1) Accurate doors and door hardware 2) Separate doors to maximize the modeling potential of both the car and the door 3) Operating door are never acceptable at the expense of #1 and #2 Steve Haas Samm

There is aphoto in David Hickcox's "GN Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment" that shows entire 40' cars being sand blasted at the St Cloud shops prior to being repainted. Best regards, Steve

Jerry, <<But not your Yahoo account. It doesn't even have your last name in your profile.>> That's never been held up as a list rule in the past - where'd you come up with that?? Jim Betz is correct -

List, I'm looking for a source/sources of decals for GN, SP&S, NP, CB&Q, UP and SP reweigh dates and locations. Is anyone aware of sets for this purpose? I'd also be interested in a list of codes used

Lawrence Rast wrote: "The sunshine page seems to be down on the steam freight cars website. http://www.steamfreightcars.com/modeling/new%20products/sunshine/sunkits0703 11.pdf Any idea when it will be

Tony Thompson wrote: "Yup, GN is definitely among the roads "modelers like," as a hobby store owner would say. Probably it's that terrific goat emblem, one of the finest railroad emblems, in my estima

Since I started the latest round of this discussion I guess I better contribute a few facts. This is extracted from a table I've worked on from time to time. GN 10' 12 Panel Cars Series Start: 2525 Se

Brian Carlson asked: "After last week's discussion on the IM GN 12 panel boxcar, I am thinking of picking up an undec kit to model on of the cars. The IM website lists kit 41099 as an undec 12 panel k

Ed Hawkins noted: "Brian, Steve's reply is interesting because I also have a 41099 kit and it came with the original ends having the thin top stiffener. It also has three extra holes holes near the mi

Group, I have a caboose (sans box) I acquired along the line as part of a collection. Though painted and lettered for Great Northern (X271), it doesn't match up against anything GN I've found in my li

Thanks Steve, That gives me a starting place. Now I can search my collection of MR's for Trains, Inc. ads. Hopefully that will lead me to an ad with a description. The rest of you, don't be shy! Chime

Ross Strodtz commented: "This was S.O.P. on GN, even with locomotives. The first locomotives they bought new after 1960 were the SD45's. Everything prior was just re-builds." This statement is totally

Mark, Here's some info that may help you out: 3) All in this series had the 5 panel Superior Door. 5) Build date for series 20500 - 21499 is 1952. 6) Yup - that's original paint. Consider also Microsc

Mark, Here's some info that may help you out: 3) All in this series had the 5 panel Superior Door. 5) Build date for series 20500 - 21499 is 1952. 6) Yup - that's original paint. Consider also Microsc

Brian, Don't know if you bought them for the GN 12 panel cars or not (only you can truly answer that <grin>), but that's what I bought 25 pair for! Data I've collected over the years indicates the 4/6

Snoqualmy(sp?) Close, Snoqualmie. Steve Haas Less than 10 miles west of there, WA

"Group, I have been trying to identify cars that were listed in a conductor's train consist notes. These notes were once posted on the Toledo West website. The dates are from November 1955 through Sep

http://www.nwsl.com/contact-us Includes the new number Bill Kelly provided. Steve Haas Sammamish, WA

In a conversation back in April of this year under the heading "GN USRA DS Box Cars" Staffan Ehnbom made the following comments on the under frame painting on the subject cars: "For a 1950 model miner

"But the sample of Evergreen #9040 0.040" styrene I have measures 0.042" thick. Is it just my sample? Is yours the same? If it's consistent, then I can just re-draw at 0.042"; if it's a wide range, th