Anyone know offhand of a source for dimensional drawings of any of the late steam era UTLX tankcars? Dave Nelson

This is a link to an 1884 image of a Northern Pacific refrigerator car parked at a meat packing plant in Medora, N.D. Notice the large lettering on the end of the car. Was this style of car end

Hi Eric and List Members, Thanks for the wonderful image you posted. This is of interest to me on two fronts - in N scale there is an existing model that is a good starting point for the W&LE

I would agree that this is a technology with great potential in our hobby. The hard part is the steep learning curve of the design programs.

I agree with Rob. I believe the technology has advanced to the point that it would render detail beyond your wildest expectations. The issue is cost. There are online service bureaus for 3D

Dates can be put out for the oldest cabooses however I would wager no railroader took glory in being in one. I had written an article for my group's historical publication on War Emergency bay

Yes - that's true. As Tom indicates, Shapeways rendered the first draft of those ladders without a problem, so my guess is that the change in spec was a business decision, not technological. Not

Short answer: Keep the steel end car :^) Longer answer, including additional information (also from the excellent two-part series in Mainline Modeler) follows: Over 12,000 of these cars were rebuilt

We seem to have this conversation every couple of months. The last time it came up we heard about a step backwards in the available technology. See Rob Kirkham's post #108304 from this past March 29.

Hi Eric and List Members, Thanks for the wonderful image you posted. This is of interest to me on two fronts - in N scale there is an existing model that is a good starting point for the W&LE

Sorry, Better link http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/photos/album/1277986279/pic/list Larry Castle

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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