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Oregon coal...?
Hi Richard, I don't want to sound like I am jumping on the pile here, but I was wondering when you said "nowhere in Oregon was coal mined in commercial quantities" whether you meant to bracket that to
Hi Richard, I don't want to sound like I am jumping on the pile here, but I was wondering when you said "nowhere in Oregon was coal mined in commercial quantities" whether you meant to bracket that to
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Ice Harvesting on for the WFE/FGE fleet
I thought some list members would be interested, beyond the local-interest content, in this news feature about the history of ice harvesting to supply the WFE/FGE reefer fleet on the GN. There are som
I thought some list members would be interested, beyond the local-interest content, in this news feature about the history of ice harvesting to supply the WFE/FGE reefer fleet on the GN. There are som
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Railway Gazette and Railway Age
My wife is a librarian, and if she wasn't I would probably not be aware of EBSCO (poke around at ebsco.com), a firm that offers both subscription services, searchable indexes and electronic accession
My wife is a librarian, and if she wasn't I would probably not be aware of EBSCO (poke around at ebsco.com), a firm that offers both subscription services, searchable indexes and electronic accession
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NJI&I 4100-4270 boxcars running board type
Thank you, Tim. --Chris Frissell Polson, MT
Thank you, Tim. --Chris Frissell Polson, MT
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NJI&I 4100-4270 boxcars running board type
Thanks, Chet and Ed. Your answers solve a number of small mysteries that had been bothering me, and confirm what I had come to conclude shortly after my posting, that this was a nonuniform series. It
Thanks, Chet and Ed. Your answers solve a number of small mysteries that had been bothering me, and confirm what I had come to conclude shortly after my posting, that this was a nonuniform series. It
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NJI&I 4100-4270 boxcars running board type
Does anyone have information on the type of running board and brake step on 40ft boxcars NJI&I 4100-4270? These are steel 8-panel riveted cars of 10ft 4 1/2in internal height, 5/5 ends, and--I think--
Does anyone have information on the type of running board and brake step on 40ft boxcars NJI&I 4100-4270? These are steel 8-panel riveted cars of 10ft 4 1/2in internal height, 5/5 ends, and--I think--
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Ken Harstine contact
Does anyone have contact information for Ken Harstine, proprietor of the web site www.boxcars.us ? On or off-list reply is fine. He's got a boxcar image posted at his web site that I'd like to make a
Does anyone have contact information for Ken Harstine, proprietor of the web site www.boxcars.us ? On or off-list reply is fine. He's got a boxcar image posted at his web site that I'd like to make a
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JN reweigh symbol on refurbished boxcars
JP3: Thanks, I have the NP station symbols, but at delivery to the NP these leaser cars were marked with the codes of the east coast shops where they were refurbished, rather than any NP station. (Thi
JP3: Thanks, I have the NP station symbols, but at delivery to the NP these leaser cars were marked with the codes of the east coast shops where they were refurbished, rather than any NP station. (Thi
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Howard Ameling
Does anyone have contact information for Howard Ameling? There's a photo of his I'd like to seek permission to publish in the NPRHA journal, Mainstreeter, if possible. Reply on or off-list. Thank you.
Does anyone have contact information for Howard Ameling? There's a photo of his I'd like to seek permission to publish in the NPRHA journal, Mainstreeter, if possible. Reply on or off-list. Thank you.
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JN reweigh symbol on refurbished boxcars
Thanks, Mark, that sounds right. I had the source showing JN for the IC Johnston Yard too but that in this case that didn't make much sense. Chris Frissell
Thanks, Mark, that sounds right. I had the source showing JN for the IC Johnston Yard too but that in this case that didn't make much sense. Chris Frissell
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JN reweigh symbol on refurbished boxcars
I'm going to push the envelope on the time frame of the list by just a hair, and am begging the moderator's tolerance as this does concern the disposition of a group of venerable steam era freight car
I'm going to push the envelope on the time frame of the list by just a hair, and am begging the moderator's tolerance as this does concern the disposition of a group of venerable steam era freight car
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Corrected Ends for Central Valley NP stock car
Clark: Briefly, you split the roof down the middle and cut out the midsection and rejoin the rest--the splice is hidden by the running board. You trim the ends of the crossbears, crossties and bolster
Clark: Briefly, you split the roof down the middle and cut out the midsection and rejoin the rest--the splice is hidden by the running board. You trim the ends of the crossbears, crossties and bolster
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Corrected Ends for Central Valley NP stock car
Tim's formula looks really good. Or if you prefer an acrylic paint, try Modelflex Light Tuscan Oxide Red 3:1 with Modelflex Rust, then mix in a couple drops of white until you can just see it start to
Tim's formula looks really good. Or if you prefer an acrylic paint, try Modelflex Light Tuscan Oxide Red 3:1 with Modelflex Rust, then mix in a couple drops of white until you can just see it start to
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Corrected Ends for Central Valley NP stock car
Steve: Actually the "new" color of the NP stock cars was the NP's standard mineral red, which is a shade of boxcar red that runs heavily to rusty red-orange. On some cars this color shifted toward Tus
Steve: Actually the "new" color of the NP stock cars was the NP's standard mineral red, which is a shade of boxcar red that runs heavily to rusty red-orange. On some cars this color shifted toward Tus
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ORER QUESTION
Brian: You have a good point there, and I'll temper my report on this accordingly. Sounds like maybe Rich knows of a Pennsy AFE or lease agreement, but I haven't seen it. I also don't have the DT&I di
Brian: You have a good point there, and I'll temper my report on this accordingly. Sounds like maybe Rich knows of a Pennsy AFE or lease agreement, but I haven't seen it. I also don't have the DT&I di
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ORER QUESTION
Tim and Brian: When I referred to the DTI's 40-ft X31c double door round roof boxcars as "clones" on another list, I was corrected by Rich Orr, who said it thusly:
Tim and Brian: When I referred to the DTI's 40-ft X31c double door round roof boxcars as "clones" on another list, I was corrected by Rich Orr, who said it thusly:
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Archer rivet detailing
Thanks, Walt. Chris Frissell Polson, MT
Thanks, Walt. Chris Frissell Polson, MT
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Archer rivet detailing
Thank you Dennis, very helpful. Within hours of posting that this might be a "late example," I remembered two other boxcar models I have worked on, a PRR X46 boxcar built in the 1950s and an FGE RBL b
Thank you Dennis, very helpful. Within hours of posting that this might be a "late example," I remembered two other boxcar models I have worked on, a PRR X46 boxcar built in the 1950s and an FGE RBL b
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Archer rivet detailing
Steve: Thanks! That is a very interesting CN car, and yes, it does look like the same kind of side panel seam and rivet pattern. Note I called them "lap seams" in my initial post, but I caution I don'
Steve: Thanks! That is a very interesting CN car, and yes, it does look like the same kind of side panel seam and rivet pattern. Note I called them "lap seams" in my initial post, but I caution I don'
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Archer rivet detailing
Jerry and Charlie: I could have done everything on this boxcar with Archer Surface Details Assorted Rivets set AR88001 (the most versatile set for HO scale and definitely the one to start with I think
Jerry and Charlie: I could have done everything on this boxcar with Archer Surface Details Assorted Rivets set AR88001 (the most versatile set for HO scale and definitely the one to start with I think
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