Back in the 1920-50's (for sure), a LOT of watermelons were loaded on stock cars out of Hempstead, Texas. That area was one, if not THE hub of the watermelon areas of the state.. I have a picture some

Plus, the cost of my kits are a lot more than when I bought them.

Great picture Bob. We don't get to see very much T&NO stuff. Thanks.

Right on Don. Somewhere I have a picture of a whole string of horse-pulled wagons lined up waiting to unload their wagons into TNO cattle calls. That was in Hempstead, Tx. also.

A side door caboose was used on the TNO Llano branch into the early fifties. Charles Etheredge

Paul, I have just began the building of TEN of those beautiful kits. I have to agree that they are wonderful. A car that us SP/TNO fans have longed for a long time. Charles Etheredge Austin, Texas

Thanks guys for the suggestions. For now, I think I will hold on to them as I will make room somewhere. Like a lot of us, I still have over 100 kits to build so the boxes will keep on coming. I apprec

Say guys, this is not an earth shaking question but....what do most of you do with your boxes after the freight (or other) car is built? I realize that they would be nice to have in case you wanted to

Fred, Ben has it right. If I had to pick one thing that is causing this, it would have to be uneven track. From own experience, track sections not accurately joined, ( not flush and smooth), differenc

You are right on Tim. I have begged for these for the longest, but without success. I need at least 20 of them for my layout. Charles Etheredge Modeling the TNO in the 40's

I'm glad someone spoke up about an accurate SP 40 fr. flat car. I have bugged several people about this and really get no answers. ( flats don't sell, etc. etc.) I personally need at least15 or more g

David, Tony is correct. I have asked a lot of folks and searched around for several years without success for conductor's books for TNO (SP in Texas) conductors' books. I model the late forties era an

Tony, too bad that someone else cannot purchase the dies and give us the gons. Perhaps the owner just doesn't want to sell them. I too could use a bunch for my rock hauling on the Llano branch of the

Guys, I hate to bring up the subject again of the crazy Yahoo Groups, but how in the world do you change from daily digest to no e-mails for ALL groups AT ONE TIME like you used to? Or do we have to d

Bill, how about a Harriman flat car? 40 ft., 50 ton. To my knowledge there has never been an accurate model of this car. I know, flats (supposedly) don't sell as well as box cars but I sure could use

I'm not "Tom in Texas" but he does live right down the way from me. The company he described is http://www.batteriesplus.com/t-about.aspx. I've done business with them and they are good. Have a ton of

Ron, here in Central Texas and east toward the coast there were a LOT of watermelon production, especially around Hempstead and Luling. Don Hand, in his great article in the Fall SPHTS magazine, he ha

They are coming through to me also. No problem. Charles Etheredge

Ted Culotta's articles were EXACTLY the reason why I started subscribing to the magazine. Also, there seems to be more scratch building articles in RMC than in MR. Charles Etheredge

Jared, I don't know if this is directly involved or not, but some time ago when Red Caboose came out with their 53'-6" SP flat cars, they simply would not stay on the track. When I took off the trucks