aluminum foil on top of the roof, outside

bob: any explanation for the sheet foil on top of the car? thanks ;-)

i was thinking the same thing, no dims? ;-)

thank you eric, you saved me the comment hindsight 20/20 would provide a larger audience ;-) mel perry

not in its present condition, no brakes, no.reporting.marks, damage to the side door frame, it looks like this thing is sitting on either a deadline or a rip track ;-)

any particular reason, that the 2-8-0's were shipped built from the factory, and the 2-10-0's were shipped in kit form to the POE, and then assembled? thanks ;-) mel perry

still interesting, that it wound up in the backwoods of oregon? ;-) mel perry

those ARE refrigerators ;-) mel perry

bud: didn't john do a version with the seam? the rest would be a standby foobie ;-) mel

tony; THANK YOU ;-) mel perry

tom: MANY THANKS, out of curiosity, did mathieson merge or get bought out, i ask because they had their own reporting marks at one time "malx & mawx"?@, besides the leased "shpx", thanks again ;-) mel

out of curiousity whose reporting marks? thanks ;-)

the straps are "crimped" together, usually the fastner will.have 2 or 4 "toothmarks" where the fastner has been "crimped" by the "crimper" (the tool) ;-)

RIGHT ON, tell it like it is, between the passing of the present generation and the increasing prices, only the rich and the millennials will be able to afford this "hobby", but i forget, this hobby w

bruce; 1) simple, i've never seen it in service, only on dead lines, not to say it didn't happen, i just haven't seen it 2)PE8501?, i'm teferencing PE00119, which clearly a t-section on the left and a

interesting, that car has two different trucks, is it on a scrap line? mel perry

hi ted: do you do paypal.f&f? also how much shipping to 94128 thanks mel perry

out of curiosity, what does book #1 cover? thanks mel perry

brian; thanks, i got gypped !!! ;-( mel perry

brian: i show tsc #9 devoted to steam locomotives? do you mean tsc #12? thanks ;-) mel perry