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Looking for Jim Eager's EMail
Anybody have the E Mail address for Jim Eager, Toronto, Jim is a great inter modal expert from ins inception. Bill McCoy, Jax
Anybody have the E Mail address for Jim Eager, Toronto, Jim is a great inter modal expert from ins inception. Bill McCoy, Jax
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Intermountain 12 panel GN Vermillion box car details
Hi Steffan, Thanks. Did the mineral red trucks, running board and under body apply on both the Empire Builder and later billboard Great Northern lettering schemes? Thanks for your help. Bill McCoy
Hi Steffan, Thanks. Did the mineral red trucks, running board and under body apply on both the Empire Builder and later billboard Great Northern lettering schemes? Thanks for your help. Bill McCoy
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Bill McCoy
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Plastic Pipe "T"s cored for .012 brass wire
I have a project that has a need for joining .012 wire in a "T". some time back there were plastic pipe joints but I can't remember who made them. MY LHS thinks it was Utah Pacific but there's nothing
I have a project that has a need for joining .012 wire in a "T". some time back there were plastic pipe joints but I can't remember who made them. MY LHS thinks it was Utah Pacific but there's nothing
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Bill McCoy
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Intermountain 12 panel GN Vermillion box car details
Thanks Todd, I haven't built cars in years and forgot the great resources this group has. I've never tried Google Images but am headed there now. Bill
Thanks Todd, I haven't built cars in years and forgot the great resources this group has. I've never tried Google Images but am headed there now. Bill
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Bill McCoy
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Intermountain 12 panel GN Vermillion box car details
I picked up an old IMRC GN 12 panel boxcar kit (GN 18837, reweigh F-10-60). Some of the parts are pretty dated. There were no instructions and I have a few questions. What hand brake was used on these
I picked up an old IMRC GN 12 panel boxcar kit (GN 18837, reweigh F-10-60). Some of the parts are pretty dated. There were no instructions and I have a few questions. What hand brake was used on these
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Bill McCoy
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looking for a copy of Greg Martin's RS-3 presentation at Cocoa this year.,
Thanks Mike. Bill McCoy
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Bill McCoy
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looking for a copy of Greg Martin's RS-3 presentation at Cocoa this year.,
I'm looking for a copy of Greg Martin's RS-3 presentation at Cocoa this year. My notes seem to have disappeared along with Greg's Email address. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks, Bill McCoy
I'm looking for a copy of Greg Martin's RS-3 presentation at Cocoa this year. My notes seem to have disappeared along with Greg's Email address. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks, Bill McCoy
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Bill McCoy
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Travels Of B&O N-34 Covered Hoppers
Richard, You are correct. The junction was Whittier not Anchorage. When we got short-hauled on this business via Cincinnati in the Haliburton cars they used CN Aqua Train via Prince Rupert, BC. Bill M
Richard, You are correct. The junction was Whittier not Anchorage. When we got short-hauled on this business via Cincinnati in the Haliburton cars they used CN Aqua Train via Prince Rupert, BC. Bill M
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Bill McCoy
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Travels Of B&O N-34 Covered Hoppers
This traffic all moved prepaid but establishing a joint line commodity rate to cover this would have been no problem and the origin carried would have done all the work. This apparently came through t
This traffic all moved prepaid but establishing a joint line commodity rate to cover this would have been no problem and the origin carried would have done all the work. This apparently came through t
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Travels Of B&O N-34 Covered Hoppers
They were routed via SCL- Atlanta -.L&N-Chicago - BN - Seattle - Alaska Hydro-train - Anchorage-ARR. Even the ACL's "whopper Hopper" (by then SCL 500000) made one trip. We eventually were short-hauled
They were routed via SCL- Atlanta -.L&N-Chicago - BN - Seattle - Alaska Hydro-train - Anchorage-ARR. Even the ACL's "whopper Hopper" (by then SCL 500000) made one trip. We eventually were short-hauled
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Travels Of B&O N-34 Covered Hoppers
While I was a Sales Rep for SCL in the early 70’s in Miami there was a severe Portland cement shortage. We handled 5 and 6 cars of cement from NE PA every week for Maule Industries in Miami. Most had
While I was a Sales Rep for SCL in the early 70’s in Miami there was a severe Portland cement shortage. We handled 5 and 6 cars of cement from NE PA every week for Maule Industries in Miami. Most had
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Stripping a Sunshine assembled NC&StL boxcar
How did the stripping on the assembled car go? Bill McCoy
How did the stripping on the assembled car go? Bill McCoy
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Bill McCoy
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Stripping a Sunshine assembled NC&StL boxcar
I failed to properly clean my airbrush and blew globs on to my recently completed NC&StL 36' boxcar. I've sanded the blobs and repainted the car with Tru Color paint but the finish is not what I want,
I failed to properly clean my airbrush and blew globs on to my recently completed NC&StL 36' boxcar. I've sanded the blobs and repainted the car with Tru Color paint but the finish is not what I want,
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Bill McCoy
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Meat Reefers - Backhaul Freight
When I was a Trainee on the SALin 1966-67 I was assigned to the Charlotte Freight Traffic office disposing of reefersto textile shippers on the SAL was one of my collateral duties. The TCFBTarriffs ha
When I was a Trainee on the SALin 1966-67 I was assigned to the Charlotte Freight Traffic office disposing of reefersto textile shippers on the SAL was one of my collateral duties. The TCFBTarriffs ha
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Looking for an E mail address for Greg Davis.
I accidentally deleted Greg Davis' Email address. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Bill McCoy
I accidentally deleted Greg Davis' Email address. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Bill McCoy
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Bill McCoy
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ACF LOT NUMBERS
Is there a source with lot numbers and the railroads the lots went to available for ACF cars? Thanks, Bill McCoy
Is there a source with lot numbers and the railroads the lots went to available for ACF cars? Thanks, Bill McCoy
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Bill McCoy
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Sunshine 97.6, NC&StL 37' rebuilt boxcar parts
I'm about finished with mu Sunshine NC&StL 37' RB and need some help. The kit came with a beautiful stryene Miner brake handwheel and mechanism complete with the long release handle on a styrene sprue
I'm about finished with mu Sunshine NC&StL 37' RB and need some help. The kit came with a beautiful stryene Miner brake handwheel and mechanism complete with the long release handle on a styrene sprue
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Car, locomotive and book sale sale
The sale has been a big success. If anyone wants a consolidated PDF of cars locomotives and books remaining let me know OFF LINE wpmccoy@.... I'll listen to reasonable offers and a few new ite
The sale has been a big success. If anyone wants a consolidated PDF of cars locomotives and books remaining let me know OFF LINE wpmccoy@.... I'll listen to reasonable offers and a few new ite
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Car, locomotive and book sale sale
LastAugust I had my 75th birthday and while I’m in excellent health Icame to the realization the party can only last so long. A lot of things Iwanted and liked just languish in closets and boxes rarel
LastAugust I had my 75th birthday and while I’m in excellent health Icame to the realization the party can only last so long. A lot of things Iwanted and liked just languish in closets and boxes rarel
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Selling surplus models etc at Cocoa Beach
Like a lot of us the passage of time is forcing some of us to down size and reduce the fleet and library. I know in the past limited table space in the model display rooms has been available to sell s
Like a lot of us the passage of time is forcing some of us to down size and reduce the fleet and library. I know in the past limited table space in the model display rooms has been available to sell s
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