Well, he just meant "get into the plastics industry," which of course hopes not to ever have to face up to the trash problem. Tony Thompson tony@...

Hugh Guillaume wrote: Hugh, here is a photo of a Varney underframe on a metal flat car. Is your B&LE car like this? Tony Thompson tony@...

Ken Adams wrote: The movie, of course, was somewhat prior to there being millions of tons of plastic trash in the ocean. Tony Thompson tony@...

Hugh Guillaume wrote: It was Zamac, NOT "pot metal," but it does fall apart if the alloy was a little contaminated. I'm sure in those days a manufacturer would have goggled at you if you wanted him to

All the SC&F tank cars are terrific models. I have four built, one to go. Tony Thompson tony@...

Well, if you know the 3-4-5 rule . . . Tony Thompson tony@...

Brian Carlsonwrote: I agree, and used an upgraded Walthers body to do a Santa Fe car. Tony Thompson tony@...

Thanks, Fenton. Tony Thompson tony@...

Over the weekend, I posted a description to my blog of PFE ice service practices, including the borrowing (occasionally) of ice from Santa Fe's SFRD. I included a photo of a model Santa Fe ice car, bu

Bob Chaparro wrote: Must have been great climbing those wood end ladders in rain or snow. Tony Thompson tony@...

ken akerboom wrote: Just a poor modeling job <vbg>. Tony Thompson tony@...

Rich Yoder wrote: Thanks, Rich! Superb photos, couldn't be more clear. And the whitewashing for instructional purposes certainly makes everything completely understandable. (Good pedagogy, you might s

Bob Chaparro wrote: Excellent photo. I have browsed a little in the Robert Yarnall Richie collection at SMU, and they are superb images. He was a commercial photographer, and must have had a lot of ra

Thanks, Gary. Tony Thompson tony@...

Thanks, Jim. Tony Thompson tony@...

Thanks, Bruce. So are you building the PRR ice car? <g> Tony Thompson tony@...

Me too, Brian. Tony Thompson tony@...

I've recently completed a Westerfield kit, no. 10864, for a Santa Fe ice car conversion. A photo of the model is below. I have also written a summary of ice car operations, as they apply on my layout,

Mansell Peter Hambly wrote: The good news is that Jack White did a great job with the book HE wrote. The bad news is that he had Donald Duke for his publisher. Duke (understandably) didn't like the ma

Bob Chaparrowrote: CDLX 728 and 740. CDL served the California wine industry for decades with leased cars, until selling the fleet to GATC in the 1950s. Tony Thompson tony@...