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Re: Manure shipped by rail
Charlie Vlk
Horse manure, when aged and reduced to dust, retains a mild horsey smell that might help mask the smell of coffee grounds. I don’t know if cow or pig poop tones down with age….it sure (at least to me) is more offensive when freshly out of the animals! Charlie Vlk
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Eric Bergh
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 11:30 AM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Manure shipped by rail
I have used leftover coffee grounds from "pods" as a stand-in for manure on my layout... I gave them a spritz of Lysol to cut the coffee smell before using them. Color and texture seems pretty good!
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Re: Manure shipped by rail
I have used leftover coffee grounds from "pods" as a stand-in for manure on my layout... I gave them a spritz of Lysol to cut the coffee smell before using them. Color and texture seems pretty good!
 -- -Eric Bergh, Walnut Creek, CA Learn by Doing!
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Re: Model: SRLX 6310
Scott
Gold lettering on a Blue background would make more sense then a Red background for visibility.
Scott McDonald
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Re: Manure shipped by rail
Philip Dove
The fibre in the real thing is way out of scale. But some soft and moist manure hidden near the trackside could add the dimension of smell.
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Re: Color recommendation for post 1945-1950 painted GN SS single door boxcar
Todd Sullivan
Charlie,
What intrigues me is the old 1930s-40s herald on that GN USRA (or USRA copy) boxcar ... in 1956! Todd Sullivan
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Re: Color recommendation for post 1945-1950 painted GN SS single door boxcar / more PGE info
Todd Sullivan
Charlie,
I heartily agree. In fact, the whole PGE was a tough piece of railroading. There's a great soft cover book about the PGE and how it was built, plus the trials and tribulations of keeping it open and going. The book is "In The Ditch" by Eric Prince Stathers. Mr. Stathers was the PGE's Wrecking Foreman and Superintendent 1929-1965. It's an easy and fascinating read. Todd Sullivan
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Re: Color recommendation for post 1945-1950 painted GN SS single door boxcar
Great color; what a lousy place to clean up a derailment.
-- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.
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Re: D&H P-S Box Car Decals
mopacfirst
Not about the decals, but it looks like they learned from Pennsy about the layout of weight and dimensional data. Just got done with three PRR cars, X26C, X29B and X29D, used Microscale decals. Not one of the easiest decal jobs I ever did, especially the X29D where the Microscale set, 1201 I think, actually had separate dimensional data decal blocks for all ten or so of the listed dimensions.
Ron Merrick
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Re: D&H P-S Box Car Decals
Understand but remember they will work with you in the future.
On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 7:48 PM Scott H. Haycock <shhaycock@...> wrote:
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Re: D&H P-S Box Car Decals
Scott H. Haycock
Great photo Tony!
Scott Haycock
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Re: D&H P-S Box Car Decals
Scott H. Haycock
Fenton,
I'm just doing one car, so I think I can get by with the two sets I bought. I'm sure I can find hopper to do with some of the rest.
Scott Haycock
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Re: D&H P-S Box Car Decals
Scott they are good to work with just send them a message. I really like their product. Fenton
On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 6:24 PM Scott H. Haycock <shhaycock@...> wrote:
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Re: D&H P-S Box Car Decals
On 9/14/2021 7:18 PM, hubert mask
wrote:
Wow who ever offers them I hope they have a better photo to do so. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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Re: D&H P-S Box Car Decals
hubert mask
Wow who ever offers them I hope they have a better photo to do so.
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Hubert Mask
On Sep 14, 2021, at 7:15 PM, Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> wrote:
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Re: D&H P-S Box Car Decals
CDS set #594 is for the 1952 D&H PS-1's. Tim O'Connor
On 9/14/2021 5:21 PM, Scott H. Haycock
wrote:
Folks, --
Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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Re: resin model kits - canopy glue
I just repaired a brass model (loose freight car bolster) with canopy glue. In the past I have used epoxy for this kind of thing (epoxy is definitely safe below freezing and even safe when the brass model's paint is 'baked' at 150 degrees), so this is a new test. I applied a small amount of canopy glue with a toothpick and clamped the parts together, and it's a rock solid joint now. Invisible too. Tim O'Connor
On 9/14/2021 3:02 PM, Tony Thompson
wrote:
Ray Hutchison wrote: The bottle of canopy glue does say to protect from freezing. My layout will be in unheated garage space, and it does get cold in Green Bay. So... if it does get to freezing, does the model simply pop apart? At what temperature? And is Gorilla the best alternative if not canopy glue?I am sure the notation on the glue bottle refers to the glue in that liquid form. It certainly does not refer to the glue when polymerized and set as an adhesive. I have had some challenging material combinations (etched metal grilles on plastic F-unit locomotives), glued with canopy glue, exposed to freezing temperatures with no problems. Tony Thompson tony@... --
Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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Re: D&H P-S Box Car Decals
Scott H. Haycock
Thanks, Fenton
I ordered a set. The herald isn't correct, But I also ordered one of their hopper sets which looks to have the right one.
Scott Haycock
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Re: D&H P-S Box Car Decals
I believe K4 has the decals you need. Google K4 and look up D&H Fenton
On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 5:21 PM Scott H. Haycock <shhaycock@...> wrote: Folks, --
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D&H P-S Box Car Decals
Scott H. Haycock
Folks,
Can anyone provide a source for decals for D&H 40' PS-1 boxcars, series 20000-20249, Built in 1956? There is a photo here: http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/dh/dh20150bs.jpg There is also a photo on page 48 (center) of the D&H Color Guide. Microscale has a set, but it lacks the round herald. Thanks, Scott Haycock
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Re: Manure shipped by rail
Charlie Vlk
Eric- Let me know when you need to finish your model of this facility. I have several friends down the road from our house that have horses….. Charlie Vlk
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Eric Hansmann
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 9:13 AM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Manure shipped by rail
Before motorized vehicles dominated the streets, cities had to clean up the waste left by horses and teams. An August 1912 photo if the Pennsy's Try Street team yard in Pittsburgh, PA, captures a transfer facility. I had long thought it was used to load gondolas from wagons to transfer the animal waste. Here's the photo. Click on the image to use the enhanced functions to zoom in for a look.
This photo is actually part of the documentation for a very large public works project that removed many cubic feet of earth that had been a hump on several city streets. Hence the image title of Hump District. Dirt was loaded into wagons by steam shovel then transported a few blocks to this transfer platform to load into gondolas below.
But we can easily see a loaded WNY&P GS gondola beside the transfer platform. It seems to be topped off with what looks like manure. Another partially loaded gondola is ahead with a wagon adjacent that my have just been emptied by shovel. Cities of that time had many stables that needed to be cleaned out daily. Moving the bulk material out to surrounding farms was easier using rail.
Eric Hansmann
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