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Nomenclature - Boxcar or Box Car?
Tik Tok from the Oz books. Time stopped in November 1941 Walter M. Clark Pullman, Washington, USA
Tik Tok from the Oz books. Time stopped in November 1941 Walter M. Clark Pullman, Washington, USA
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New Intermountain Andrews Trucks?
Ian Clasper has a trick to improve Accurail Andrews trucks at http://www.steamfreightcars.com/modeling/articles/accuandrewsmain.html He carves off the cast on brake shoes and adds Kadee brake gear. I'
Ian Clasper has a trick to improve Accurail Andrews trucks at http://www.steamfreightcars.com/modeling/articles/accuandrewsmain.html He carves off the cast on brake shoes and adds Kadee brake gear. I'
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Walter M. Clark
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Andrews trucks
Hi, Beginning with some of the B-50-4 box cars SP started using an Andrews freight car truck. The sideframe is different in appearance from the one from Accurail and I don't think it matches the one f
Hi, Beginning with some of the B-50-4 box cars SP started using an Andrews freight car truck. The sideframe is different in appearance from the one from Accurail and I don't think it matches the one f
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Walter M. Clark
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Apology and Gypsum running boards
My internet connection has been down for the past two weeks so I'm getting to this discussion a little late. My question is: What was the thickness of the various steel running boards/brake steps in u
My internet connection has been down for the past two weeks so I'm getting to this discussion a little late. My question is: What was the thickness of the various steel running boards/brake steps in u
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Walter M. Clark
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B&O 26th St Terminal aerial view from 1951.
Tony, and group, I agree based on the photos from late 1930s to early 1940s. One caveat - we can get as carried away with fading and dirt as long as the model won't be run on a layout. If you can't te
Tony, and group, I agree based on the photos from late 1930s to early 1940s. One caveat - we can get as carried away with fading and dirt as long as the model won't be run on a layout. If you can't te
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Walter M. Clark
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ADMIN: Selection of the 1960 cutoff date
Mike, and group, One thing I've seen mentioned in Tony Thompson's series of books on SP Freight Cars is that right about 1960 the individual, hand-updated car cards were replace by computers, and with
Mike, and group, One thing I've seen mentioned in Tony Thompson's series of books on SP Freight Cars is that right about 1960 the individual, hand-updated car cards were replace by computers, and with
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Walter M. Clark
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LIFE Magazine Photo Archive
Rod, I don't cut and paste, at least not with URLs that long. Put the mouse pointer at the top left, just far enough to the left to not pick up the HTML, then click and hold, dragging to the bottom ri
Rod, I don't cut and paste, at least not with URLs that long. Put the mouse pointer at the top left, just far enough to the left to not pick up the HTML, then click and hold, dragging to the bottom ri
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Walter M. Clark
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Marc Entze
Marc Entze, please contact me off list. Walter M. Clark Time stopped in November 1941 Pullman, Washington, USA
Marc Entze, please contact me off list. Walter M. Clark Time stopped in November 1941 Pullman, Washington, USA
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Walter M. Clark
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GN Plywood Panel Box Cars
Frank, you just missed it. Robert D. Heninger wrote in message 77137 on November 13, 2008 "As far as paint schemes, the earliest pictures of mineral red GN plywood boxcars I have seen have repaint dat
Frank, you just missed it. Robert D. Heninger wrote in message 77137 on November 13, 2008 "As far as paint schemes, the earliest pictures of mineral red GN plywood boxcars I have seen have repaint dat
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Reciprocal bitching
I had a professor in grad school who frequently said "The only people who don't make mistakes are those who do nothing at all." His follow-up to that was "Progress is making new mistakes, not repeatin
I had a professor in grad school who frequently said "The only people who don't make mistakes are those who do nothing at all." His follow-up to that was "Progress is making new mistakes, not repeatin
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Box car running boards...painted or not?
Mike, Check the archives. Specifically a thread beginning with message #19373 (May 22, 2003) and another beginning with message #72470 (May 6, 2008). I remembered those because I started both threads
Mike, Check the archives. Specifically a thread beginning with message #19373 (May 22, 2003) and another beginning with message #72470 (May 6, 2008). I remembered those because I started both threads
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Carbody Window Screens
Bob, Check out http://www.smallparts.com/ and look at filters. They have an enormous assortment of filters, and you should be able to find something that would work. Time stopped in November 1941 Walt
Bob, Check out http://www.smallparts.com/ and look at filters. They have an enormous assortment of filters, and you should be able to find something that would work. Time stopped in November 1941 Walt
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a GATX prototype for SC&F tanks?
offerings. lettering models. the any of many the company. I thirties so evident Southern car & lettering? cars like like to Rob, On the SC&F website the prototype photo for the 2 compartment tank is G
offerings. lettering models. the any of many the company. I thirties so evident Southern car & lettering? cars like like to Rob, On the SC&F website the prototype photo for the 2 compartment tank is G
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Walter M. Clark
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IRC 1958 cuft hoppers
market research we have determined that the actual number of modelers left is 1,235. you've stopped too.... ;>) kits in various stages of gathering dust, er, I mean various stages of construction. Tim
market research we have determined that the actual number of modelers left is 1,235. you've stopped too.... ;>) kits in various stages of gathering dust, er, I mean various stages of construction. Tim
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NH 1937 AAR boxcars
Peter, I'm interested in your comment about the 1937 AAR cars. I model the far West, but we know from previous threads that box cars traveled far and wide. What year were these built, square or W corn
Peter, I'm interested in your comment about the 1937 AAR cars. I model the far West, but we know from previous threads that box cars traveled far and wide. What year were these built, square or W corn
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resin versus injection molded
--- In STMFC@..., "mcindoefalls" <mcindoefalls@...> wrote: <snip> > I seem to have the problem which I mentioned . . . often in resin kits > the parts don't match, not even one side to the
--- In STMFC@..., "mcindoefalls" <mcindoefalls@...> wrote: <snip> > I seem to have the problem which I mentioned . . . often in resin kits > the parts don't match, not even one side to the
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Piedmont & Northern Caboose
Bob, OT, but I could not resist<grin>. When I went to pick up my wife for our first date, she invited me in to meet her parents. I knew I was in the right place because the current issue of Trains mag
Bob, OT, but I could not resist<grin>. When I went to pick up my wife for our first date, she invited me in to meet her parents. I knew I was in the right place because the current issue of Trains mag
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True Scale HO sill steps
List, Thought I'd report where I am on my attempt to make more accurately sized car specialties. My current adventure<g> is modeling sill steps for Harriman SP box cars. I purchased a selection of shi
List, Thought I'd report where I am on my attempt to make more accurately sized car specialties. My current adventure<g> is modeling sill steps for Harriman SP box cars. I purchased a selection of shi
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US Army Air Corp Pics - Major cities
But I thought you meant the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, started under the Herbert Hoover administration as a lame attempt to do something about the start of the Depression<g>. Time stopped in
But I thought you meant the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, started under the Herbert Hoover administration as a lame attempt to do something about the start of the Depression<g>. Time stopped in
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Paint Failure on Outside Metal Roofs
Thanks Tony, A follow-up: regarding the 1937 AAR house cars, about how long, on average (I'm only asking for a reasonably close guess here <g>) did it take for the paint to begin failing? I'm (eventua
Thanks Tony, A follow-up: regarding the 1937 AAR house cars, about how long, on average (I'm only asking for a reasonably close guess here <g>) did it take for the paint to begin failing? I'm (eventua
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