) they are all W section

Damn...Algebra. Don't tell my wife... Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA ________________________________ To: "STMFC@..." <STMFC@...> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2013 9:14 PM Subje

Mike, May I suggest that you take your Ground Hog Day DVD out of your player... That should fix your problem. Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Accurail does give the paint information on their website, but it's not exactly easy to find. It is located at: http://www.accurail.com/accurail/paint.htm Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA ______________

I thought so... Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Friday, January 4, 2013 7:44 PM Subject: Re: [STMFC] Delano photograph of LCL house in C

Dennis, Try www.tinyurl.com Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Friday, January 4, 2013 6:39 PM Subject: [STMFC] Re: USRA SS boxcars with co

Oh, you must mean shoot sheet film (4x5) using Kodachrome??? Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Friday, January 4, 2013 9:52 AM Subject: Re

I know Richard once was involved in a discussion some years ago regarding 8000 and 10000 gal. type 21 cars, but I don't remember why or when. I've got a batch of P2k 8000 gal kits and, if I remember c

Richard Hendrickson once did a kit for a model of this car, under his old Westrail line, basing it on the ubiquitous Athearn 40' box. The kit came an undec Athearn boxcar, with your choice of replacem

Bruce, I know of NO cabooses that rode on 36" wheels... as has been mentioned previously 36" wheels are for passenger cars (due to high speed and the weight of the car) and heavy (>100 tons) freight c

So, Ted, you're saying that the reports of your demise have been exaggerated? Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA.

Additionally, by 1944, Santa Fe was using large amounts of diesel fuel to fuel their fleet of FT locomotives, especially on the Arizona Division. Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA _______________________

The strangest thing is that after the Barber-Bettendorf merger in 1942, there was no such thing as a "Bettendorf" truck. Kinda like "friction" bearings. Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA ________________

Actually it does, if you copy the whole URL. Yahoo will often break a long URL, as it did in this case. An easier way to post long URLs would be to use one of the online services, like TinyURL to get

I was reading Tony's excellent blogs on the helium cars, and I remember his comment about painting them using SP lettering grey. While I cannot fault Tony's choice, I did spend my military duty in the

Don, This probably won't mean much, but I had the pleasure of seeing helium cars passing through Southern Arizona for about 10 or so years, from the mid 70's through the mid 80's. The only cars I ever