Don’t know if it was Maple Valley coal, but when I was at UW in the early 1960s, with an office in Roberts Hall alongside the track to the power plant, an NP switcher would bring a single NP offset ho

I have read that the real enlargement of palletizing freight was in World War II, where it turned out to be a great way to prepare overseas military cargo, and after the war became far more widely ado

No. As I mentioned, this is going to be a “mainline car,” which will likely always appear only in moving trains (to and from staging) in my layout operations. As such, I didn’t want to go terribly far

Quite some time ago, I got a set of parts for some resin cars, miscellaneous plastic and metal detail parts for resin castings. One of them is the two-rung sill steps that PFE placed under reefer door

Looks like Tichy to me. Tony Thompson tony@...

Tim O'Connor wrote: Doubtless true, but I’m impressed you can distinguish the dirt level in the photo provided. Tony Thompson tony@...

I have just posted the second description of completing a Proto2000 kit for a 50-foot UP automobile car, with various changes and upgrades, along with roof paint failure. To see this, if you’re intere

I will certainly be there next year! Great work, Frank! Tony Thompson tony@...

There were only 1500 originally, 1200 for Pacific Lines. Tony

SP series were 66800-67999 and 68592-68654 (latter group transferred from T&NO in 1936). There were also some T&NO cars if you want that. In 1950, there remained 783 of the Pacific Lines cars and 312

I have no reason to question any of this — but I should point out that from the 1890s onward, there were many incidents around North America of horrific accidents with wood passenger cars in wrecks, a

As already mentioned, Pat Wider wrote an excellent summary of the aluminum cars in RP Cyc 26, including a sensible and well-written summary of the metallurgy of the alloys used. Please consult that so

I doubt the statement about leftover parts. I have the Alcoa document about their effort, along with Reynolds Aluminum, to find new markets for aluminum after the war, with all their wartime capacity

Lloyd Keyser wrote: Lloyd, you must not be aware of Dry Creek models. See my blog post: https://modelingthesp.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-new-dry-creek-sp-work-cars.html Tony Thompson

On Jul 16, 2022, at 6:51 PM, Bruce Smith <smithbf@...> wrote:  Ed, In science, this is what is called "anecdotal evidence". Given that I'm pretty sure that the owner of this shop never actuall

On Jul 16, 2022, at 6:51 PM, Bruce Smith <smithbf@...> wrote:  Ed, In science, this is what is called "anecdotal evidence". Given that I'm pretty sure that the owner of this shop never actuall

If you model BN, you are on the wrong list. That’s a decade in the future for this list. Tony Thompson tony@...

Nice job on the door hangers, Clark. Nice project. Tony Thompson tony@...

I don’t think it’s been mentioned yet, but both the PFE and SFRD orange faded toward yellow. There are lots of examples out there. Tony Thompson tony@...

I have seen photos of workmen hand-painting to cover the stencil gaps. Tony Thompson tony@...