After a futile attempt to find the answer on the internet, I was hoping someone here could answer a question for me. If I were to detail a RIP track area on my club's layout (whose era is the late 50'

Brian, Chet French can correct me if I am wrong; but I remember him saying that the Wabash started putting the steel sides in the cars in 1958. As to the practice of showing a "revised" NEW date, I ca

Tom, Tom Stolte, of Odd Balls, normally works from a photo for his decal artwork. So, it should be accurate for at least one car! gary roe

Al wrote: SP had one car (which we'll do). MILW had one and IC had 350 50' furniture cars. Al, The Wabash also had some furniture cars with that end. Not sure how many, or even the series; but I remem

Gregg, The contents are listed simply as "Merchandise". gary roe Gary, It could well mean "Plus additional information contained on the waybill". You don't say what the loads are, but if they were far

I have a few old (1906-1907) Wabash Conductor books that I have been looking at in detail the couple of weeks. One of the things that I am curious about is a notation that I found in the "final destin

wrote: Richard & All, I asked Martin if he was going to offer the kit with Wabash decals; but said he was not. He indicated that it was "too new" for the large majority of his customers. There is a pi

I read the following information on another list: "Also, the old Athearn gon is a close match to a Wabash prototype." I never thought that it was that close. Does this person's definition of "close" m

Shawn asked Is there a document or publication that explains the details of "reciprocal switching"? Shawn, Yes, there is. John Armstrong's book "The Railroad, What It Is, What It Does" will explain it

Shawn asked: Is anyone here familiar with the (huge) Pullman-Standard archival collection at the Newberry Library in Chicago? Shawn, The guy you need to talk to is Tom Madden on the Passenger Car List

Clark, Try: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/CBQ/ gary roe

Jim asked: If you were going to a convention, what kind of STM freight car oriented clinics would you like to see? Jim, A couple years ago, at Naperville, I stood in the model display room and listene

Denny asked: That the Milwaukee put the triple valve, the tank, and the tank all on one side of the center sill has always been a mystery to me, primarily because these are *heavy* items, and what is

Tim wrote: Oddball sets were printed on an ALPS for a while. I don't know if Tom has switched to silkscreen or if he still uses the ALPS Tim, AFAIK, he still uses the ALPS printer. He switched FROM si

Charlie asked: Speaking of N&W H2a hoppers...... if anyone has a photo of the cars that the IC leased c.1946-47 and can send me a scanned copy, I will include it in the artwork for the next production

wrote: Shawn, It may be a galvanized roof; but my guess is that what you're seeing is sun reflection off of fresh paint. Look at the trust plate and journal box lids. gary roe

Bill wrote: Lastly, a well known modeler has announced that he is leaving fulltime (and safe and secure) employment to among other things do books, a magazine, full resin kits and resin kit conversion

Clark wrote: The iron ore mined in southeastern Minnesota went to the East St. Louis area. I can't remember exactly where. Clark, Probably to Granite City Steel. gary roe

Chris asked: Where were the CGW ore shipments going and how were they unloaded? Would they have used a power shovel of some type? Chris, I can't help with the first question; but it is highly likely t

Tim asked: Why did the Wabash have so many thousands of hopper cars anyway? Were there coal mines in central Illinois, Indiana or Ohio served by the Wabash? Or perhaps in north-central Missouri? Tim &