I recieved the grim news several days ago, but only now am I sufficiently over the shock to put fingers to keyboard. I probably first met Richard in the mid-80s, when we started having RPM as a side s

Folks, You don't hear from me very often (partly because I can't keep up with the bandwidth on this list), but I've been made aware that the topic is NYC box cars. If anyone has a question about this

Having occasionally been Larry's roommate at the Naperville RPM meet, I take this a little personally. I'm sorry I didn't get to see his layout after he moved a decade or so ago; the earlier layout wa

Richard, Thank you; I will sign up! Jeff

I note that the "new Naperville" RPM in Lisle includes a new "Friends of the Freight Car" dinner & presentation on Thursday evening. Is there any additional information about this? In the past I have

Jim, At this late date I have to assume you have already settled the question of whether the "B&O wagontop" will be an M-15k or an M-53. While these two cars look very similar, and still completely di

Bud, No plans in that issue; just a two-page article with seven photos. Jeff English Troy, New York wrote: and/or

Tim, I don't know of any available cross-references to identify a car's NYC Lot from an X-series number (i.e., in company service). But the car appears to be a forty-foot car, and possibly Lot 292-F,

Rich, I can't answer that question right now because I lent my copy to my brother. I'll see after I get it back. I have no recollection, though, of anything particularly on the Penn Div., but then aga

Ben, The most significant thing of interest to STMFC is the two-part article on the history of the NYC oval herald as applied to equipment. As such there are many photos of equipment to illustrate var

The detailed answer to this question can be developed by looking through the AAR Interchange Rules over the years. I might be able to get to this, but not right now. But, for clarification, I don't be

--- In STMFC@..., "Brian J Carlson" <brian@...> wrote: <snip> > Lot 700B boxcar 176613. <snip> > I haven't been able yet to > locate a picture of one of these cars. Photos have been offere

The car number cited by Earl, NYC 56331, must be in error since there were no 56000-series numbers assigned before the Lot 633-B cars Ben cites below. Earl, could it be other than 56? Jeff English Tro

This is modern news, but it brings up the name of a manufacturer whom I had no clue was still in existence. See: http://www.progressiverailroading.com/prdailynews/news.asp?id=14973 It says Klasing has

Jace, Your friend is absolutely correct. The Pacemaker trailers were used for local pick-up and delivery in association with the box-car based, expedited LCL service that the Pacemaker name promoted.

Brian, Buy a bottle of the Floquil and paint the center of a piece of scrap; then experiment with different mixes of your favorite acrylic paint and apply them surrounding the Floquil chip in the cent

Since Roger Hinman appears to be away, I will jump in and report from articles he has authored. The builder was MDT themselves, at the plant in East Rochester, NY. The built date is circa 1923; I hope

Are those lot numbers PC&F's or MDT's? Jeff English Troy, New York with MDT racks whereas

Bruce, Commercial models are available made using the rapid prototyping technique. The outfit is called Smoky Mountain Model Works and is run by Jim King. Jim was making O-scale models but was unhappy

wrote: link. Andreas, I don't have any photos of these cars, but I can provide a little more information. The page at your link is "F-7" from an NYC Classification Book, and the correspondiong data ap