Group, Another use for these cars is to build Monon flats 7501-7510 which were converted from low sided gons in 1945. Though few in number, these cars were in wide circulation carrying larger finished

Ben, A similar car (i.e. Monon low sided gon with the sides removed) exists at the Monon Society in Linden,Indiana. It is one of a few cars which were purchased from the Monon by a stone quarry and la

Mont, Do you have the flat car diagram in a easily e-mailable form? I've got one of my two cars done and it would be good to have a least one with the stake pockets right!! As an aside, I stopped by L

Sorry everyone-that was meant for Mont. Web based e-mail yadda yadda yadda. Now back to molasses. Regards, Mike __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with

Timothy, Until a year ago I used brushes for everything, including body paint. It is amazing how well a brush painted model can look with the right paint and the right brush. Ironically, the best resu

Hello Group, The discussion of the A-50's reminded me of a question I've been meaning to ask. I've built a Westerfield A-50-4 which I had intended to letter for GTW. The excellent data sheet pointed o

Ian, Thank you for the information. That is a lot of "light" to shed. Regards, Mike __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Jazz up your holiday email with celebrity designs. Learn more. htt

Hi, Does anyone have a Sunshine Fall 2004 Kit Update List they could scan and post? (Assuming he produced such a thing as they have before)Or if someone could snail mail me a copy I'd be happy to scan

<Producing a book and some decals and etc. has kept him <busy. Jim, I should be so productive in my spare time!!! Can you post it to the STMFC files section? Then everyone can get it. 'tis the season

Thanks Jim!! Mike Aufderheide <jimandlisa97225@v...> wrote: Column E

Looking through some books recently, a few interesting IC hoppers have stuck out. They have ribbed sides with a short flat panel above. On one car the upper panel looked to have stampings at a regular

Ed, In talking to ex Monon carman Bob Schultz he stated that the Monon's hottest train in 1948, #71 from S. Hammond In to Louisville never ran with any open top cars. The reason being that delays due

Chet, Thanks for posting this. Very interesting. Any idea how these were routed. UP to Council Bluffs? Were these cars part of block dropped at Decatur from a train going through to the east? Regards,

Tim, Another example of this is eastbound traffic coming north from Indianapolis and Louisville on the Monon. Rather than send these cars up the mainline to South Hammond and the connection with the E

I've really got to go there. I work about 4 blocks away! Mike --- Tim Gilbert <tgilbert@...> wrote: __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail

Chet and Jerry, Thank you very much for the information. Do either of you have a diagram of this car you could share. It would be interesting to look at a possible kitbash. Regards, Mike --- Chet Fren

Denny, Thank you for the fascinating account. I've found the aerial of the place from 1993. See: http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=11&Z=10&X=1463&Y=10530&W=3&qs=%7cconcord%7cca%7

Group, I've put 9 brass models up on ebay on behalf of Mont Switzer from his personal collection. Many of them are Steam Era models. All of them are very nice. Go to www.ebay.com. In the window that s

Dean, I was at Des Plaines last week and they have the Erie car in stock with the large herald for 18 bucks. They also have one for CEI. Is this car correct? Mike Aufderheide _________________________

Dean, First, I appologize, I did not read your first e-mail clearly enough. As for the Erie, only the big herald was there as you mentioned and the website shows. As for the SOO, they have both the '5