Gotta love the flared top on the smokestack, the better for Santa to deliver STMFCs to the model railroaders inside the building. Merry Christmas, everybody! (Can anyone identify the other freight car

Two different wrecks -- yipe -- confusion. AL B.

The engine is 2-8-4 #4005, which was built in 1928-'29 (per Drury, "Guide to North American Steam Locomotives", revised edition): so the picture can be dated to 1928-34. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Gondolas built for copper concentrate service, mostly for SP and Santa Fe. I agree that it's a fine article, although most of its subjects were built after 1960. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

While the USRA tank car (as Tony notes) wasn't built, the WWII-era USG-A cars had four horizontal courses like the Tichy kit; some underframe modifications are needed, but one can get pretty close. A

There's a Speedwitch kit of these cars (K121). Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

I use rattle cans whenever I can, due to my utter lack of any skill with an airbrush. I find that Scalecoat II BCR is a similar color to Floquil BCR, but of course Scalecoat is glossy where Floquil wa

I've done it with the Shapeways frame; used the MDC walkway because I didn't know about the Shapeways one (which looks better). I'll talk about the car at Cocoa Beach. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Note coal in a box car. Must've been fun to unload. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

There are several photos of the HTs class in RP CYC 29 (pp 67-69), and also one in the Harrisburg book (p 168). None shows a train pipe along either side sill. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Is there a second plane, already inside? Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

1961? I think that's after the end of the universe ... but the YV was abandoned in '45-46 IIRC, so any LNE hoppers must've gone there while the LNE was still very much in business. Al Brown, Melbourne

Yep, and everybody wants to make it clear that it's *someone else* who doesn't understand! If the oil isn't bunching at Glendive or Staples, the finger seems to point to Mandan. :-) Al Brown, Melbourn

Can anyone direct me to a photo of a Seaboard Air Line twin hopper, class H-4 (36250-36449)? The dimensions are close to those of a PRR GLa, and I'm wondering if one could detail up a Bowser GLa to a

Where'd they ship to? (Florida?) Best, Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

I model a rural area in '49, so I think I may need a couple. :-) AL B.

When was the Kadee car's prototype built? Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

In this group's Files section, please note the listing "Accurail 41' Gon". It doesn't have dates, but they could be supplied fairly easily. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Speaking of the War Emergency tanks, does anyone know of commercial decals for Type USG-A? T.I.A., Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

It doesn't come with a bleed rod either, but both are easy to add. Nice car. :-) Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.