Actually there were a number of lines that used the two word form and some still do today. Most initials use RR, not just R (unless it is RY for railway). My somewhat tongue-in-cheek point was that to

Along these lines shouldn't it be "rail road" not "railroad"? John Stokes Bellevue, WA To: STMFC@... From: thompson@... Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:09:20 -0700 Subject: [STMFC

Thanks for the info, Ray. Would love to see the photo of the "giragge," must be some wild Southern Hemisphere beastie. As for the giraffes, how did they load their necks, must have been pretty tight i

I agree with Jack's comments and will buy my decals from Archer, and my riveter and chopper from NWSL. I just made an off hand comment about Archer doing the decals for MM, hoping as much as anything,

Not to drag this out too much, but a goodly number of the Microscale decals are or have been also offered by other decal manufacturers over the years. Presumably they are exact copies of the real thin

I'm not sure what relevance this has to the subject, Brian. The catalog may be copyrighted, it is a publication and is put together with unique features and content. The decal of rivets is not in the

Thank you very much, Rob. Just the image I want to have in my head when I go to sleep. However.... if one is looking for a unique box car load..... John S. To: STMFC@... From: rdkirkham@li

That's it, and I should have remembered that is was a dry ice car, not for transporting cylinders of gas. I can see the photo of it in an old MR in my mind's eye now. Thanks, Fred, John S. To: STMFC@y

Liquid Carbonic Acid, CO2, is used to put the fizz in sodas. The LC Company started apparently in 1913 in Kansas City, and not only sold CO2 but made a popular soda fountain using the commercial size

A guess would be Liquid Carbonic, and the second builder's photo on the page clearly shows a build date of 1935. I think LC was shipped in cylinders, but someone else may have more accurate informatio

Wow, well excuse me, Sir! I guess I forgot that this group is restricted to only the self important and self acknowledged "experts." Won't post again anytime soon, other more important and friendlier

Thanks for the chuckle, I haven't seen that one for eons. My own personal opinion and recollection is that the colors of the buildings in these photos is accurate for the time period. They were appare

I see the color differently than you do, Garth. To me there is a definite shade of difference between the Ball car and the reefer, the latter being more orange. And, the reefers in question were not a

Mather was born in 1848 and developed and built his first stock cars by 1881. He received an award from the American Humane Society for certain humane features of his cars, which also reduced losses o

You are a sensitive guy, Tim. I wondered about the continuation of the company, but thought it would be respectful to Mr. Ellerby and his family not to ask the crass, self centered question on a publi

While these observations are on target for the most part from today's perspective, unfortunately when the trend was set modelers, the vast majority of them, did not care all that much for closer proto

Looks like a crappy build of a crude kit. No wonder apparently no one is bidding for it. John S. To: STMFC@... From: tgmadden@... Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 03:09:54 +0000 Subject:

Pretty pricey nail file boards, must give a really good finish. :). John S. To: STMFC@... From: robev1630@... Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:23:43 -0600 Subject: Re: [STMFC] Painting

Precision Scale has a number of such couplers in its line, not working automatics, but are attached as described, and several coupler pockets for locos that use this type coupler. It can be done with

This is true, the coal mines around the East Side of Lake Washington began to shut down in the late 20's, except for sporadic work, but the NP kept the mines in Cle Elum going for much later. There ar