To Jim Hayes: Your e-mail address from last year doesn't work and I'd like to contact you about the April 22 Santa Fe Mini-Meet in the Seattle area. I only read this list via the Web, so I can't see y

If you are within driving range of the Seattle area, you are invited to attend the 7th annual Mini-Meet of Santa Fe Railway fans and modelers in the Northwest. It will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m

I'm just a part-time lurker on this list, so I apologize if you've covered this a couple of years ago. I finally got around to buying a set of 12 bulk containers to fill up a Walthers USRA 46' steel g

Thanks to Al Westerfield for the info about the spacers between the containers. I tried to reply yesterday, but I don't see my reply in the archives. Were the spacers only a few inches high from the f

Thanks again to Al Westerfield for more info on bulk containers! John Thompson There were specific patterns depending on the car because of capacity limitations. Some cars limited the number of contai

Larry, I know that Sunshine made an HO resin "mini-kit" for a Santa Fe grain hopper roof. My notes say that it fits a Stewart #10300-series 3-bay hopper kit. My roof kit is buried somewhere but perhap

I don't know if it's been mentioned, but the Pentrex "stocking stuffer" DVD called "Heritage Collection Vol. 1" has some pretty good color footage of steam era freight cars in it, plus lots of colorfu

All these things would be great. Another great thing would be if someone published a monthly magazine with nothing but reviews of new and old models (locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars), focuss

I have searched the Web and this list's archives, but I can't find anything about when the first Schnabel cars appeared on US rails, and whether they looked different from the HO models currently avai

Thanks to all (so far). I had seen the reference to 1957 but didn't know if that was the first such car in the US or not. The Berliner website includes the following reference, but it's not clear to m

Thanks to Larry Kline and all for the very helpful answers! John Thompson for was center from pp Schnabel car. there. shipment

This is not a freight car, of course, but Bachmann has made an HO ATSF 2-10-4. It is not entirely correct, as they used their ATSF 4-8-4 boiler on a 2-10-4 frame (from what I've heard). John Thompson

Here is the invitation and agenda for the 10th annual Northwest Santa Fe Mini-Meet for Saturday, April 18. If you would like a registration form, please contact me off-list at JThomp1945@.... Than

The 11th annual Mini-Meet of Santa Fe Railway fans and modelers in the Northwest will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 8, 2010, in a new location: Messiah Lutheran Church, 410 H Stre

I'm passing along this question that was sent to the CAJON group. Thanks for any help, John Thompson DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THE ATSF, UP, AND PRR ACCURATELY REPRESENT THESE RAILROADS? ----- Forwarded Mes