To All, The late Frank Peacock’s Estate has been consigned for auction with Stout Auctions of Indiana. The auction will take place Thursday, June 16th. You can view the lots here: http://www.stoutauct

Nelson and Others, Per the Santa Fe freight car folio, the Rr-36 class had Preco G-15 fans, while the Rr-35 class had G-12s, so the appendix is a typo. I don't have an Rr-35 photo readily available, s

To All, Chuck Hitchcock is now selling off the remaining 200 or so HO freight cars from his collection, at greatly reduced prices. His aim is to sell them all by New Year’s. Go to http://losangelesdiv

I realize that Michael Gross posted a notice earlier, but here’s the “official” announcement: After several decades in model railroading, Chuck Hitchcock is calling quits as he moves to a retirement c

As one who was involved with the design and development of the C&BT SFRD reefers, I feel the need to clarify some statements made earlier by folks who were not involved. I’m not aware of anyone, parti

Bob and Others, Drawings of the Rr-21 and its Duryea underframe are in the Santa Fe Ice Bunker Refrigerator Cars book, published by the Santa Fe Historical and Modeling Society. Keith Jordan

To piggyback on Bob Chaparro's comments: The Santa Fe-designed curved ventilators were used on classes Rr-S, -T, -U, -V, -W, from 1912-1920. The cars in the photos were probably one of the first four

Jim, Thanks, but the attachment got stripped off by Yahoo. Could you resend offline to: ckjordan at kc dot rr dot com Thanks. Keith Jordan

To All, If someone has the instructions to Sunshine Kits' 4.1, SLSF 127000 series USRA DS boxcars they could scan, I'd like to get a PDF copy. A friend has the kit, but no instructions. Please reply o

To All, As most of you remember, CBQ author and modeler Mike Spoor passed away in 2013. His son, Michael, Jr., is selling off his Father's Sunshine HO resin kit collection. I'm helping son Michael by

I am selling a large collection of HO items, many Santa Fe. It includes resin freight cars, plastic and brass locomotives, plastic and brass passenger cars, plastic freight cars, passenger and freight

To All, I'm deeply saddened by the news of Richard's passing. I first met Richard in 1984 at a Santa Fe convention. Richard was generous with his freight car knowledge, which as others have noted, was

To All, The following freight car items are offered for sale: Sunshine Models MK.11D C&I/Montour AAR hopper conversion 2001 $10 Funaro & Camerlengo 6560/61 SP A-50-6 SS 1½ door autobox. $25 Funaro & C

The Santa Fe's destination, or car cards as they called them, were 3x3 inch manila cardstock. On them, the had the initial location (in the case of the ones I've researched Los Angeles), a date, zone

Bill and Others, The Rr-19s had a "Type A" hatch cover, which was similar to the "Type B" differing mainly in the ventilating/locking link and lever. The "Type A" hatch cover was used beginning with R

Here's a reminder of an upcoming exciting event just a week away: The 23rd Annual Santa Fe Mini Meet in Kansas City At the Old Mission Methodist Church November 13, 2010 Program Lineup: Jeff Needham -

Mr. Thompson sez: Naah, I wasn't concerned about you. It was the younger folk out there who may not have known. ;-) Another good version is by Marshall Crenshaw. Keith Jordan

Credit where credit is due: Nolan is quoting Bob Dylan in "My Back Pages." (Required FC content: Bob also sang "Freight Train Blues." Keith Jordan

Tim, Since the book was written in 1994, yours is the first correction that anyone has ever mentioned! (Though Richard Hendrickson might have been made aware of some.) I guess we'll have to issue a re

Gene and Others, An example of reciprocal switching could be found in San Diego, between the Santa Fe and the SDA&E. The Santa Fe arrived first and had spurs reaching into various streets south of the