Cyril Durrenberger Right on Cyril. I need a bunch of Harriman 40 footers. Your picture in Tony's book (Vol 3) of an F50-2 at Kingsland quarry sometime after 1931 is super...beings I model that quarry.

by the SP... Tim O'Connor Jerry/Tim, I would love to have decals for Piggly Wiggly also. My uncle was an executive for them in San Antonio back in the 50's and 60's. My 1940 layout could use some P-W

Thanks so much Tim. This helps me out a lot. As I don't offhand remember any specific tank car kit ( or RTR) made for this nor any decals for an undec. kit, I will have to go with some leased cars. Ch

Tim, I assume this would also apply to the transportion of cotton seed oil from cotton presses. I am modeling a facility in Texas that shipped cotton seed oil. One of their customers was a paint manuf

True. However, when I mentioned "Cotton Compress", I meant the entire process from ginning to compressing to the processing of the seeds for oil and the byproduct of hulls/meal. The two facilities I a

Guys, What kind of tank cars would have been used to transport cotton seed oil from the local cotton compress during the steam era? I am currently modeling cotton compresses in two different Texas tow

Thanks Jim. I did look at your website but wasn't aware of the "Flyers" link. That answered my questions. Looks like I will have to order a couple of Sunshine kits. Thanks guys for the info. Charles E

Guys, I have found where Sunshine produced kits for the Swift reefers....and they still show as available. Question? What is the difference between the "5200"series and the "6700" series kits? Length?

Say guys, are there any accurate models out there of a Swift Meat reefer? I cannot find any....in plastic anyway. I am needing a few that would have been around in the late 30's to mid 40's. In readin

Jared ( and others), Mark me down as another modeler who started taking RMC simply because of Ted's articles. I consider myself a beginner as far as resin is concerned, but the wealth of knowledge imp

I'm enjoying this thread. I have picked this era to model because (1), the sheer volume of traffic increased tremendously, (2) every surplus, old rolling stock that could be had was used and, (3) the

--- In STMFC@..., Anthony Thompson <thompson@s...> wrote: Jared is referring to his specific project, but this is a very general warning we should all heed: if there is someone you think m

Guys, I have enjoyed the discussions the last few days concerning "magazines, books, and what-not". I have gotten (back) into model railroading just within the last 5 years or so, having started my fi

Thanks guys for all the info. I'm aware of the effects of Goo on plastic unless a period of time is allowed before making the bond. I use white glue for a lot of things but am leaning toward the slowe

Riverside CA Robert, there is an undec ATSF IM on e-bay at buy it now for $15.95. Charles Etheredge Modeling the TNO in the 40's

I've enjoyed the posts concerning decks of flats and the weathering of the same. I've acquired several RC SP/TNO flats with wooden decks. The question I have is what is the best adhesive to use to glu

<rhendrickson@o...> wrote: off-topic, challenge...maybe a Richard, how about my all-time favorite, the Staggerwing!

Fellas: As I was reading through Tony's SP Freight Car book (Vol 1) for the "umpteenth" time the other night, I noticed the G-50-8 (tight bottom) Gon which lasted pretty late on the 'ole T&NO. Is ther

I have a whole passel of Red Caboose SP GS gons for crushed limestone hauling on my model of the Llano branch of the T&NO. I simply cut a 1/2" piece of pink foam to size, sanding it down to fit just b

Brian, Alas, I did not get any pictures. One of those "I wish I had" things. I do remember getting all of our cased oil from Pennzoil on 40' RI box cars.