Ed: Super, thank you! Now I've got a little sleuthing to do to find a decal. Best regards, Chris Frissell Polson, MT --- In STMFC@..., Ed Hawkins <hawk0621@...> wrote:

Can anyone on the list help me out with a question about a detail on a 40 ft PS-1 boxcar that I am lettering for Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Ry series 12201-12400. Can someone with a high-resolu

Ben: Thank you, a very useful list, and I will save it to consider in future purchases. However, like may others, I only anticipate doing a little work on ATSF freight cars--sort of a slow trickle, an

Can someone offer the number series for the SFRD Rr-30 reefers? The ORER doesn't appear to distinguish SFRD cars by that car class code. Also, is there a web site somewhere with good ATSF/SFRD+ freigh

Mark: I'm curious to see what comes up in response to this question. But I can offer that the NP Ry had hundreds, possibly thousands of boxcars and hoppers riding on National B-1 trucks right through

...On the other hand, as soon as I posted this it occurred to me what no doubt occurred immedately to some of you, that the Red Caboose welded tank cars do keep coming along in some regrettably bogus

Can anyone recommend a retrofit semiscale ("Code 88")wheelset that preserves the free-rolling qualities of HO scale Kato ASF (A-3) Ride Control trucks? Chris Frissell Polson, MT

Since various folks have mentioned that we ought to recognize and reward manufacturers who pay attention to prototype fidelity in models and paint schemes, I wonder how list members might feel about m

Tim: As you might have noticed, NP diagrams seldom offer useful information on brake appliances--e.g., http://research.nprha.org/NP%20Flat%20Cars/52%20Ft.%20Flat%20Cars%2064000-195.jpg So we pretty mu

Tim: May have been my own problem somehow. The new pages wouldn't load until I cleared my Firefox cache--reload button had no effect. This is not a problem I have had at other sites. Sorry for the fus

Apologies l:ist and Ted....and i did it twice in row, sheesh. Fortunately curses against Microsoft are socially acceptable in all circles (even in the steam era). Chris Frissell Polson

Ted: Yup, the new decal page loads in Internet Explorer, but not in Firefox. The Speedwitch home page loads different too--an older version loads in Firefox. You might want to mention that on STMFC. {

Ted: Yup, the new decal page loads in Internet Explorer, but not in Firefox. The Speedwitch home page loads different too--an older version loads in Firefox. You might want to mention that on STMFC. N

Anybody have a a brake wheel recommendation for Northern Specific's resin NP flat car? The kit instructions are silent on this subject. Looks like Aaron maybe used the straight-spoked wheel from the T

Hey Ted, now that the kits are in delivery, how do we order your decals for the NP flats? i don't see an order no. or price on your Speedswitch site yet. Thanks and best, Chris Frissell Polson, MT

--- In STMFC@..., "Schuyler Larrabee" <schuyler.larrabee@...> wrote: .....I've noticed that the angle of the side sills also kills these off as accurate models of the EL > cars they're pur

Checking a few more pics, I see that some designs of side stirrup steps do attach to side faces of these corner pieces.

--- In STMFC@..., "leakinmywaders" <leakinmywaders@...> wrote: ....Some examples from HO models: they are part of the casting > on IMRC 12-panel boxcar shells and Red caboose AAR boxcar sh

Rich: Hmmm...maybe. I don't have access to that issue of PM, so I'll try again: They are the pieces at the outermost point of the four bottom corners of the car, on the cars that have them. They proje

What's the proper term for the four skirting pieces that extend from the corner posts downward to the sometimes just below the level of the side sills on many steel boxcars? I've been calling them "co