AFAIK, ASF had no foundries in Chicago only the corporate office, at least by1973 after this list. Side frames and bolsters would have come from East St. Louis, Illinois until it was closed in 1959, G

John – Do you happen to have any other information on Browning Engineering and perhaps this crane? I have not seen anything further in the society’s archives. For those interested, the crane was equip

Thanks for that great photo Eric! Also interesting is the repair to the lower end sheathing of Big Four 46611 on the adjacent track. David Jobe, Sr. Saint Ann, MO

Jon & Eric, I checked on the group’s home page. It appears that a subgroup was created. And, that is likely what caused the change in the email address for the “Main” group. But, only our friendly jai

Doug, Which drawing(s) on the page are you referring to? David Jobe, Sr. Saint Ann, Missouri

John, Try http://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A138690 .. What part of St. Louis are you interested in? David Jobe, Sr. Saint Ann, Missouri

Tim O’Connor has mentioned PG Offline on several occasions before. It’s well worth the cost for its search function alone. It can be found at http://www.personalgroupware.com/ . And, with the uncertai

Fortunately, the event booklet is in the Archive section of the web site. Here is the direct link to the booklet; http://www.rpmconference.com/index.php/2016-rpm-program-complete/ . The Mini-Kit is co

The sign reads “FOR EXCLUSIVE USE BETWEEN LACLEDE COKE PLANT & MISSISSIPPI VALLEY IRON WORKS”. That would place it in the St. Louis Terminal district with my guess being the south side on the Iron Mou

Correct. The river level at St. Louis can easily fluctuate 20 feet with extremes closer to 30 feet difference. As near as I could determine when I examined these photos about a year or so ago, this pa

Thanks to you Pierre and your pattern maker. Very much appreciated! David Jobe, Sr. Saint Ann, Missouri

Thanks for checking with Pierre about this car. Given that it was originally built n 1923 it would be great to have an original version available for my 1926 focus. Pierre, count me in for at least on

Excellent work Eric! And, a great write up to inspire others. David Jobe, Sr. Saint Ann, Missouri

Jeff, It’s a 4600 series USRA double-sheathed box car. Hopefully, I’ll be able to try the Scalecoat this weekend or perhaps ELO. Since this is for a kitbash I would prefer to return it to its unpainte

Sent off list. About 8 MB total. Best regards, David Jobe, Sr. Saint Ann, MIssouri

Unfortunately, 91% Isopropyl alcohol barely touches the paint. It did get most of the lettering though. David Jobe, Sr. Saint Ann, Missouri

Wow is right! I'll have to ask Bob about that when I see him at the St. Louis RPM in a few short weeks. Richard - see the message from John Golden last Wednesday, June 15th for details. It would be we

Speculation, but it would seem reasonable that the S signified a steel underframe at a time when they were being introduced. The car builder is Lenoir Car Works in Lenoir City, Tennessee later merged

Tim, I don’t understand your point. Eric cited data points of 1943 and 1946 that have nothing to do with your example from the 1950s. So, your rebuttal is misleading at best and seems rather pointless

Scott, It’s not obvious, but it’s there. When you click on Reply it brings up a simple message box. Just above that on the right side is an X and to the immediate left is a small box that when you hov