I have uploaded an album containing six photos of the MP track scale and scale house in New Orleans c1990. The scale is located in the MP yard that is near...
Is there anyone with a better camera that can take a better photo of the trailer? I'll try again. However the trailer is on private property, and there is a...
I have uploaded four photos of a MP rip track and yard office at New Orleans, c1990. There are many intersting details in these photos. Norm Kreisman ...
Norm, was that at Avondale or on the West Bank? -- Jim Ogden Fort Worth, Texas ... I have uploaded four photos of a MP rip track and yard office at New ...
Has anyone else seen the NEW Red Caboose ART mechanical reefer? I know that they were delivered in a more reddish color than orange, but, these look really...
New, fresh, ART orange paint was astonishingly dark. It did of course fade pretty thoroughly, and the model may not get a chance to do that since most of the...
... Keith, Sorry, I'm not of help with this one as it's too late for my period of research, which stops at about 1960. Regards, Ed Hawkins [Non-text portions...
I just spoke with Bill McClung at Red Caboose. He said that was the color they used on their N scale car and that several "old" Mopac employees thought it was...
What happened to these cars later in life? Did they retain their RMDX reporting marks? Did these cars revert back to the Mopac or N&W reporting marks? I was...
Folks, I have one of the new Athearn SD40-2C's on Ebay if anyone is interested. I successfully changed the number to 6006 and added some light weathering and...
Jim: All that I remember is that I took the photos on the Eastbank of the Mississippi riverfront in New Orleans, between Louisiana and Jefferson Avenues. ...
Yes, by 1975 all the cars had been restenciled ARMN with the same numbers. This is at the same time that the ART cars given over to MoPac had been restenciled...
Please provide auction #.s on post like this, it makes it much easier to to find if one is interested. William ... From: woodellbobby <woodellbobby@...> ...
Folks, I gleaned this post off the RPM-Forum and thought it might be of use for some modelers. I have not tried the color match myself, as I'm an old school...
Hi Gene; Is this Eagle Blue or Jenks Blue? I think the CSX blue is a actually a glossy paint. Oddly enough, Testors Model Master paint behaves in an...
... I went to an online map site with a birdeye view of what I think is the yard in questions up river from Louisiana Avenue. It is I believe the NOPB yard....
Gene and Jim and others: Testors and Floquil are now one in the same when it comes to? formulas, I used the MM military for years and noticed that it all...
There is a booklet on listed on eBay that describes Neff Yard. It has a track diagram and some photos. A search for Neff Yard should find it. BTW - I have no...
I've uploaded this picture to see if anyone knows if the stonework in the background is a retaining wall or what??? This and other pics on the Desoto sub were...
Were there any PS-1 40' boxcars with 6' doors? I looked in the Summer 1995 issue of "The Eagle" and the Mopac proper, I-GN, MI, NOT&M, and STLB&M, did not...
I was looking at the Missouri Pacific PTT issued April 1, 1965 and noticed that two of the four New Orleans connections to Ft Worth, nos. 23 and 24, offer "box...
... Nate, There were huge numbers of 40' PS-1s built with 6' door openings, but none for MP. MoPac bought their only 40' PS-1s late in the game (12-59) with 8'...
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