I was cleaning out some old papers and came upon a hardcopy of something Larry Wrote in 2007. Here it is Yes the Wizard of OZ was in black and white until she got to OZ. Then it changed to color. That

For the STMFC list it probably goes back to when the list was hosted on a university server and a schism developed between those who argued on behalf of physical and jargon accuracy vs. I can do whate

Sure I have… I’m referring to the apparent seam running up from his crotch. Very odd. Dave Nelson

Ok, we’ve got an answer to the row of rivets up top… next question: What is with the front of the big guy’s pants??? Looks like his zipper runs to the top of his beer belly. 8-) Dave Nelson

Yes, I have a copy. It’s short and IIRC intended for the train crew. I’m not sure I can put my hands on it right away but I’ll go poke around some. Is there something in particular in it that you are

Yes… I was referring to those bolts. I’ve never seen anything like that before. Made me think of belaying pins. Dave Nelson

https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/37711713434/in/album-72157649155982802/ On Flicker, a Magnolia tankcar from 1919. It looks like it has been pinned together. I don’t recall seeing this be

This problem is not limited to the Westerfield scans. Best to ask before buying if you want any private road data. Dave Nelson From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behal

You need about a 1000 non home road boxcars to get the trend. Dave Nelson

I expect in the winter reefers were used to keep the contents from freezing. I do know the Western Pacific’s few reefers were used primarily for canned food. Dave Nelson

I’ve read all of the opinions in the Foobie thread and my honest conclusion about it is this: I miss Richard. Always interesting, always well informed. Dave Nelson

I always assumed it was a Richard Hendrickson-ism. It’s been on used on STMFC for such a long time, probably going all the way back to Tim O’Connor’s e-mail list. Dave Nelson

In one of Kip Harrington’s stories he wrote of ancient east coast HM hoppers being sold “out west” where they showed up hauling coal over Soldier Summit. These were B&LE cars built before WWI. They ha

Everything created on or before Dec 31, 1925 is in the public domain. FWIW, Public Domain Day (the name is my idea) occurs on Jan 1 of every year and I’m pretty sure that all items copyright registere

OH NO! Jon and I would talk at great length whenever we bumped into each other. Sad news indeed. Dave Nelson

Whistling past the graveyard (literally). Any hobby with an average age of 68 is in trouble and with models of freight cars costing $40-$50 a pop there is no pulling in teenagers or young adults. Dave

S-40-4 stockcar. https://pullman-lib.smugmug.com/Railroad-R-S/i-vpHmfP2/A Dave Nelson

Yes… the old eyes finally did notice…. Dave Nelson

About 10% of the North American boxcar fleet in 1950 was 36ft. Southern owned a fair number of such survivors, maybe even this one: https://pullman-lib.smugmug.com/Railroad-R-S/i-TF4QLQ8/A Dave Nelson

Like the old Arby’s commercial -- Me: “Where’s the Door?”… : “Where’s the Door?” Oh…. https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-2nFvPnk/3/X3/i-2nFvPnk-X3.jpg Dave Nelson