I love it when you publish stuff like this Dennis, it gives a deeper appreciation of what you do. Greg Martin

Very sad news indeed. Well respected among this group, and the model railroad community. Greg Martin

All, I allowed my spell check to get the best of me and meant to say I am appalled Greg Eventually all things merge into one and a river runs through it. Norman Maclean

Great questions Jim and this list really enjoys a good discussion on car application. One thing you need to realize is that each consortium and railroad looked at freight cars as assets and they were

Nolan Hinshaw writes:

Tony and all, I tried to stay focused on TCP's color #19 in my post. And now with two pieces of evidence, one of actual chips that Tim posted, which if nothing else show the contrast in the color betw

I am not an avid Santa Fe modeler but I do more than just dabble in it. I think I have a very good eye for color. I have used Tru-Color Paints on my most recent Santa Fe freight car and #19 you have p

Let me try this as an embedded photo. Greg Martin Eventually all things merge into one and a river runs through it. Norman Maclean I wrote: Hey Yuze Gize, Here is a link to Steve Hoxie's recently comp

Hey Yuze Gize, Here is a link to Steve Hoxie's recently completed ATSF BX-28 S_N_T USRA rebuilt car. The car is nicely built and what I find most interesting is the weathering he has applies, it is re

Erick, That is their rebuilt auto box. In my bucket list.... Greg Martin Eventually all things merge into one and a river runs through it. Norman Maclean

Schuyler writes:

Mark, I need an extra set as wells so that makes six... LOL Not sure that will get the job done. We'll see what we can get done, Singer is a good dude and I might just have to pay for a piggy back on

Dan and all, This is not a "my dog is bigger than your dog" note. The Athearn is a dirty little bash to be quite honest. However, it was well researched by Richard Hendrickson and I did my homework as

Mark and all, I know Jim Singer said after Cocoa Beach that he was planning on rerunning several sets of the Shake N Take decals this one included, but, I don't want to put word in his mouth, simply c

Correct he did and then John Greedy pointed out why it doesn't really work and Mont was in Oh Well mode. 3^( Greg Martin Eventually all things merge into one and a river runs through it. Norman Maclea

Mark, This will result in a stand in at best. There is no simple way to do this except for a bash with the Athearn car. Greg Martin Eventually all things merge into one and a river runs through it. No

Agreed Clark, but he has to have all the masters back to get it back into production. I too would like to see the line continued including the passenger car equipment he was doing. Greg Martin Eventua

Mike, You have to remember this wasn't necessarily his private fleet (except the RS-1 which was) these were the cars he used for display for his kits so there were differences in the re-weigh dates to

Hey Yuze Gize, I have a question regarding the terminology used in the folios of the cars regarding the "type" of roof. It clearly states that the roof were "Hutchins Dry Lading riveted type all steel

Elden is correct. The stacks or layers of sheet were banded into packages of a given weight. Then as they were loaded on the car they were placed on full width stickers between the deck and the first