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Re: Resin parts
Anthony Thompson <thompson@...>
Jon Miller wrote:
As I don't know the translation of 75 micron/10 Pascal maximum vacuum to inches of mercury.That's a quite good vacuum, Jon, far beyond what's needed for resin casting. And those microns? They are micrometers of mercury, so convert them into inches and you have it. It's less than one 10,000th. Anthony Thompson Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering University of California, Berkeley thompsonmarytony@sbcglobal.net
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Re: Resin parts
Jon Miller <atsf@...>
For those who might wish to make minor parts of resin. for their steam era freight cars, HF now stocks vacuum pumps in two sizes. I doubt these will do any work beyond small parts because price equals quality.
As I don't know the translation of 75 micron/10 Pascal maximum vacuum to inches of mercury. Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has stopped in 1941 Digitrax, Chief/Zephyr systems, JMRI user NMRA Life member #2623 Member SFRH&MS
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Re: 1925 photos around Omaha
Paul Hillman
Hello A.T.,
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Which 2 hobby shops closed in Houston, where I live north of? I knew about the Houston Roundhouse closing, but what was the other one? Paul Hillman
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From: proto48er<mailto:atkott@swbell.net> To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com<mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 7:02 PM Subject: [STMFC] Re: 1925 photos around Omaha Guys - Thanks for the nice comments! Richard and Tony - We do not have a real hobby shop here (San Antonio, 9th largest city in U.S.), two recently closed in Houston (where I have been buying books), and the good one in Austin is supposedly closing in January! Looks like I will have to resort to ordering books on-line! Was hoping to pick up the reefer book and the latest SP freight car book at Papa Ben's in Houston last week, but it is not open at the new location. The photos are really wonderful. I would love to have wet prints of all of them! The trackwork was amazing! It would be interesting to have seen those times, but I'll bet there was some hard work done in bad conditions at some of those buildings. A.T. Kott
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Re: LCL Cement Container Decals
Rich C
Thanks Chuck, I will keep that in mind.
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Rich C
--- On Thu, 12/11/08, RUTLANDRS@aol.com <RUTLANDRS@aol.com> wrote:
From: RUTLANDRS@aol.com <RUTLANDRS@aol.com> Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: LCL Cement Container Decals To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 10:28 PM Rich, You may be able to get a set of O scale decals from Rich Yoder at Yoder Models, then either reduce them or maybe the printer can use them as artwork (?). Chuck Hladik In a message dated 12/11/2008 8:45:47 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, rhcdmc@yahoo. com writes: Bob & Jerry I myself don't have any artwork. I would be interested in sets of all the railroads that had the LCL Cement cars. I know the D&H & NYC had them, and am sure a few others had them too. Don't know if this counts towards a set, but the gon holds 6 containers. Thanks gentlemen, Rich C --- On Thu, 12/11/08, Bob Anson <_e2picasso@yahoo. e2p_ (mailto:e2picasso@yahoo. com) > wrote: From: Bob Anson <_e2picasso@yahoo. e2p_ (mailto:e2picasso@yahoo. com) > Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: LCL Cement Container Decals To: _STMFC@yahoogroups. STM_ (mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups. com) Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 6:46 AM contact me next week. i have artwork and an Alps printer Bob Anson %~) --- On Thu, 12/11/08, jerryglow2 <jerryglow@comcast. net> wrote: From: jerryglow2 <jerryglow@comcast. net> Subject: [STMFC] Re: LCL Cement Container Decals To: STMFC@yahoogroups. com Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 7:01 AM How many do you need and are you capable of laying out the artwork? There are several custom printers who could do it - you'd need the data of course to do the masters. Contact me directly if interested in pursuing this approach. (I am NOT soliciting work - I've just done artwork for a commercial company and had decals done privately). Jerry Glow --- In STMFC@yahoogroups. com, "Rich Christie" <rhcdmc@...> wrote: Does anyone know who makes them? There once was a modeling article in MR on kitbashing an Athearn gondola into a Lehigh Valley cement gon. The author mentioned 7th Street Depot. I tried contacting them abouta year ago, no answer at the phone number provided. Thanks, Rich C[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ************ **Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol. com/?optin= new-dp&icid= aolcom40vanity& ncid=emlcntaolco m00000010) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Need plain A end, Storzek, CN 1917 Boxcar Kit
carman_ron <rpsmith@...>
Hello All,
I just picked up a Dennis Storzek, Canadian National 1917 Boxcar Kit. Missing in the Kit is the Plain (No lumber Doors) "A" End. The kit instructions says it came with 2 "A" ends, one with Lumber Doos, one without. The Instructions say "when the end sheathing needed renewal, the doors in the A end were omitted." As I plan to model this car for the late 50s, to Model the car right, I need the plain "A" end. Anybody out there have this kit (Built or unbuilt) and not need the plain "A" End? Ron Smith Carman UPRR
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Re: Digest Number 5515
Jedalberg
Re: Cement Container Gondolas.
The DL&W, D&H, and NYC had purpose-built cement gons. These carried five of the containers. Many years ago Red Ball had a kit for these cars. In addition the LV and DL&W had regular gondolas of various sizes converted to this service(all the LV cars were); the cars carried five or six containers, depending on car capacity. I don't think, someone out there can confirm, that either D&H or NYC had other than the purpose built cement container cars. they all were pretty much out of service by the early '60's, here in the east, when the big tractor trailer bulk cement carriers ate the railroads lunch. I have a number of these cars in operation, along with many "regular" cement hoppers. Jim Dalberg Paoli,Pa **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&;icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)
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ADMIN: Photos in the STMFC archive
Mike Brock <brockm@...>
There seems to be some confusion with regard to photos uploaded into the STMFC archives.
1. Photos should only be placed in the Photo area. 2. Photos that ARE uploaded must be approved by STMFC management...uh...me or my assistant, Jeff Aley...to ensure that there is no copyright violation. If you wish to upload a photo, go through the Yahoo procedure and you will receive an inquiry regarding ownership of the photo. 3. Photos found in the files area stand the risk of being removed during periodical checks. Thanks, Mike Brock STMFC Owner
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Omaha Stockyards
mrslandser
For the record, the photos of the Omaha Stockyards were found and
posted by Brad Williams of the Omaha-Council Bluffs Railfans group. I subquently posted these to the Railway Bull Shippers listed. Just wanted to give credit where credit is due. Merry Christmas Jack Hanger
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Re: Meat Packers
Douglas Harding <dharding@...>
Steve some great photos. The one of the ex Lackawanna stockcars was not fully loaded, can only see a partial image. Could you
reload that photo? You might also want to join the Bullshippers yahoo group, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Railway_Bull_Shippers_Group/ where discussion is focused "This group collects and shares information about railroad livestock and meat transportation and the rolling stock, facilities and operations which supported it. This group covers any railroad in North America, plus the meat packing business." I would also suggest, as all your files are photos ie jpgs, that you reload your photos in the group photo section. You used all the available space in the file section, while the group photo section has 100gb's available. Yahoo recently changed the photos section, allow much more space and permitting original size images to be viewed (ie no more reducing of image sizes). I, for one, am very interested if what you are posting. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org
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Re: LCL Cement Container Decals
Larry Sexton
Rich,
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I bought a couple of sets from Short Line Products a few years ago. Their address is P.O. Box 267, Pequannock, NJ 07440. The sets provide enough decals for 6 cannisters for the DW&L, the LV, the D&H, and the NYC. Hope they are still available. Larry Sexton Crystal River, FL
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From: Rich Christie To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 10:36 PM Subject: [STMFC] LCL Cement Container Decals Does anyone know who makes them? There once was a modeling article in MR on kitbashing an Athearn gondola into a Lehigh Valley cement gon. The author mentioned 7th Street Depot. I tried contacting them about a year ago, no answer at the phone number provided. Thanks, Rich C
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Meat Packers
S hed <shed999@...>
I've created a new folder called "US Meat Packers" and put some of my Armour, Morris, and Wilson stuff in there. And most of my stuff concerns Oklahoma City that I have collected from various sources.
If someone has information about Cudahy, Switft, Oscar Meyer, or any other meat packer than that would be a great folder to put it in. Steve Hedlund Everett, WA _________________________________________________________________ Send e-mail faster without improving your typing skills. http://windowslive.com/Explore/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_speed_122008
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Re: WWII 50 foot Steel Box
devansprr
Wow!
Many thanks to all for the good input. Found some of the Proto's on ebay, interesting that the cars with the WWII heralds were the rarest (and none of the NYC cars in original paint). For cars out of production, e-bay seems a good indicator of accuracy - the less frquently you see them, the more accurate they are. I would think manufacturers and delears could take that lesson learned as a key marketing data point. Inaccurate cars will end up in clearence sales! Ted's CofG car may make a good early Box car resin attempt - although I plan on learning about resin building with a few F&C gons first - smaller WWII gons seem to be almost non-existant in plastic, even though there were a LOT of them. With F&C 2 for 1 deals at Timonium, some of them run $10 to $15 each - not a disaster if the first few turn out lousy (and hopefully only a few!) Appreciate the heads up on the N&W resin - might be a good kit if I get good at Resin cars - it is certainly a unique looking car. I checked rib side cars - there 50' is just about to be released - will keep an eye out for them - probably one of the larger WWII 50' steel fleets. There appear to be at least 10 Proto's that are era accurate (with length, height, doors and heralds as the only criteria), but many were from fleets of 25-100 cars - would be quite rare when there were 27,000+ PRR X29's on the rails. (I'll skip the roster "balance" topic for now ;-) The RPI site has good info on paint schemes, but not much on how close each Proto car was to the prototype - candidates with WWII heralds include GTW, Southern, LV, Erie (I see another thread on the accuracy of these), SLSW, P&LE, SP, NYC, KCS and UP. Do any of these jump out at anyone as way off, or a good match? Hard to justify more than a few - 50' steel boxes were only 3.5% of the WWII boxcar fleet. Thanks to all, Dave Evans
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New file uploaded to STMFC
STMFC@...
Hello,
This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the STMFC group. File : /US Meat Packers/Armour & CO/RS-12877.jpg Uploaded by : nwicfan <shed999@hotmail.com> Description : 12200-series (1925 to 1950 era) You can access this file at the URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/files/US%20Meat%20Packers/Armour%20%26%20CO/RS-12877.jpg To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/groups/original/members/web/index.htmlfiles Regards, nwicfan <shed999@hotmail.com>
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Re: 1925 photos around Omaha
Ted Schnepf
Hi Everyone,
Also notice, no hoppers, only gons for open tops in all the photos. there might be one hopper in photo #12. Ted At 01:17 PM 12/11/2008, you wrote: Photo 14 was taken in 1926 or later. The P&WV gondola at the left wasRails Unlimited Ted Schnepf railsunl@sbcglobal.net 847-697-5353 or 5366 126 Will Scarlet Elgin, Ill. 60120 http://RailsUnlimited.ribbonrail.com/ Model Railroad Sales and Service with a personal touch. Books new and used. HO and O scales. DCC supplies. O scale urethane cars. Photos and darkroom services. Checks, cash (0%) or credit (secure server at web site 4% added).
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Re: Coal shipment trends 1900-1960
Ray Breyer
Hi Dave,
The Mineral yearbooks are now all online at the Department of the Interior's website. They're huge files, but they CAN be downloaded. Ray Breyer Dave Nelson <Lake_Muskoka@att.net> wrote: al.kresse wrote: Folks,Al, check any major University library that's close by to you, as they might have a federal document depository. There you want to find a copy of the Minerals yearbook. A look at the copy I own (1950 edition) shows the Fed's did have bit coal production data going back to 1890 but in this volume the data by state only covers a 10 year span. Dave Nelson ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
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Re: LCL Cement Container Decals
Rich C
Bob & Jerry
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I myself don't have any artwork. I would be interested in sets of all the railroads that had the LCL Cement cars. I know the D&H & NYC had them, and am sure a few others had them too. Don't know if this counts towards a set, but the gon holds 6 containers. Thanks gentlemen, Rich C
--- On Thu, 12/11/08, Bob Anson <e2picasso@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Bob Anson <e2picasso@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: LCL Cement Container Decals To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 6:46 AM contact me next week. i have artwork and an Alps printer Bob Anson %~) --- On Thu, 12/11/08, jerryglow2 <jerryglow@comcast. net> wrote: From: jerryglow2 <jerryglow@comcast. net> Subject: [STMFC] Re: LCL Cement Container Decals To: STMFC@yahoogroups. com Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 7:01 AM How many do you need and are you capable of laying out the artwork? There are several custom printers who could do it - you'd need the data of course to do the masters. Contact me directly if interested in pursuing this approach. (I am NOT soliciting work - I've just done artwork for a commercial company and had decals done privately). Jerry Glow --- In STMFC@yahoogroups. com, "Rich Christie" <rhcdmc@...> wrote: Does anyone know who makes them? There once was a modeling article in MR on kitbashing an Athearn gondola into a Lehigh Valley cement gon. The author mentioned 7th Street Depot. I tried contacting them abouta year ago, no answer at the phone number provided. Thanks, Rich C
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Re: 1925 photos around Omaha
proto48er
Guys -
Thanks for the nice comments! Richard and Tony - We do not have a real hobby shop here (San Antonio, 9th largest city in U.S.), two recently closed in Houston (where I have been buying books), and the good one in Austin is supposedly closing in January! Looks like I will have to resort to ordering books on-line! Was hoping to pick up the reefer book and the latest SP freight car book at Papa Ben's in Houston last week, but it is not open at the new location. The photos are really wonderful. I would love to have wet prints of all of them! The trackwork was amazing! It would be interesting to have seen those times, but I'll bet there was some hard work done in bad conditions at some of those buildings. A.T. Kott
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Re: Coal shipment trends 1900-1960
water.kresse@...
Mike,
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Thanks for the information. That is consistent with the other piecemeal C&O iformation information that I have. I'm really looking for the cross-over date. However, that it consistent was C&O Presque Isle coal loadings data that looks like it peaked just around 1960. That would be spelling bad news for the Virginian Rwy . . . which had its coal conveyor belt tuned especially for Tidewater. Al Kresse
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From: "Mike Brock" <brockm@brevard.net> Al Kresse writes: "I am looking for the member who had access to Bituminous Coal shipments directions historical data out VA, WV, and KY carried by basically the C&O/N&W/Virginian (Pokey Roads) East to Tidewater (Hampton Roads) vs. West (midwest or Great Lakes ports). Early on it was basically all EAST and then it gradually shifted from going up the intercoastal waterways to the NE, to heading west and north to the industrial heartlands. So much so that at one time the Pennsy hard-coal shippers wanted a tariff to be put on cheap southern soft-coal." Al, as you are probably aware, Richard Prince summarized coal tonnage on the N&W for the year 1948 in his book Norfolk & Western Pochahontas Coal Carrier. On page 240, I summarize...of 52 million tons originated by N&W, 22 million went west by rail, 10 million went north into Great Lakes ports at Toledo and Sandusky, 10 million went east through Lamberts Point, 2.5 million went south, and the remainder went into Maryland and DC and Virginia itself. So, given that, fully 61% went west and north through Portsmouth. Mike Brock
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Re: Coal shipment trends 1900-1960
Mike Brock <brockm@...>
Al Kresse writes:
"I am looking for the member who had access to Bituminous Coal shipments directions historical data out VA, WV, and KY carried by basically the C&O/N&W/Virginian (Pokey Roads) East to Tidewater (Hampton Roads) vs. West (midwest or Great Lakes ports). Early on it was basically all EAST and then it gradually shifted from going up the intercoastal waterways to the NE, to heading west and north to the industrial heartlands. So much so that at one time the Pennsy hard-coal shippers wanted a tariff to be put on cheap southern soft-coal." Al, as you are probably aware, Richard Prince summarized coal tonnage on the N&W for the year 1948 in his book Norfolk & Western Pochahontas Coal Carrier. On page 240, I summarize...of 52 million tons originated by N&W, 22 million went west by rail, 10 million went north into Great Lakes ports at Toledo and Sandusky, 10 million went east through Lamberts Point, 2.5 million went south, and the remainder went into Maryland and DC and Virginia itself. So, given that, fully 61% went west and north through Portsmouth. Mike Brock
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Re: LCL Cement Container Decals
Charles Hladik
Rich,
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You may be able to get a set of O scale decals from Rich Yoder at Yoder Models, then either reduce them or maybe the printer can use them as artwork (?). Chuck Hladik
In a message dated 12/11/2008 8:45:47 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
rhcdmc@yahoo.com writes: Bob & Jerry I myself don't have any artwork. I would be interested in sets of all the railroads that had the LCL Cement cars. I know the D&H & NYC had them, and am sure a few others had them too. Don't know if this counts towards a set, but the gon holds 6 containers. Thanks gentlemen, Rich C --- On Thu, 12/11/08, Bob Anson <_e2picasso@yahoo.e2p_ (mailto:e2picasso@yahoo.com) > wrote: From: Bob Anson <_e2picasso@yahoo.e2p_ (mailto:e2picasso@yahoo.com) > Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: LCL Cement Container Decals To: _STMFC@yahoogroups.STM_ (mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups.com) Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 6:46 AM contact me next week. i have artwork and an Alps printer Bob Anson %~) --- On Thu, 12/11/08, jerryglow2 <jerryglow@comcast. net> wrote: From: jerryglow2 <jerryglow@comcast. net> Subject: [STMFC] Re: LCL Cement Container Decals To: STMFC@yahoogroups. com Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 7:01 AM How many do you need and are you capable of laying out the artwork? There are several custom printers who could do it - you'd need the data of course to do the masters. Contact me directly if interested in pursuing this approach. (I am NOT soliciting work - I've just done artwork for a commercial company and had decals done privately). Jerry Glow --- In STMFC@yahoogroups. com, "Rich Christie" <rhcdmc@...> wrote: Does anyone know who makes them? There once was a modeling article in MR on kitbashing an Athearn gondola into a Lehigh Valley cement gon. The author mentioned 7th Street Depot. I tried contacting them abouta year ago, no answer at the phone number provided. Thanks, Rich C[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&;icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)
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