List, Unless I somehow missed it, I don't think this has been talked about yet, but there is a new tank car book coming from Morning Sun. The url will probably wrap around, but the book is titled "Tan

Guys, Thanks to all for the voluminous amount of information on pig iron. I'll go out on a limb and guess that this particular type of gondola load hasn't been offered in HO scale. It would probably b

John Hile wrote: What exactly is the difference between "pig-iron" and regular iron?. Is one of lower quality than the other? Shawn Beckert

Paul Catapano asked: Paul, and Tony, I did some serious digging in the timetable collection last night. In addition to confirming that 833/834 were indeed Coast Line (Ventura Subdivision) freights, I

Paul Catapano asked: Without a timetable in front of me, I seem to recall that 833/834 were freight trains running on SP's Coast Line between Los Angeles and San Francisco. 833 was westbound, 834 was

Clark, I believe the name is "Southwest Scale Productions". Andy Carlson carries most if not all, of his doors. Shawn Beckert

Larry Jackman wrote: Just out of curiosity, where were the other milling centers located? I know Buffalo, New York was said to be one of the largest, if not *the* largest. Shawn Beckert

List, Browsing through Western Pacific's Circular 167-E (late 1950's-early 1960's) turned up seven businesses that listed ink as the "Industry or Commodity Handled". All but one were located in the Ba

Earl Myers asked: The American Truck Historical Society offers a variety of publications on trucks: http://www.aths.org/ There is a series of books called "The Trucking Pioneers" that would probably h

James Mischke asked: You could try Joe's Gel and see if that works: http://www.joesmodeltrains.com/Paint%20and%20Decal%20Remover.htm Haven't tried it myself, but it claims to remove most printed lette

Ted wrote: SSW a.k.a. the Cotton Belt had most of its territory in Southeast Missouri, Arkansas and Texas. IIRC the main agricultural products were rice, beans, milo, and of course cotton. Somehow I d

Dave, Give me a buzz when you get a chance. Thanks, Shawn Beckert

Guys, Every so often the STMFC list drags the Tichy tank car out of the closet, clubs it to death, and throws it back in for a few months or years. Most of us know by now that the prototype for the ki

Joe Binish wrote: From the maps and documents I've seen, most railroads and their customers had a pretty good idea where the team tracks nearest their business were located. The Western Pacific's Circ

Kurt Laughlin asked: I don't know about the doors, but for decals you'd most likely want to use Microscale set #87-3. Shawn Beckert

Tony said: Both Jack and Pierre understood what I was asking and answered the question quite adequately. Thanks to both of them. Shawn Beckert

List, Richard Percy's Southern Pacific paint color page talks about mixing paint to match SP's version of "boxcar red". The instructions say to mix 1 part "Oxide Red" and 1 part "Boxcar Red". http://w

Paul wrote: That would be this establishment: http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics25/00047003.jpg http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics25/00047002.jpg The photos are dated 1924. I would assume the round structures in the ba

Malcolm and Terry, Thanks much for the schedule information; I'm printing out as much as I can, although an 8 1/2 x 11 won't take all of the longer schedules. At some point I'll research how to feed l

List, Does anyone know what became of the photograph collection of A.C. Phelps, noted railroad photographer? Thanks, Shawn Beckert