I agree. There’a a builder photo of this car in the Magor Car Corp. book, page 79. Tony Thompson tony@...

What sad news. I always looked forward to seeing Frank at the many meetings he and I attended, and we almost always would have lunch or dinner together at some point during the event. (One of the grea

No, not true. First of all, citrus coming into a packing house is definitely not greenish — I have visited several over the years, and can speak from experience. Second, much citrus is “conditioned,”

Bill Pardie wrote: Like others who have responded, I have collected photos of such facilities in many localities over the years. Only the very most recent ones have fences. Tony Thompson tony@signatur

Tony Thompson tony@... Ed Bommer wrote: Part of this is incorrect, and some garbled. Please consult a researched blog post (of mine): https://modelingthesp.blogspot.com/2013/12/associat

Category 1. Tony Thompson

Yeah, funny how the bad estimates were always on the high side. Tony Thompson

Sorry, meant to write “Brian.” Tony

Roan is absolutely right. Your hafta do it. Sent from my

Remember that reefers were paid on a mileage basis, loaded or empty, so the reefer owners could not care less about westward loads. And in harvest time, they wanted their cars back without divergence

They do flatten somewhat, final result is not noticeably "puffy.” Naw. Just apply ‘em like regular decals. Tony Thompson tony@...

Lovely model, Paul I have always liked these big cars. Tony Thompson tony@...

Many oil companies reserved the silver schemes for local dealer delivery. It’s possible that CONX did so too. Tony Thompson tony@...

The story did get written recently here. Did you not get it? Tony Thompson tony@...

Gorgeous detailing, Michael. Good looking work. Tony Thompson tony@...

Thanks, Rufus. But that’s the short version. In the long version, Joe was the night yardmaster, he would know the answer, and he hasn’t gone to bed yet. Call him. And Joe says, car of lumber for Memph

Yep, I still remember Larry fondly, and often think of some of his yarns. My favorite was the one about the car in the yard with missing paperwork. Tony Thompson tony@...

That is only the nominal capacity. Look at the load limit. Tony Thompson tony@...

They are thick on the sheet but seem to me okay on a weathered car - - meaning all of mine. Tony Thompson

In my youth (not going to do the arithmetic right now), I glued the car weights into Athearn “Blue Box” cars with Goo. In 20 years or so, those floors too were “banana” or other peculiar shapes. Total