I'm a newby is Vol 1 still available? Fenton Wells rhendrickson@opendoor.com> wrote: -- Fenton Wells 3047 Creek Run Sanford NC 27332 919-499-5545 srrfan1401@gmail.com

Roger that, thanks Fenton -- Fenton Wells 3047 Creek Run Sanford NC 27332 919-499-5545 srrfan1401@gmail.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Thanks I'll check it out. I saw the volume one for boxcars that has been out a while with the Vol 2 being the tank car book. I may be confused. -- Fenton Wells 3047 Creek Run Sanford NC 27332 919-499-

Jim, what is the name of the old seafood restaruant in downtown Portland, I believe it was in the basement. Been there a few times on business over the last 20 or so years. First time was 84 when my w

Sorry I forgot, Portalnd has the Blueback SS 581, I was on the Barbel SS580. These were diesel prototypes from which the Navy built the Skipjack class SSN's. -- Fenton Wells 3047 Creek Run Sanford NC

I have been through this for quite a few years and finally broke down and bought a booth from Micromark and had a plumber put in a dryer hose kit to vent through the roof eve (like you would use for a

Thanks, Richard, I didn't think I understood. rhendrickson@opendoor.com> wrote: -- Fenton Wells 3047 Creek Run Sanford NC 27332 919-499-5545 srrfan1401@gmail.com

Al, Amen to that! When we moved from Illinois to New Hampshire, in 1997, the local moving company could not get the local labor to help unload the truck. The driver, his helper and myself unloaded box

Pat, The Southern Railway Historical Assoc. has released a great book, by George Eichelberger that covers all the Southern Railway steel, 50 footers from the first 50 foot steel boxcar that the SR pur

Ben, the SR did receive revenue and had to provide cars in proportion to the agreement that they had with the Automotive companies. I believe the cars were provided based on the auto plants served. Fo

Tony, I'm sure you are up more on this than I am. I'm learning late in life. I believe the SR did have contractors apply some of the racks and special skids. I also know that the SR sent cars back to

Great question. My first brush with this was meetng Mr. George Eighelberger, the SRHA freight car guru at a SRHA meet in Bristol VA/TN a year ago last fall. I had no idea what he was talking about. He

Ned, I have built several Southern SU boxcars and the war emergency cabooses from the SU kit. I have done the truss rods two ways. 1) Cut the line and glue it into one side of the turnbuckle. Do the s

Gentlemen, any idea of which model paints, if any out of the bottle best match this " Alkali Resisting Brown" ? -- Fenton Wells 3047 Creek Run Sanford NC 27332 919-499-5545 srrfan1401@gmail.com [Non-t

In my case it worked but some times it took two or three tries. I had to wait for the ACC to set up. It took me about a week of part time labor to do one underframe that way. So much for the purist in

Thanks, Bruce I'll move my grits and see what paint colors I have. I still have one more Sunshine wagontop and several ACL and C&WC cars to build and being lazy was hoping there was something straight

Thanks Chuck, Now you see, I said I was lazy and I am currently doing the Southern war emergency caboose Version-2 by Westerfield so I'm using Floquil Caboose red right out of the bottle. No need to r

Here you go Chris, this is the MR article for weathering covered hoppers Fenton -- Fenton Wells 3047 Creek Run Sanford NC 27332 919-499-5545 srrfan1401@gmail.com [Non-text portions of this message hav

Gordon, You are correct regarding the photos available. I did find evidence of pulpwood being hauled in boxcars, ventilated boxcars and stock cars in a book I found on line. Go to the lik shown below

Great film Al, thanks for sharing. westerfield@charter.net> wrote: -- Fenton Wells 3047 Creek Run Sanford NC 27332 919-499-5545 srrfan1401@gmail.com [Non-text portions of this message have been remove