Does anyone on the list know of a source in HO scale of early Youngstown corrugated 4/4/4/4 sliding doors, 6ft wide (actually the prototype was likely nearer 6ft5in wide, to fit a 12ft6in door opening

JP III: Hmmmm--are you sure about that location identifier? I don't think Park Junction was in Montana. I understand it was near the Twin Cities near St. Anthony, Minnesota, and it was among the NP's

I'd second the 70-ton solid bearing truck and a Chrysler. I'd add to this list a 50-ton roller bearing truck, with 5ft 6in wheelbase and two visible facing springs. For example, the NP used an A-3 Rid

Dave: As a matter of elementary statistics, given the number of railroads whose reporting marks you are keeping an eye out for, you'd clearly have to pore over well over a thousand car records before

Hi, this is what I referred to on this list a few weeks ago as a "Reverse Buckeye end." Diagnostic features that distinguish them from the "common Buckeye end" are the concave vs. convex horizontal ri

wrote: > .... The MDT paint and lettering is correct and well done, but the Richard: Yes, please. I model the NP and need a bunch of MDT 40-footers to fill out my reefer consists, so I'd be very inter

Thanks, Tim. I am now convinced that one or of Erie's Magor-built 96700-96899 automobile/furniture cars (with ends commonly referred to as Reverse Buckeye) made it into the mix of Erie and DL&W 40ft b

Thank you, Ed. I should have thought to check your excellent compilation. Chris

Can anyone offer some basic specs on, or a photo link to, the Erie 78700-78999 series 40ft boxcars--builder and date, inside height, door configuration, number and rivet pattern of side panels, end an

I can't verify a build date, but CBQ series 718700-718847 appear in the July 1968 ORER TOFC listing as 24ft x 8ft x 8ft6in insulated containers, 1346 cu ft. These Dorsey-builts were Matson Navigation-

Ed: hi. Whatever they be called, I think we need to distinguish between this "Buckeye steel end" from the Erie 78000 series http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/el/frt/erie78249adb.jpg and the one I previous

Erie 40 ft, 10ft4in IH steel boxcars 96700-96899, built by Magor in 1936 had an unusual end referred to as a "Reverse Buckeye end." I'm wanting to model a couple of these cars in their later incarnati

Dennis and all: Although no well-printed Munsell color book is inexpensive, for less than $650 ($125-149, sometimes literally dirt-cheap for a used copy) you can get the USDA Soil Conservation Service

--- In STMFC@..., water.kresse@... wrote: ... > > Who has all those "virgin or protected" reference paint samples we are talking about reproducing from? > > Al Kresse > For the record, I'm

First let me declare that I personally hold to the views of Brock, Storzek and Hendrickson and others expressed here that color choice for a model is a highly contextual, perceptual and artistic decis

Ahh so now we have a global geopolitical explanation of why a true brown is so effing hard to come by in model RR paints...Cypriot unrest. Thnx ;-) Chris Frissell Polson, MT

Yes, and to do my part to complicate the definition: Schuyler only described one axis of what is in fact a kind of color triad. I find in custom mixing that a lot of so-called freight car reds have a

Elden: Those are kind words, thanks. Yes I first painted the exaggerated red (oxide) as on the prototype photo, then immediately reconsidered and toned it down with an overspray of the basic body colo

A couple of years ago I modeled a NYC PS-1 repaint using the same photo Elden is referring to, and using the very technique he's suggesting. I painted an InterMountain undec shell with 3 custom mixed

Gene: I'd venture your best bet might be to take a cue from the prototype, and get there from here: http://speedwitch.com/Models/k103.htm Best, Chris Frissell Polson, MT ...