I want to sell these Broadway Limited Imports 6000 gallon chlorine tank cars for $35 each postpaid: Electro Chemical Bleaching #193 Niagara Smelting #1001 Southern Alkali #634 Please reply off list to

I have seen ACF drawings of heater coils. One has connections through the tank head - two each inlets and outlets, i.e. an inlet and an outlet for the left set of coils and a pair for the right set. T

On an ACF drawing I purchased, it was on a bracket attached to the diagonal brace between the corner and the center sill/body bolster junction. Mounted vertically, it protruded just above the end plat

In the late 1940s - 1947/48 - what color were FEC's flat cars? Can anyone direct me to photos or diagrams showing the placement of the lettering? Thank you. Lou Whiteley Lawrenceville, NJ

WTB Resin Car Works kit 1.05. By the time I finally figured out which one I need, they were all gone! Did anybody get an extra 1.05 Hooker 8K kit that he or she would part with? Lou Whiteley Lawrencev

On Dec 31, 2015, at 4:13 PM, Tony Thompson tony@... [STMFC] <STMFC@...> wrote: BDob Chaparro wrote: The amount of salt required to achieve 32 degrees usually was 30 percent

A car seal list at Queen Anne, Maryland on a PRR branch from January through May 1949 listed 21 refrigerator cars. One was loaded with beer. The other 20 reefers were carrying canned goods. Most of th

In a 1948 ORER, these gondolas are listed as class GS but with solid wood floors. I have seen a diagram and photo of 95300 - 95399 gons, but these are not listed in the '48 ORER. Can someone direct me

I, too, have been looking for PSC ends for the Rock Island car. I bought Sunshine's Grand Trunk Western kit, but the end is still not right for the Rock Island version. Lou Whiteley Lawrenceville, NJ

The link to the photo of 42060 is at: http://forums.railfan.net/Images/LV/LV42060y.jpg Very interesting in that this one was rebuilt with seven side stakes instead of six as shown in the photos of the

Mar 30, 2013 I would like to purchase a Sunshine Models kit #26.16 N&W BPA door-and-a-half boxcar with 3-panel Creco doors. Please contact me off list at octoraro1@... if you have one you're w

Regarding the rebuilt twins (42000 - 42848), a 1947 photo of LV 42521 in "The Postwar Freight Car Fleet" by Kline and Culotta shows the right side without the train line. An earlier photo of 42261 cle

I would like to purchase a Sunshine Models kit #26.16 N&W BPA door-and-a-half boxcar with 3-panel Creco doors. Please contact me off list at octoraro1@... if you have one you're willing to par

Hi, Jerry, Here is another one! Lou ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 7:06 PM Subject: [STMFC] A new CNWHS Modeler is on the web site The latest C

Which brand of handbrake mechanism was applied to the LV 42000-series twin hoppers when they were rebuilt from quads? Also, what is a suggested paint mix for these cars in the immediade post-war perio

On the N&W B-1 box cars, when was Norfolk ampersand Western changed to Norfolk AND Western? Lou Whiteley Lawrenceville, NJ

The branchline I am modeling (PRR Octoraro Branch) had an Atlantic Refining facility, so I, too, am very interested in appropriate tank cars during the same period you mention -- 1948 - 1954. From wha

I have had great success with Jerry Glow's decals. I puncture the film in every open space with divider points. I have used full-strength Solvaset without any problem with running or smearing ink. The

I'm working on a DL&W twin hopper car in the series 85500 - 86499 as illustrated on page 100 of Bob Karig's book, Coal Cars. I also have a few in-service photos of these cars. It appears to me that th

Having seen builder's photos of SHPX tank cars built in 1940 and 1941, and leased to Heyden Chemical Corp. of Garfield, NJ, I initially jumped to the conclusion that they were black. I just purchased