If those were the cars I'm thinking of, they had removable dividers rather than the cast grillwork dividers. When I was looking at MoPac cars from the inside...
It's the first one I ever saw. However, by the late sixties a lot of MOW equipment was being painted aluminum, so maybe it was just in the wrong place in the...
Well. if the choice is this car or Athearn, I'd definitely go with the Walthers car. It's close to the size of the MP 45' gons, but some of the details are...
I'm correcting my own comment. The MP gons did NOT have a fishbelly underframe as built. I should have known this, since I just looked under one of my own...
I have another question. The photos of MP - T&P cars in Atlanta are not specifically identified. If not labeled as Atlanta, they can be identified by the...
In a message dated 3/1/2004 7:38:35 AM Central Standard Time, ron.merrick@... writes: It's the first one I ever saw. However, by the late sixties a lot...
Based on Elvin's shot of an almost identical car in Poplar Bluff, I'm inclined to agree. I'll go look at the picture in the book more closely tonight. Ron...
Atlas Model Railroad Co. is releasing HO scale U30C's in MoPac Blue. The Units are models of the GE "phase two" model U30C. The MP numbers are 960 and 964....
Thanks for the tip, Ron. I checked the diagram sheet I have (duh) and found that these were Budd 1948 cars with removable curtains as opposed to the cast...
On T&P cars, when did the logo go from diamond to buzzsaw? Thanks. Dominic Mazoch ________________________________________________________________ The best...
What was the date on that X2155 flat? I notice it's got what appears to be a consolidated lube stencil. Wonder when it was actually painted? Ron Merrick ... ...
OK, way way back in the 70s, MP used three letter symbols for freights and coal trains. I know freights like the SKP were symboled for St Louis, Kansas City,...
... Domenic, The date was 1963. This emblem was the MP buzzsaw type but stencils inside the emblem read "Texas Pacific Lines." On page 11 of the October 1963...
Ed Hawkins
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Mar 2, 2004 5:20 am
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Here's a couple of preview photos of an upcoming release in n-scale from The Marshall Shops: http://www.marshallshops.com/dome/ Russell Higginbotham The...
Russell Higginbotham
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Mar 2, 2004 12:41 pm
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From what I've seen, variations abound on MOW equipment. I can see someone reaching into the oxide red paint paint stock because they were out of black to...
In a message dated 3/1/2004 7:42:34 PM Central Standard Time, domemt@... writes: On T&P cars, when did the logo go from diamond to buzzsaw? In the 1960s....
Russell, Looks great! As info, Wabash had one of these cars, too. Exact same window arrangements and dome height. The car morphed into Norfolk & Western & ...
The MoP and TP cars went to the IC, so here's another market. Jim Ogden ... From: <mcaff1@...> To: <MOPAC@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004...
Hi Dominic, The official merger of the T&P into the MoPac began in 1962. I have seen photos of F-7s from Dec. 1963, in Jenks blue paint, with a diamond on the...
Amuzin' But Confuzin' I have a photograph of the 1937 40' boxcars similar to Red Caboose kit with the traditional diamond to the left over the reporting marks,...
Ron, the left side is a National B-1 with the round holes near the bottom. After getting out my magnifier, it looks like another National B-1 is on the right...
Hi Tom, The photo is copyrighted, but if you want to make decals, I will certainly send a scan your way. If I posted it, I might never get the chance to use ...
Hi All, I work part time for a small hobby company called Q Connection and we are offering every one on this list a chance to buy the new Atlas MP U30C at a...
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