I've pretty well got all the correct cars for modeling SP&S No. 1 and 2 in HO scale in the middle 1950s except for the following: 1) I have an extra Rail...
Bruce, for NP sleeper try NPRHA.org, company store http://www1.storehost.com/stores/store.xfm?Store_id=615&page_id=23&Item_ID=21448&parent_ids=0,1 ... 8< ... ...
Hi All, I am just finishing the artwork for SP&S FA-1s for T-Shirts. I will have them available at the NP/SP&S Convention next month. My question is in...
Bruce, Item 3) Both cars were imported by Cascade Models in the 1980's as skirted (Mt. St. Helens) and unskirted (Mt. Hood)versions. Both are very hard to ...
George Hardy
stacystreetnpvet@...
Jun 9, 2004 12:12 am
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Bruce If need be I can copy off the SP&S painting book for you. Contact me off list at caswella@.... Also, the painting guide might be on our web ...
SP&S folks get such little good news in N-scale I thought this would be interesting. Perhaps someone can comment on the correctness of these cars for SP&S. BN...
Well, the link didn't survive, I'll try again. BN On Jun 11, 2004, at 9:30 PM, Bill Nash wrote: SP&S folks get such little good news in N-scale I thought this...
Bill Nash asked about the "correctness" of the GS car depicted in... ... Well, I went to that site but didn't see any car lettered for SP&S. So, to answer the...
Larry, Thanks for your study of this car. You made similar assumptions as I would. I kind of suspected that two railroads would not kludge together identical...
I already have baggage-RPO car No. 46 for modeling trains 5 and 6 but I would like to pick up another Pullman-Green baggage-RPO car that was sometimes used in...
Bruce Chubb asked... ... Car 44 (60') was purchased with a 30' mail apartment from the GN in the twenties. It was rebuilt as baggage only in 1953 and numbered...
From the official register of Passenger train equipment for March 1966. MB..e Bagg.& Mail Steel & Aluminum No. 31 Bag. or Exp.Compt= 51ft. Mail=30',...
-Larry, Thanks for your inputs as they are always prompt and contain much useful information. I really appreciate the support as I strive to acurately model 11...
fyi, Larry also posted some other comments about these cars on the NPModelers list. ... To: NPModelers@yahoogroups.com Chris, EFCX 1123 was picked up at...
Bruce, Here are a few consists of #1 & #2 during the fifties. There are several more available, but they follow these patterns. Cars are in standing order, ...
Bruce, I may have found an important piece to your puzzle... I believe that during the fifties, to perhaps late 1958, the RPO operated east on Train 4 and...
I'm working to model the SP&S Freight Station located in East Portland as it existed in 1955. Is the building still standing today? If it is could someone...
Bruce: ... No, the East Portland freight houses, aka the Belmont freight houses, do not stand today. Very little of what once stood remains in the area, ...
Fellow SP&S Modelers, I have a six pack of the NEW ATLAS SP&S ballast cars for sale. The six pack list for$113.70, my price is $95.88 plus $9.00 s/h and any...
lbw@...
Jun 21, 2004 12:57 am
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Hello, Bruce and all -- If you have access to the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (your library may have access to them on line), map 726 covers the Belmont yard...
RE: East Portland Freight House Don't forget, there was a crossing of SP at grade near Madision Street to SE Water Avenue to connect with the Traction...
Cornos Fruit. The place was owned by Jimmy Corno. The place is empty and up for sale. I do rememmber the reefers parked next to Corno`s during the early BN...
Hi all...I just slipped in from my usual haunts over at the NP lists because I'm seeking some info to model the SP&S 13000-13499 series boxcars. The basics I...
Corno`s went bankrupt after Jimmy Corno died. Corno`s had a variety of fresh fruit and I believe veggies because of the reefers. Today the outside of the ...
I would like to purchase or trade for an HO scale W&R GE 44 ton phase IIa diesel. Please note that I am only interested in the phase IIa version for a...
Chris: ... This model is based on the GN 12 panel cars, which is precisely what these SP&S cars were. The Intermountain model is more than likely 98% correct,...
The messages on these cars struck a memory cord and when I checked I find I have three unbuilt HO Intermountain Kits produced for Whistle Stop in Portland, OR....
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