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Re: IC 2019 RPM Mini-Kit
Dennis Storzek
On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 05:09 PM, Nelson Moyer wrote:
or if it was original equipment that was removed when AB brakes were installed in 1945.Nelson, There would be no reason to remove this early high power brake unless the replaced it with a more modern vertical wheel style. They certainly wouldn't remove it and replace it with a non-geared horizontal wheel, if that's what you are asking. Dennis Storzek
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Re: ATSF BX-11 model
Robert J Miller CFA
It did not get done.
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Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2021 12:29:06 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> Subject: [RealSTMFC] ATSF BX-11 model Whatever happened to the injection molded, HO scale ATSF BX-11 model?
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IC 2019 RPM Mini-Kit
Nelson Moyer
I’m filling in time waiting on paint to dry by finishing the IC 16000 series mini-kit from Chicagoland RPM 2019. This car was originally in the 176000-176999 series, but the series was renumbered in 1941 to 16000-169975. I’m ready to install the brake staff, and I have a question about the brake staff foot (or whatever it’s called). All of the builds posted online show the usual U-bracket and chain, but the IC engineering drawings show a geared brake housing similar to the Jemco Power Plus. I don’t have a photo showing the B end sill, so I don’t know if the geared housing was actually used, or if it was original equipment that was removed when AB brakes were installed in 1945. I would scratchbuild the geared housing if I have proof that it was in use in the post-war era.
I attached a photo of the geared brake in question, and though it’s on a different series car, it resembles the geared housing in the engineering drawing. The engineering drawing is attached for comparison, as well as he Jemco geared brake.
I don’t want to rely on the car diagram sheet, because it doesn’t have the 3/5 Dreadnaught ends, so that drawing may have other errors as well.
Comments and B end photos appreciated.
Nelson Moyer
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Re: Kadee, Sam Clarke's retirement
HIT 'EM STRAIGHT AND NOTHING OVER 70 (degrees) You will be missed Fenton
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Re: Kadee, Sam Clarke's retirement
Todd Horton
Congratulations Sam !!! You are going to be missed for sure, have enjoyed working with you over the years !!! Todd Horton
On Thursday, September 30, 2021, 02:39:33 PM EDT, SamClarke via groups.io <samc@...> wrote:
Hello group and friends, This is to formally announce my retirement after 26 years with Kadee Quality Products. My actual last day at work will be October the 6th. My health is good and my plans are to enjoy life and time with my family. It's been a good run, presently Kadee has no direct replacement. Sam R&D Kadee Quality Products
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Re: ATSF BX-11 model
nyc3001 .
From what I understand, it was never produced as Prototype Junction couldn't crowdsource sufficient funds.
I still hope that the PM and CGW SS autocars they were going to produce will be created in some form as they were both present in significant numbers. -Phil
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Re: Decals galore Caboose Stop Hobbies
Lloyd Rinehart
I have been told that they bought the entire inventory of Marion Brasher’s
Valley Roundhouse hobby shop in Spring Valley, IL, after his passing. There will be LOTS of parts and kits and building kits and Locos that should be offered in the future. Lloyd
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Re: Codes used on Rock Island waybills
Makes good sense to me.
Thanks!! Steve Hile
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Tony Thompson
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2021 2:00 PM To: main@realstmfc.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Codes used on Rock Island waybills
I have been told that agents typically used whatever abbreviation on waybills they thought was needed, so consistency was not observed. On the SP, the reweigh location code for Tucumcari was “T” but I would guess an agent would write something short like “TUC.” Remember this is a designation of a junction. Tucson is not a junction with the Rock Island, so I can’t see confusion by using that. Then that part of the waybill would read “RI-TUC-SP,” which I think is unambiguous. I was also told that when an agent had to write a junction not familiar to him, he might well spell it out, whereas someone else who wrote that junction all the time would have an abbreviation. But abbreviations were all over the map, so to speak. The example I was given was Council Bluffs, abbreviated variously from “CO BL” to “CBL” to “CB."
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Re: Kadee, Sam Clarke's retirement
Congratulations! I recommend retirement highly.
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Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone)
On Sep 30, 2021, at 1:39 PM, SamClarke via groups.io <samc@...> wrote:
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Re: [Non-DoD Source] [RealSTMFC] Kadee, Sam Clarke's retirement
Gatwood, Elden J SAD
Sam;
You are a class act! We will all miss you.
Those will be big shoes to fill……
Have a great retirement with family and friends!
Elden Gatwood
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On Behalf Of SamClarke via groups.io
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2021 2:39 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: [Non-DoD Source] [RealSTMFC] Kadee, Sam Clarke's retirement
Hello group and friends,
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Re: Kadee, Sam Clarke's retirement
Tony Thompson
Congratulations and best wishes, Sam. You will certainly be missed in the modeling community, because you have spoken up for Kadee very effectively over the years. I hope Kadee finds someone to take up at least some of your duties, and if I had my druthers, someone to take up ALL of them.
Tony Thompson tony@signaturepress.com
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Re: Codes used on Rock Island waybills
Tony Thompson
I have been told that agents typically used whatever abbreviation on waybills they thought was needed, so consistency was not observed. On the SP, the reweigh location code for Tucumcari was “T” but I would guess an agent would write something short like “TUC.” Remember this is a designation of a junction. Tucson is not a junction with the Rock Island, so I can’t see confusion by using that. Then that part of the waybill would read “RI-TUC-SP,” which I think is unambiguous. I was also told that when an agent had to write a junction not familiar to him, he might well spell it out, whereas someone else who wrote that junction all the time would have an abbreviation. But abbreviations were all over the map, so to speak. The example I was given was Council Bluffs, abbreviated variously from “CO BL” to “CBL” to “CB."
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Re: Kadee, Sam Clarke's retirement
Sam, Congratulations on reaching retirement. You have been appreciated in the modeling community. Best wishes. Hope you learn to nap as well as you have worked. Vital retirement skill. Warm regards, Chuck Peck
Hello group and friends,
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Codes used on Rock Island waybills
Please excuse the cross posting.
I was asked, today, what code would be used for Tucumcari, New Mexico on waybills routing cars Rock Island to SP and vice versa through Tucumcari? I might guess TUC, but that risks confusion with Tucson, perhaps.
Any advice or other learned information.
The RI employee timetable telegraph code for Tucumcari is XN, but that is not likely used on waybills.
Thanks in advance.
Steve Hile
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Kadee, Sam Clarke's retirement
SamClarke
Hello group and friends,
This is to formally announce my retirement after 26 years with Kadee Quality Products. My actual last day at work will be October the 6th. My health is good and my plans are to enjoy life and time with my family. It's been a good run, presently Kadee has no direct replacement. Sam R&D Kadee Quality Products
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Re: Glue for resin kits
Chuck I’ve been using Loctite Super Glue gel for building the main parts (ends, sides and roof) for my latest 4-5 builds. It doesn’t come apart like traditional ACC if the parts are bumped. I still use the thin or medium ACC to attach the detail parts however. I found it through Amazon. I also like using Canopy Glue for the roofs on resin kits as it allows me to move the roof around until I get it even on the sides and ends. Any glue showing can be removed with a damp Q-tip. Charlie Duckworth
On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 11:33 AM Paul Doggett via groups.io <paul.doggett2472=icloud.com@groups.io> wrote:
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Re: [EXT] [RealSTMFC] center punch for small (>0.015in/0.4mm) holes
I bought this at Little Choo Choo in Spencer NC and I think it works great. Don't know who manufactured it but it wasn't expensive. And Bruce is correct, I too push too hard. I'm learning to lighten up a bit. Fenton
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Re: Glue for resin kits
Paul Doggett
I have built many resin kits and always use ACC/superglue but have a bottle of debonder handy.
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On 30 Sep 2021, at 17:28, Chuck Soule <timken2626@...> wrote:
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ATSF BX-11 model
ed_mines
Whatever happened to the injection molded, HO scale ATSF BX-11 model?
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Glue for resin kits
Chuck Soule
This is a slight step away from the current thread about more glue questions, so I thought I would keep the threads separate.
The instructions for a Westerfield kit I just bought at a swap meet recommends ACC, but comments on the other thread suggest it might not necessarily be the best because it can be brittle. What are your thoughts - ACC or something else. Looking at the kit parts, they are a gray resin, so are different from the greenish resin of some Westerfield kits I built quite a few years ago. Chuck Soule
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