This is to verify my email address.Armand Premo armprem@yahoogroups

That's kind of a stretch Mike.Should we also include combines that also carried LCL? Armand Premo

Guyz,Just couldn't resist getting in,perhaps even over my head.I know of individuals that have really gone to the extreme.Their layout and roster is for a specific railroad on a specific day....now,th

Jim,Tichy has a nice Boom car or fla cart to use an a tender for your crane.Armand Premo

Ray,The question was rhetorical.Armand Premo

Which begs the question;How many double sheathed cars were still around in the 50s? Armand Premo

And before that ,by Silver Streak.Armand PremoOriginal Message -----

I have had good results using Model Master Flat finish.Armand Premo

While I tend to agree, model railroads are still models of the real thing varied by the owners' personal preferences.We can not have the same number of cars as the protoype .I have tried to determine

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I wish someone could tell me what a CB&Q hopper was doing in Northern Vermont in December of 1950?Armand Premo

People would walk along the tracks with a cart and pick up coal that fell off the tenders or hoppers.Railmen were tolerant and rarely chased the pickers off railroad property.The pickers carried a bur

I bought it sight unseen.I am sure some will find something worthwhile.I didn't.Armand Premo

I have built several Sylvan freight cars as well as many of their automobiles.Clare has continually produced an excellent line.Clare also produced a run of several different Rutland RR stations for th

Or maybe Clover House.Armand Premo

Speaking of auto boxcars (XA) conspicuously absent are NYC cars.Armand Premo

There are actually two cards.One for maintenance / inventory purposes and the other for operation.Both cards are preprinted.The one that remains with the car in its' box and the other strictly for ope

The idea Dale is to protect the items from damage.Keeping good records should help you were you to have a loss of your valuable collection.All would be itemized.The boxes would not be empty.Armand Pre

I save all the boxes.I keep the cars not being used in boxes on book shelves.In each box I have a car card with information such as source,cost, purchase date,matching paint,weight, trucks ,couplers,r