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Ann Arbor Hutchins End (was FW&D 7231 Accurail kitbash)
If the 7200-series Accurail car this is designed to fit has a 9'2" IH, then a Pere Marquette 86000-series double-sheathed boxcar becomes a reasonable project, using these ends, a Hutchins roof and hom
If the 7200-series Accurail car this is designed to fit has a 9'2" IH, then a Pere Marquette 86000-series double-sheathed boxcar becomes a reasonable project, using these ends, a Hutchins roof and hom
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Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal History book by David Leider
I got a copy a few weeks ago. If you have David Leider's book on the pickle industry around the Great Lakes, you'll recognize the layout immediately. In addition to a general history, a good portion o
I got a copy a few weeks ago. If you have David Leider's book on the pickle industry around the Great Lakes, you'll recognize the layout immediately. In addition to a general history, a good portion o
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COHS PM Decals
There is no other word for Smokebox Graphics' PM freight car and caboose decal set than "excellent". It contains lettering for PM flat cars, covered hoppers, 40- and 50-foot boxcars, 40-foot gondolas
There is no other word for Smokebox Graphics' PM freight car and caboose decal set than "excellent". It contains lettering for PM flat cars, covered hoppers, 40- and 50-foot boxcars, 40-foot gondolas
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Fritz Milhaupt
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NKP BOXCAR COLORS
Black ends surviving the first repainting seems pretty uncommon among C&O and Pere Marquette boxcars, from most photos I've seen, and recollections of friends who frequented yards in the '40s and '50s
Black ends surviving the first repainting seems pretty uncommon among C&O and Pere Marquette boxcars, from most photos I've seen, and recollections of friends who frequented yards in the '40s and '50s
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Fritz Milhaupt
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New Manufacturer Prototype Junction's 1st Project AT&SF Bx-11,12,13 and a RI, PLUS a CGW, L&N and PM/C&O
I am finding the bit of "scope creep" that was added to the first release last night, the CGW, L&N and PM/C&O auto boxcars, to be very welcome. See https://www.prototypejunction.com/2020/01/project-1-
I am finding the bit of "scope creep" that was added to the first release last night, the CGW, L&N and PM/C&O auto boxcars, to be very welcome. See https://www.prototypejunction.com/2020/01/project-1-
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Interesting load on a SAL flat
Here's an earlier version of a water tube boiler on a flat car, from Saginaw, Michigan in 1895. The Flint & Pere Marquette was one of the predecessors to the Pere Marquette, which owned the second fla
Here's an earlier version of a water tube boiler on a flat car, from Saginaw, Michigan in 1895. The Flint & Pere Marquette was one of the predecessors to the Pere Marquette, which owned the second fla
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Piedmont & Northern 1101 Styrene and Resin Build Part One
Thanks guys! I've ordered a few sets. -Fritz Milhaupt Pere Marquette Historical Society
Thanks guys! I've ordered a few sets. -Fritz Milhaupt Pere Marquette Historical Society
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Fritz Milhaupt
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Piedmont & Northern 1101 Styrene and Resin Build Part One
Bill- That's really nice work. I'm very much looking forward to seeing how you continue with this- I need to build a number of these cars in their earlier Pere Marquette and Manistee & North Eastern p
Bill- That's really nice work. I'm very much looking forward to seeing how you continue with this- I need to build a number of these cars in their earlier Pere Marquette and Manistee & North Eastern p
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Fritz Milhaupt
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Combing Resin & Styrene
I'm very interested in these ends-- I've wanted to model a number of the Pere Marquette's 85000-series boxcars, but have put that off for lack of ends. These cars had an interesting history, having be
I'm very interested in these ends-- I've wanted to model a number of the Pere Marquette's 85000-series boxcars, but have put that off for lack of ends. These cars had an interesting history, having be
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Fritz Milhaupt
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Modeling Those WLE SS cars w/7-ft doors
If anyone ever makes the PM style of these ends, I'm in for at least a dozen sets, since the PM had a thousand cars equipped with them, in the 85000-85999 series. Built as auto cars, they were convert
If anyone ever makes the PM style of these ends, I'm in for at least a dozen sets, since the PM had a thousand cars equipped with them, in the 85000-85999 series. Built as auto cars, they were convert
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Fritz Milhaupt
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BLI 6k tank cars
Since the BLI 6K tank cars have hit the streets, I'm curious to hear the reaction from anybody who bought the Hooker Chemical four-pack. I came across a set at a hobby shop yesterday. At first I thoug
Since the BLI 6K tank cars have hit the streets, I'm curious to hear the reaction from anybody who bought the Hooker Chemical four-pack. I came across a set at a hobby shop yesterday. At first I thoug
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Fritz Milhaupt
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F30 Trailer Train flat photos
While talking with Lee English at teh Bowser booth at Trainfest yesterday, we got to the subject of him running the F30 flat car as an early Trailer Train model. While he was interested, he said that
While talking with Lee English at teh Bowser booth at Trainfest yesterday, we got to the subject of him running the F30 flat car as an early Trailer Train model. While he was interested, he said that
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Yarmouth stirrups
On a related note, what size wire or pin are the etched-through holes sized to fit? -Fritz Milhaupt http://pmhistsoc.org
On a related note, what size wire or pin are the etched-through holes sized to fit? -Fritz Milhaupt http://pmhistsoc.org
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In praise of silk-screened decals (Was: Champ Decals vendors: Are there any?)
>---In STMFC@..., <timboconnor@...> wrote : > Microscale used to (and probably still does) do custom printing, but you > need to order a bunch of sets. > > And Kadee printed two or three d
>---In STMFC@..., <timboconnor@...> wrote : > Microscale used to (and probably still does) do custom printing, but you > need to order a bunch of sets. > > And Kadee printed two or three d
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Champ Decals vendors: Are there any?
I note that on the Resin Car Works site, they mention that Rail Graphics prints the decals for them. Several others I know of have Rail Graphics print theirs as well. This raises the question in my mi
I note that on the Resin Car Works site, they mention that Rail Graphics prints the decals for them. Several others I know of have Rail Graphics print theirs as well. This raises the question in my mi
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Nice photo of P&N 1102, but what's next to it?
Ray Breyer wrote: > As for Vulcan or Hutchins ends, they're no longer a problem to do, IF you know how to properly use 3D > technology (and it's limitations). > http://www.shapeways.com/model/753488/v
Ray Breyer wrote: > As for Vulcan or Hutchins ends, they're no longer a problem to do, IF you know how to properly use 3D > technology (and it's limitations). > http://www.shapeways.com/model/753488/v
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Nice photo of P&N 1102, but what's next to it?
The C&O definitely inherited PM 85000-85999 and 86000-87499 -series cars. Per the Million and Paton book, they were used until 1957. Some had been renumbered into the 54000-, 55000- and 69000- series,
The C&O definitely inherited PM 85000-85999 and 86000-87499 -series cars. Per the Million and Paton book, they were used until 1957. Some had been renumbered into the 54000-, 55000- and 69000- series,
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True Line 8 hatch reefers.
From a Chuck Geletzke article, one role they had was to carry condensed milk from the Carnation plant in Sheriden, Michigan on the Trunk's "Turkey Trail". A couple of cars a day was not unusual up int
From a Chuck Geletzke article, one role they had was to carry condensed milk from the Carnation plant in Sheriden, Michigan on the Trunk's "Turkey Trail". A couple of cars a day was not unusual up int
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Interesting product from True Line Trains...
Hopefully they will do a better job of setting the gauge on the code 88 wheelsets than they did on their eight-hatch reefers: I've averaged about 50% of the wheelsets being badly out of gauge on over
Hopefully they will do a better job of setting the gauge on the code 88 wheelsets than they did on their eight-hatch reefers: I've averaged about 50% of the wheelsets being badly out of gauge on over
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Curious about veracity
Well, there's the problem- I have yet to see a photo of an actual PM reefer in the more modern paint and lettering scheme from the 1930 diagram. The few photos I've seen of PM reefers all show them in
Well, there's the problem- I have yet to see a photo of an actual PM reefer in the more modern paint and lettering scheme from the 1930 diagram. The few photos I've seen of PM reefers all show them in
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