Bill wrote: <In the course of improving and tweaking F&C's little 40-ft IC SS car, <which has included grafting Accurail's most excellent Hutchins roof <on to the car body, I noticed there is a

Bill, Why not use Tichy, _www.tichytraingroup.com_ (http://www.tichytraingroup.com) rivets? They are available in .020, .025, .030, and .035, 200 pcs for $3.00. Shave the old ones off and

In the course of improving and tweaking F&C's little 40-ft IC SS car, which has included grafting Accurail's most excellent Hutchins roof on to the car body, I noticed there is a cluster of rivets

During the time of this list then most common use of scrap steel was as an ingredient in open hearth steel making furnaces. I just uploaded an American Iron and Steel Institute document to the files

That is not necessarily true. in NE Ohio, the Ohio Central hauls scrap from a scrap yard about 1/4 mile to the mill, but that is definitely the exception to the rule. I read that in a discussion on

Sounds like a wonderful excuse to pick up some extraordinary Duha loads from JWD: http://www.jwdpremiumproducts.com/servlet/Categories?category=HO+Freight+Car+Loads-DUHA%3ACable+Reel+Loads No idea

I have posted side and underbody photos of 3 of the GN flats. The 65000 is 52' X 9'3" riveted deep fish belly side sill. The 66000 is a 52' X 10'4" welded straight side sill. The 67000 is a 50' X 8'6"

I believe that Saturdays numbers were about 12,000 paid attendees with 23,500 (I think) total paid for both days. All I know is that Saturday was as jammed as usual! Sunday morning is always the best

Nelson Moyer wrote: But wasn't Nucor a "mini-mll" from the days long after this list? Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

I can't argue about the numbers, but I do know that all day Saturday all four buildings were packed to the point access to some tables was restricted or delayed. Sunday morning was a dream, plenty of

Scrap gons also went from big city salvage yards to small towns with big steel plants, e.g. Nucor in Norfolk, NE. Nelson Moyer

Guy, Thanks for you offer to help. I model 1950. I support Tom's idea of posting the diagrams so that everybody has a benefit. Peter Aue

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Guys; I think everyone who has dug long into the subjects of gons and scrap would agree they went just about anywhere there were scrap yards, which were

Why would scrap go to a "large city or town"? Steel scrap is really only used by steel mills.  So I would think it would frequently travel a long distance.  Some is even shipped overseas. Jim

Depends on the railroad Jim. My railraod didn't own any gons they'd want used to haul scrap, so they'd 'barrow' other roads cars. Clark Propst

Hi, My instincts tell me that a gondola with a scrap metal load was not highly likely to be moved long distances. That they were - most of the time/usually - routed to a local facility that was

Thanks, guys. At least Buzz asked, and I was somewhat concerned that he wasn't getting any response on the RYPN board. Looks like he asked other places, too, so he does have good info. In defense of

John Hagen wrote: But remember the builder, whether of locomotives or cars, prepared the photographs the buyer wanted. "Builder gray" is just one such option. Whether overhead or 3/4 views were

Builders photos for sure, for sure. Remember, those were advertisements and whatever could be done to enhance them was done. We are talking black and white so whatever colors give the desired contrast

To which one could add view "builder's portraits" with suspicion as well. Tom Casey