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Re: Oldest Caboose Candidates

The TH&B wood cabeese that I've seen had the wood siding deteriorate to dust under the steel sheets screwed onto the sides. But replacing the wood siding on the CB&Q caboose cupolas with galvanised

By midrly <midrly@...> · #110805 ·

3D printing .. when it started

Rapid prototyping and stereolithography (SL) were 2 terms coined in 1986 by 3D Systems based in California (then to Colorado, now just south of Charlotte in SC). Desktop modelers, commonly called "3D

By Jim King · #110804 ·

Re: 3D printing

Warning: minor rant coming... Correction. Jay Leno doesn't DO anything except write checks. He even had one of his minions do the driving for him when he entered a fighting robot (built by someone

By ken_olson54022 <kwolson@...> · #110803 ·

Re: 3D printing

By Mikebrock · #110800 ·

Re: 3D printing

I have put some photo's of some 3D printed items in my photo folder, nvrr49. They are not Steam era freight car items, but they do give an idea of the detail that can currently be achived. When

By nvrr49 <nvrr49@...> · #110799 ·

Re: 3D printing

Was watching a Speed channel show a year or so ago. Jay Leno has a machine in his shop. if he needs a part for his ?? 1903 Stanley Steamer He tales the part puts it in and makes a copy Then he

By NHJJ4@... · #110802 ·

Re: RE Early NP Mechanical Reefer

Same here. Bob McCarthy ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 3:03 PM Subject: [STMFC] RE Early NP Mechanical Reefer Hi Bob, can't seem to

By Bob McCarthy · #110801 ·

Re: 3D printing

John Degnan wrote: Certainly by the mid-1980s it was already being investigated by academics. When I was at Carnegie Mellon in those years, the mechanical engineering faculty had a number of

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #110798 ·

Re: 3D printing

It is my understanding that this technology has been around since the late '7s or early '80s. John Degnan Scaler187@... Scaler164@...

By Scaler164@... · #110797 ·

RE Early NP Mechanical Reefer

Hi Bob, can't seem to get that link to work. Can you double check it? John Phillips Seattle Here is a link to a very early (very late steam era) NP mechanical reefer from the University of

By J.A. Phillips · #110796 ·

Re: Fish Car

Bob, Experience on the Colorado Midland Rwy, the US Fish Commission had a major hatchery located just west of Leadville CO on the CMs Aspen Short Line cut off between Malta and Aspen Junction. The

By Tom Vanwormer · #110795 ·

Colorado Midland Coke Car

Here is a link to a Colorado Midland coke car from the University of Washington Library Digital Archives. Tom VanWormer of Monument, CO, provided some background. Bob Chaparro Hemet,

By Bob Chaparro <thecitrusbelt@...> · #110794 ·

Re: Central Valley caboose cupolas

Steve, Probably 30 cupolas or more to make a resin casting practical. About what you can get from a mold before it needs to be replaced. Obviously the greater the number we make the better the price

By ghslaw31 · #110793 ·

Re: NEW HAVEN's 36' Rebuilt Boxcars

Charles, That is kinda what I thought, but was not sure. Thanks for the information. I appreciate it . Eric Thur

By erict1361 <erict1361@...> · #110792 ·

NEW HAVEN's 36' Rebuilt Boxcars

Good afternoon! Could someone provide images of these 36' boxcars? Are there any drawings of these cars? Would like to build one in Scale S. Thanks, Bob

By Bob McCarthy · #110869 ·

Re: NEW HAVEN's 36' Rebuilt Boxcars

Eric, This excerpt is from page 37 of July 1988 MM (Barkan and Nehrich): "With its cast-steel trucks and Dreadnaught end, car 69505 typifies the appearance of these cars as they entered their final

By Charles Hostetler <cesicjh@...> · #110791 ·

Re: Oldest Caboose Candidates

The steel panels were not placed over wood siding, rather they replaced the wood siding as it became necessary to repair the cupolas. Take a look at the color photos of Q waycars online, and you'll

By Nelson Moyer <ku0a@...> · #110789 ·

Re: W&LE steel gon quest - now SS box car

Bill - Yes, he has info. - Al Westerfield

By westerfield@... · #110790 ·

Re: 3D printing

While I am sure it is difficult, and as others have said it has its limitations, it seems to me that most new technologies can be described that way. I remember being Co-Chair for the education

By Bill Welch · #110788 ·

Re: Oldest Caboose Candidates

Those steel panels over wood siding often trapped moisture behind them. This practice strikes me as a "quick fix". Steve Lucas.

By midrly <midrly@...> · #110787 ·

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