I have really enjoyed the various classes of trucks you have produced in HO. It is obviously observed that you have a real passion for your beatiful and superply detailed crafted works of art. So here

I believe this is a Ft-L class as pictured in Richard Hendrickson’s “SantaFe Open-Top Cars”. You are right this is a classic Santa Fe Flat. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad

Athearn's Santa Fe 50ft ice reefer, Rr-30, did come with National B-1 trucks and I too wish Athearn would issue offer this truck as a separate part. Their truck had good detail and rolled well. A sugg

Thank you Richard for posting the photos of the DuPont version of this Nitric Acid tank car. This would be a great project car. Jim Barnes Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android From: Tim O'Connor ; To: ; Su

Thanks for giving the picture link hours to Paolo. Richard, I would love to see the Du Pont version. Thank you. Jim Barnes Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android From: Jim Barnes ; To: STMFC@...

Richard, this is a great picture and gives wonder just how many non standard car designs have been built. I would really like to see the Dupont version. Thanks Richard for sharing this rare picture. J

WOW! I'm starting to think these tank cars as a kit will become a reality. Fantastic Tom Jim Barnes Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

According to uy the "llsting of freight cars by class and numbers 1906-1991" by Larry Occhiello this car would be a Bx-02 built in 1919 by ACF Jim Barnes Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android [Non-text por

I would really like to see this document as well however the web address did not make it. Please send the web address again. Thanks so much. Jim Barnes ________________________________ To: STMFC <STMF

Another alternative to brass wire would be phospher bronze. This wire bends very well and makes great grab irons. You can find some at: http://www.tichytraingroup.com as well as other sources. Jim Bar

For those who have been asking questions about underbody details, some may not realize that Geene Green's comprehensive file on this subject is still in the file section of this group. I have included

Terry was a perfectioist. If it wasn't right he would remake it untill it was. I spoke with him at events I attended an he was so enthusiastic about explaining details of his creations. I will miss hi

Great modeling tip, one that I will definitely use on my tank car builds. Thanks for posting. Jim Barnes To: STMFC@... Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2011 3:19 PM Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: Ch

Go to You Tube and in the search box enter 2011 NTS: Microscale. This short video is an intetview at the National Train Show Show in Sacramento with a Microscale rep. He talks about their new products

The car that Jerry Glow made decals for is black with aluminum panels, nor white. There are photos of this same scheme on both 8K and 10K cars in RPC Vol 3. Jim Barnes Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

IM 8K undec tankcar are available from Andy Carlson. Email: midcentury@... Sent from my LG phone Drew <phillydrewcifer@...> wrote:

JP, I found the following sites for coupler box screws and truck mounting screws: For the coupler box screws, they are available from an eBay store called Laptop Screws in both wafer head (best style)

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