Hi, people- This morning I was looking for the abovementioned soft cover, but didn’t find that I have one. Can anyone tell me if this volume was actually published, or not? If so, by whom and when? If

Fellow modelers, I have run into a snag in trying to decide which car numbers to use in decaling some 8 hatch CN reefer kits I purchased from F&C. Could one of our experts on Canadian car numbers plea

This is a followup on Mike Brock’s squib on Westvaco, WY. Glad you used the word “probably”, Mike, because my brother and I took a leisurely drive on a Sunday in June 1994 from Evanston to Laramie in

Rich & Tony et al, Your description of resin castings flattening (dewarping) when heated and rewarping when cooled reminded me of my own similar observations when I began with early resin castings. Bu

Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2015 12:03 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] Metal Running Boards John Sykes wrote: Second, is there any HO model that better represents one or the other? E.g.

From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 2:22 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] Resin Kits FS Hello, I have some resin kits I would li

On this list a week or so ago, members (among them, Denny Anspach) were discussing some of the history and features of the Central Valley freight trucks. Availability also was mentioned, prompting thi

Dear Mr. Hayden, Thanks for your email of the 28th of May, in which you correctly pointed out that there are differences in dimensions between our semi-scale wheelsets with .088 treads and the Code 88

This memo isn't directly about specifics of freight car design, construction or usage in the steam era, but, by your leave, it is on the subject of communicating the same information aforementioned. T

Rich Townsend recently mentioned on this list that he's saving his pennies to buy a new precision circular saw. Could Rich or anyone else enlighten the rest of us on the available options.? I have see

Dear HO modelers: Your reefer modeling friend is trying to complete the assembly of the 10 differently labeled cars of the Walthers 8801 series, offered by Walthers between 1958 & 1968. Not all the ma

A pair of STMFC emails caught my eye yesterday. These pertained to the new Rapido GA meat reefer, and were between Dean Payne and Larry Sexton via STMFC. The subject question was: what about the ice h

This is a news item from Hudson, MA which perhaps will amuse a few STMFC members, maybe more. Hope you enjoy the story while seeing in your mind's eye a perfectly running 100 car train in HO scale. A

Further to replies we've had about the 4/4 white dreadnaught castings question posed by Ed Mines, these parts were injection molded at the former plant in Santa Ana CA that Terry Wegman shared with hi

Hello, all, This is a plea for help in finding more old used or unused truck springs from many different HO truck makers. These springs were a feature of most of the leading manufacturers' cars from a

I recently have been cleaning out a bunch of trays of reefer models I have never gotten around to classifying, storing or repairing. There were some gems like Findex in there, but one car has me mysti

HI, Gene, et al, I saw your question on the 8th, and want to reply with what I know about Manor. Once upon a time, when I was much younger, I began to collect early HO freight car models. Incidentally

Hi,everyone, Would Andy Harman or one of his correspondents please post Andy's email address for me? I obviously don't have it straight. Thanks. JP Barger (bargerjp@...)

As I mentioned recently, I'm working on building a BAR potato train. Would any of you knowledgeable folks be able to illuminate the origin, timing or rationale behind the BAR's acquisition of series 8

Hello, everyone, Last December, Roger Hinman's new and excellent MDT book appeared, which finally gave us enough MDT equipment information to begin a more systematic modeling of its ice reefer cars. I