The first issue of the new quarterly NYCSHS modelers' ezine, "NYCentral Modeler", is now downloadable from the NYCSHS website: http://nycshs.org/ Jim Yaworsky

I saved the picture purely because of the running board and also the date fits exactly into my modelling period. Barry Bennett

I probably ripped it off eBay or somebody else's post, maybe from the earlier trots we had re grain loading and unloading. Because of that I am reluctant to publish it for copyright reasons. Barry

I stand corrected. You are correct Tim, just did a micro-measure on them. Oh, well, guess we will have to wait for a correct 18" stand alone rung to appear, along with a Klasing lever brake!   Rich

And that's a replacement for the original wooden running board. Probably applied by MoPac, since the paint isn't original either. I wish I knew how many wood-running-board cars had them replaced

Barry, is there any way you could share that image? MP 31783 was a 1932 ARA box car (MP 30000-32499 built 1936-1937 by Mount Vernon.) I'd guess the Morton running board was a replacement for the

there is a 65' millgon by PSC up on E bay in case anyone is interested. http://cgi.ebay.com/NYC-HO-Brass-65-Mill-Gondola-/280716399619 -------------------------------------- Eric These were in

The total length of Tichy #3062 ladder rungs is .260" (+/-.001). This is 22.6" in HO scale (+/-0.1" scale). I suppose if you chop off the washer and bolt head at each end you'd have an 18" piece of

there is a 65' millgon by PSC up on E bay in case anyone is interested. eric

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE All; Are any of you familiar with a group of GATX cars that include 70310 and 70333? They appear to be 8k insulated GATC-built, with full dome

Don't know what too long is. I have one of these GM&O 1937 9 rung jobs on my list also. I have the Tichy rungs and they measure 18".   Rich Christie

Thanks for the clarification on sizing Tony. Clark Propst

One other caveat about oils. No not use mixing white if you're in a hurry. I bought a tube of mixing white instead of titanium white because titanium white tends to yellow and mixing white does not.

I have a photo of a MoPac 40ft boxcar, MP 31783, with Morton running board and cross walks, but a plain brake step, taken in 1956 whilst being mechanically unloaded at a grain elevator. This is from

Clark Propst wrote: The perishable tariff specified what each size of ice would be, when the shipper chose it for a particular load. There were three "official" sizes, and of course the sizes

hacketet (not signing his name) wrote: If by "block ice" you mean 300-pound full blocks, NOPE. Never done. The largest pieces put into bunkers were approximately quarter blocks, of about 75

My research has only turned up a truck from the local artifical ice company. The only photo I have (In Gene's reefer color book too) shows only ice blocks. But, a friend remembers stopping to pick up

I don't know the specifics of poultry packing, but there were two ways reefers were iced. The bunkers were loaded with block ice along with salt to lower the temperature, but they were also iced

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: Just what I was going to say. I really like acrylics and weather almost everything that way, and as Schuyler says, basing it on some "wet water" is essential. One

Randy, The problem of surface tension in using acrylics can be resolved by adding some detergent (a drop or so for a small bowl of water) or a brushful of Kodak Photo-flo (if you can still find