So,....it would seem that InterMountain is a small (personel) company, with a large inventory? When they go off to "trade shows" there's no-one at home minding the store? I guess I'm just used to, IE.

I've e-mailed Intermountain over the last 3 weeks and receive no response, about some of their upcoming products. Their e-mail that I used is: intermountain@... This is the one l

Mike, Yes, it used to be the Bellaire Roundhouse, but he moved, I don't know, maybe 10 years ago, to South Main in Houston, and called it the, "Houston Roundhouse". The store is much bigger now than w

For those in the Houston, Texas area, The Houston Roundhouse Hobby Shop is going out of business. They are, to me, the best stocked railroad shop in the Houston area, if not the whole state. They are

Don't know about all of the railroad details, but I bought and owned one, built in 1913, two story, until 1997. Heard it was shipped in by rail to Ganado, Texas, and assembled by a carpenter & helper.

Thanks to everyone for their inputs. The car I was specifically wanting to model is the NYC&HR double-deck stock car in the MR, Feb. 1959 issue. The upper deck boards run across the car, not length-wi

I have John White's, "The American Railroad Freight Car", book, covering wooden freight cars, "until the coming of steel", but found no description of how the upper deck of double-deck stock cars was

I'm curious as to how they were unloaded, or even loaded in the first place. Was each one "hand-lowered" into the car, then the opposite at the destination? Paul Hillman

I forgot to add that the car's shown built with a K brake cylinder system, and no roof end-platforms. If similar NYC&HR cars were built after 1900, I'd assume there'd be roof end-platforms, a B-end br

I still haven't seen any other photos, etc., of any other cars with these type handrails, but in the Feb.1959 MR NYC&HR Stockcar article by Don Reschenberg, these railings are on both sides of the roo

I'm wanting to build a model of the NYC&HR double-deck Stockcar as described in the February 1959 Model Railroader article by Don Reschenberg. A very beautiful stock car. But,..I'm finding it interest

Awhile back the color of the C&IM cars was discussed as to when/whether they were yellow or orange. In the car-side photo, it looks like there is orange paint under the chipping-off yellow paint. Are

A few years ago Merle Haggard released a great railroad album, "My Love Affair with Trains", all original songs and from the steam era. Included are songs; "I won't Give Up My Train", about an enginee

--- In STMFC@..., Ed Hawkins <hawk0621@...> wrote: ******************************************************************** Richard, Yes,the publishers are listening. However,I will volunteer

Is there a book which has attempted to contain all of the various freight car component descriptions, such as Murphy roofs, Duryea underframes, Youngstown doors, etc., etc., all the myriad types of en

I have the January 1959 issue of MR magazine, containing a construction article about a Canadian Pacific caboose by Jack Work, drawings by J. Harold Geissel, pgs. 74 thru 82. I, awhile back, construct

per the suggestion of another list member, and intend to try it out eventually. *********************************************************************** I have a Paasche "Air Eraser"/Sandblaster, but h

I have some General Tools Co. stainless-steel rulers that I've had for a "few" years, #1251, HO/S/O scales & #651 HO/O scales. The black "paint" in of some of the recessed numbers has disappeared over

Ed Hawkins wrote: "For the L&N emergency hoppers, a total of 5 different hand brakes were used." (Etc., etc., etc.) ***************************************************************** Gee Ed, Thanks for

I have some P2K L&N, W.E., Hopper kits. In the assembly instructions it shows 2 different types of hand brakes, both the Miner & Ajax types. For cars #'s 31024, 31131 & 31247 use the Miner type. For c